Sytner BMW and Mini in Tamworth will open its new stage one bodyshop in November and it will feature Spraybooth Technology Limited (STL).
Bodyshop franchise Fix Auto UK has appointed Mark Hutchins as business development manager.
Bodyshop courtesy car provider Circle Leasing is using social media platform Twitter to promote a Fiat 500 offer.
The first steps have been taken to ensure the National Association of Bodyshops and the VBRA promote the crash repair sector with a unified voice.
Fix Auto UK has increased its foothold in the North West of England with Wilson and Co of Bolton becoming the latest bodyshop to join the network.
Toyota and Mazda approved bodyshop Aldon Coachworks has joined the franchised network of Fix Auto UK.
South of England bodyshop chain Seward has been sold to Nationwide Accident Repair Services.
The UK's largest bodyshop group, Nationwide Accident Repair Services, is the target of a takeover bid by part of global asset manager The Carlyle Group.
Just Car Clinics has added another two bodyshops to its accident repair network, entering Scotland for the first time.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has won a competitive tender for a contract with Allianz Insurance worth around £10m annually.
Marshall Motor Group is extending its chosen paint and materials supply partner agreement with LKQ Coatings.
Andrew Hooker is the future vehicles engineer at Thatcham Research, the motor insurers’ automotive safety, security and repair research centre. He believes this increase in vehicle complexity carries a danger that repair technicians will not be able to keep up with the skills required to return vehicles to OEM safety and appearance levels. He writes here exclusively for AM:
Total Accident Management has gone live with an online web portal designed to streamline the accident reporting and repair process for its customers.
Iris Coatings, the sales and marketing specialist for refinishing distribution, and five UK distributors of automotive paint and bodyshop supplies have been acquired by Euro Car Parts’ owner LKQ Euro.
Barking & Dagenham College, supported by the Skills Funding Agency, is offering 30 free places on its new AutoRaise collision repair apprenticeship programme.
The Mazda total loss avoidance programme, Mazda Save It, has been running for just over two years, and is now open to the whole UK market.
Fix Auto UK’s presence inside the M25 has been strengthened with the signing of North-East London-based LRM Accident Repair Centre, which becomes Fix Auto Hainault with immediate effect.
AIM-listed Quindell Portfolio, the provider of software, consultancy and technology, has announced a new agreement with Honda to handle a range of accident management services for the motor manufacturer's UK customers.
Fix Auto UK has cemented its presence in the South West of England with the announcement that it has appointed Tavistock Accident Repair and Service Centre to its network.
Mark Pratt has been promoted to the position of managing director for the TCW Vehicle Repair Group (TCW).
