To reserve your place, please follow the ABP Club National Meeting Scotland - booking form link
The BIGGEST event in Scotland for the body repair industry in 2010 just got bigger again! Bodyshop Solutions - Celette and Sandicliffe Motor Contracts have added to an already very impressive exhibitor listing!
FREE TO ATTEND -all Scottish and North of England bodyshops are welcome to attend free of charge - both ABP Club members and non-member bodyshops.
Bookings for the event are well under way, however ABP Club is delighted to remind Bodyshops and Suppliers to book their places on our first National Meeting - Scotland, which is kindly supported by many of the industry's leading suppliers including headline sponsor Gildeas Solicitors and many other event partners, listed below.
We are delighted to be returning to Scotland following our two previous visits for our successful Business to Business Forums, held in March 2009/2010. We will be returning to The Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld.
To remind Scottish and North of England bodyshops, we have a terrific line up of topics and speakers, to include:
BSI PAS125 update – David Cresswell, ABP Club and PAS125 Working Group Chairman
Insurance update – Ali Campbell, Aviva Insurance
Correct vehicle deployment – Gordon Grant, Accident Exchange
All things legal – various topics and speakers, Gildeas Solicitors
Audatex System update – Stewart Myles, Audatex UK
Thatcham Integrated Methods – Laura Brown, Thatcham
Pre-meeting dinner We will be holding a pre-meeting dinner at The Westerwood Hotel on Monday 13th September at 7.30pm for all delegates who wish to join us. The cost of the meal and table wine is covered by the sponsors/partners of the meeting and exhibition, therefore this will be at no cost to meeting delegates. All meeting delegates are welcome to attend*
Accommodation: For good reason, ABP Club chooses not get involved with accomodation bookings, therefore should you require accommodation please contact the hotel directly - we have negotiated a guaranteed ABP Club room rate of £95.00 single or double occupancy b&b, however we suggest that you book at the best available price, which may prove to be cheaper, dependent on demand. To obtain the guaranteed rate, please mention ABP Club when booking through their central booking facility by telephone: 0845 0345 777 or directly on 01236 457171.
We are delighted that the following event partners will be exhibiting:
Gildeas Solicitors, 3M, Accident Exchange, Activeweb, Audatex UK, Aviva Insurance, Bodyshop Solutions - Celette, Carlac, Dingbro, EMACS, Farecla, Fix Auto, Fleet Factors, Institute of the Motor Industry, I Love Claims, Inter-est, Minden Systems, Mirka Abrasives, Morelli Group, Motherwell College, Motor Industry Skills Consortium, Sandicliffe Motor Contracts, Scots Auto Scene (Media Partner), Stanners Equipment, SWR - Special Waste Recycling, Symach, Thatcham
Venue and meeting timings The National meeting is open to all Bodyshops and Suppliers*, ABP Club member and non members alike - and it's FREE to attend! The meeting is to be held on Tuesday 14th September 2010.
The venue for the event is: The Westerwood Hotel, 1 St Andrews Drive, Cumbernauld, G68 0EW
Registration will commence at 8.30am where tea/coffee and bacon rolls will be served in the exhibition area.
There will be a mid morning break of 45 minutes and we'll be concluding with a buffet lunch at 1.15pm
Social Golf Challenge A social golf 18 hole challenge is available for delegates to participate in following lunch at 2.30pm. There will be a small charge on the day for this part of the event to cover green fees, but we do hope that golfers are able to join us.
Also, Gildeas Solicitors will be holding a FREE legal clinic, where delegates can discuss any legal matters they have with an expert in a particular field, whether that be employment law, health and safety, or any legal matter. To reserve a time or ask a question relating to this, please mail mark@abpclub.com
*The meeting is aimed toward the Bodyshop sector, therefore suppliers are limited to a maximum of 2 delegates per company, unless otherwise agreed.
To reserve your place, please follow the ABP Club National Meeting Scotland - booking form link