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- 20% discount for ABP members - Worker Protection Act & Sexual Harassment Awareness Course from Peritus Learning
- 3 WEEKS TO GO! - check out the ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards finalists
- 3.3 million people believe children should be allowed to... - ‘drive’ autonomous vehicles
- 3M and Axalta - new collaboration to launch training content for automotive refinishing
- 3M - supporting future collision repair industry stars as bronze sponsors at the upcoming World Skills competition in France (10-15 Sept)
- 3M - three members of the 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division on the judging panel for the WorldSkills UK National Finals this week
- 500 repairers have voted, have you? - ABP Repairers Choice Awards voting closes at 6pm Tues 8 Oct
- 7.6 million motorists risk fines for driving without a valid MOT - 23% of all MOTs were carried out late last year
- A night of celebration! - the full list of ABP Night of Knights 2024 winners
- A1 ADAS Solutions - working with workshops to navigate diagnostic issues and save money
- A1 Remote Diagnostics - new remote diagnostics "mega bundle"
- AA - 13% of drivers don’t leave enough space in front when following a learner
- AA - 16% drivers using their own car for business have not told their insurance company
- AA - calls for 1,000 more ‘cops in cars’ to improve community and road safety
- AA - calls for fuel duty freeze "to protect UK economy"
- AA - crashes rise 11% in fortnight after autumn clock change (Sun 27 Oct)
- AA - drastic change in price of charging (ultra-rapid peak rate UP 8p/kWh, off-peak rapid charging DOWN 10p/kWh)
- AA - EV breakdowns caused by ‘out of charge’ lowest ever this year
- AA EV Recharge Report - EV charging at home drops to less than 5p a mile
- AA EV Recharge Report - cost to fuel (pence per mile): petrol: 12.65, slow: 11.53, fast: 13.11 and rapid: 16.72
- AA - new car wellness app uses AI to check tyre tread as 3 in 10 drivers unsure how to check them
- AA Pothole Index - 10,000 more pothole-related breakdown incidents compared to last year
- AA - red light rollout to improve breakdown safety
- AA - "the car is not a luxury but the means for the majority of people to go about their daily lives"
- Aaran Cooper, Steer Automotive Group - Thatcham Research apprentice wins Silver at National Finals
- ABB Robotics - new paint atomizer increases transfer efficiency up to 10% with a minimum 30% reduction in paint waste
- ABI - average motor insurance premium fell by 2% in July to September to £612
- ABI - The Motor Insurance Taskforce and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Market Study
- ABL 1 Touch - Apprentice success, new website & logo for 28-site bodyshop group
- ABP 2024 NIGHT OF KNIGHTS - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
- ABP Annual Convention & Night of Knights - more than 460 tickets booked - 60% sold already!
- ABP Annual Convention and Night of Knights - event on Thurs 14 Nov is nearly FULL; 720 already booked
- ABP Annual Convention and Night of Knights - just 3 sponsorship packages remain (28 sold); only way to advertise in Industry Yearbook
- ABP Annual Convention & Night of Knights - register for tickets now! Thursday 14 November in Manchester
- ABP Annual Convention (Thurs 14 Nov) - Neil Martin (ex McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari) confirmed as special guest speaker
- ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - 7 Awards for bodyshops to enter NOW!
- ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - BODYSHOPS *** ENTER TODAY! ***
- ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - 7 Awards for Bodyshops to win!
- ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - full list of all 35 finalists for the 7 awards
- ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - full list of all 35 finalists for the 7 awards
- ABP Club Annual Convention and Night of Knights – Delegate Joining Instructions for tomorrow
- ABP Club Annual Convention and Night of Knights – Delegate Joining Instructions 2024
- ABP Club Annual Convention and Night of Knights – Delegate Joining Instructions for Thursday
- ABP Club Convention and Night of Knights - 728 photos available on-line
- ABP Club Convention (9am-3pm) - registration from 9am, Convention welcome and panel session from 10am
- ABP Club is 20 years old today (24 September)
- ABP Club Media and Events Guide 2025 - details of digital, online and event opportunities
- ABP Club Night of Knights – Delegate Joining Instructions for this evening
- ABP Golf Day - photos now available of the 72 players who teed off last week at The Oxfordshire
- ABP Golf Day - photos now available of the 92 players who teed off last week at Forest of Arden
- ABP Golf Day, South – 70 golfers tee off at The Oxfordshire, Thame
- ABP Guide to Retail Charges - tell us what changes / additions you want to see in new 2025 edition
- ABP Guide to Retail Charges - tell us what changes / additions you want to see in new 2025 edition
- ABP Guide to Retail Charges - tell us what changes / additions you want to see in new 2025 edition
- ABP interview - LKQ Bodyshop’s Chris O’Rourke
- ABP News - share your news in the ABP Newsletter: it's easy!
- ABP News - share your news in the ABP Newsletter: it's easy!
- ABP Night of Knights Programme - available online to view and download... NOW!
- ABP Night of Knights Programme - available online to view and download... NOW!
- ABP Repairers Choice awards - the 65 finalists for the 13 awards have been announced
- ABP Repairers Choice awards - the 65 finalists for the 13 awards have been announced
- ABP Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - just over 24 hours left to vote
- ABP Repairers Choice awards - the full list of 65 finalists for the 13 awards
- ABP State of the Industry Report - have YOUR say on the body repair industry (Survey closes 6pm tomorrow)
- ABP State of the Industry Report - ALL bodyshops invited to take part in quick 5-minute survey
- ABP State of the Industry Report - have YOUR say on the body repair industry (Survey closes next week)
- ABP State of the Industry Report - 2024 Survey open NOW!
- ACEA - European auto industry calls for urgent action as demand for EVs declines
- ACEA - new car registrations: +0.2% in July 2024; battery electric 12.1% market share
- ACEA - YTD EU new battery-electric car registrations were down -4.9% in October
- ACG - appoints Nicky Rushton as Head of Sales
- ACG blog - how bodyshops can utilise invoice factoring to weather the winter season
- ACG - Dee Padfield joins ACG as its latest Corporate Account Manager
- ACG - Invoice Factoring 101: A Comprehensive Guide for Bodyshop Owners - (ABP Club Exclusive) - a blog from ACG on the new ABP Club website!
- ACG - new Europa Crash Centre case study on tackling bodyshop cash flow inefficiencies and unlocking growth opportunities
- ACG - recognised as a UK Fast Growth Index company for 2024
- ACG - third Business Development Manager appointment this year for ACG, as Steve Daley joins the team
- ACG - win a £100 pizza party for your bodyshop team at the ABP Convention!
- ACIS - mobile SMART repair operators can reduce cost base by 20%, says ACIS
- ACSO - lowest level of motor injury claims ever in Q3, down 11% vs Q3 2023
- Action Fraud - £1.4 million lost from email and social media account hacking in the last year
- Activate Group - average repair costs of Tesla and other BEV manufacturers has dramatically closed over the last 5 years
- Activate Group - opens bodyshop number 11, in Nottingham, with with Darren Norman as Bodyshop Manager
- Admiral Group - UK Insurance CEO, Cristina Nestares, to step down – succeeded by Deputy CEO, Alistair Hargreaves
- Advanced Propulsion Centre - funding to supplement the research and development of 100% recycled aluminium castings, for future Aston Martin models
- Ageas - Iain Belson (ex BGL Insurance) appointed as Director of Distribution; Beth Pilgrim (ex ERS) joins as Strategic Portfolio Manager
- Ageas - in discussions about a long-term partnership arrangement for Saga's insurance division says Sky News
- Ageas - open to making further takeover bids for British motor insurers
- Ageas UK promotions - Adam Beckett, Chief Distribution Officer, now MD Broker & Partnerships & Tom Quirke, Chief Actuary, now Chief Underwriting Officer
- AirPro Diagnostics - announce strategic partnership with Revv to enhance ADAS calibration and diagnostics solutions
- Akzo Nobel - efficiency and cost cutting plans inc reduction of around 2,000 positions globally
- AkzoNobel - Automotive Training Centre in Didcot, Oxford, hosts Ageas Sustainability Day
- AkzoNobel - installs hydrogen-powered spray booth at new automotive training centre in Belgium
- AkzoNobel - launches high-performance Interpon powder coatings range for the commercial vehicles sector
- AkzoNobel - launches new Automotive Training Centre in Belgium and the first to harness hydrogen power
- AkzoNobel - paint co's largest European solar energy plant goes live in Poland
- Alan Reed Accident Repair Centre - Shildon bodyshop invest in EV technician training through Tesla partners
- ALD Automotive UK - Tim Laver appointed as Managing Director of UK business
- All the winners from tonight's Greener Bodyshop awards
- ALLDATA Europe - helps crown Top Technician and Top Garage winners
- ALLDATA Repair - Inside Intelligence helps technicians with 2015 Porsche 981 Cayman S)
- Allianz - 1 in 5 pothole-damaged cars has to be written off; av total loss claim costs £7,900
- Allianz - average cost fire-related claims involving lithium batteries is £50,000; caused by leaking and damaged batteries and overcharged e-vehicles combusting
- Allianz - average claims at 4am cost over £20,000 vs av claim made at 6pm £5,700
- Allianz - car accidents peak around 3pm school pick-up
- Allianz Commercial - appoints Rob Carslake as its new head of London region for mid-market
- Allianz - delivery vans have c20% higher claims frequency than conventional vehicles
- Allianz - frequency and value of large cyber insurance claims up 14% and 17% year-on-year in the first half of 2024
- Allianz - half of UK truck drivers switch off safety assistance systems
- Allianz - named the world’s #1 insurance brand, ranking among the top 30 global brands for the first time
- Allianz UK - increases in fake or cloned businesses trying to obtain motor fleet insurance using falsified Confirmed Claims Experience documentation
- Allianz UK - Youth Sport Trust MoveNow programme inspires over 1,600 school children
- Allianz - Wayne Smith (Motor Engineering Field Team Leader) starts new position as Local Business Owner, Supplier Management and Integrations
- Allied Vehicles - Charitable Trust of supplier of adapted and special purpose vehicles supports long-term housing for women in crisis
- Allstar - petrol and diesel prices is to remain steady for the remainder of the year
- Alphabet - appoints Jesper Lyndberg (ex CEO at BMW Financial Services Denmark) as CEO
- Altilium announces project to validate EV cells from recycled batteries with JLR
- AND-E (Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe) - 120% improvement in insurance fraud detection through tailor-made AI solution
- Andy Sargent - sad news of the passing of former Volkswagen Group UK Paint and Body Technical and Quality manager
- Ansible Motion - state-of-the-art Simulation Centre to be the first facility at Snetterton Innovation Park
- Apprenticeship Central - 46% school leavers are considering an apprenticeship
- Apprenticeship Central - "blown away by the genuine appetite" for apprenticeships at ABP Night of Knights relaunch
- Apprenticeship reforms - employers asked to invest in younger workers and fund more of their level 7 apprenticeships outside of the levy
- Aqua Mist - first “Colour of the Year” from British design and engineering studio CALLUM forecasts colour trends for 2025
- ASM Metal Recycling - hit with a £650,000 fine following a routine inspection by the HSE
- Association of British Insurers (ABI) - motor insurance fraud up 8% YOY representing 54% of all claims
- Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) - comments on the launch of a Government taskforce to tackle motor insurance premiums
- Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) - sets up national network of training venues as numbers rise 29%
- Aston Barclay - September 'LCV desirability index' features electric vans for the first time
- ATF - call for bodyshops to enter the ATF Professional Vehicle Recycling Awards 2024 (deadline Thurs 12 Sept)
- ATF Professional Vehicle Recycling Awards 2024 – book your tickets now
- Audatex UK - Data Update coming Thursday 14 November
- Audi - operating profit dropped 91% in Q3; considering cutting head count by 15%
- Auto Body Professional - the Autumn 2024 magazine is out now (print and online, inc link below to read now!)
- Auto Body Professional - growing number of bodyshops seeking private equity investment
- Auto Express - 39% drivers would support a rise in fuel duty to fund pothole repairs
- Auto Express - "modern ADAS driver-assistance systems can be borderline dangerous"
- Auto Logistic Solutions (ALS) - launch Full Circle accident management product to create more demand for its 300 UK bodyshops
- Auto Plas Bumper Recycling - attending ABP NOK on Thursday
- Auto Raise - new MD, Emma Speed, visits Emtec to see how partnership with Gemini is benefitting apprentices
- Auto Raise - please complete this short survey about apprentices and support for bodyshops
- Auto Raise - win a custom Auto Raise Toolbox! Entries close Fri 13 Sept
- Auto Trader - 17 more brands in the market in 2025 vs 2019
- Auto Trader - 5,000 people from 260 businesses across the auto industry certified as Carbon Literate
- Auto Trader - 87% of car buyers won’t pay more for an electric car; new EVs cost 31% more than petrol & diesel
- Auto Trader and What Car? - major new partnership set to redefine future of automotive retail
- Auto Trader - average price of a used car was £16,408 in October; down -7.4% YoY the lowest annual decline since December 2023
- Auto Trader - average price of a used car was £16,316 in August; down -9.2% year-on-year
- Auto Trader - new car visits up 7% month-on-month ahead of September, and 8% year-on-year
- Auto Trader Retailer Awards - Kate Carter, Head of Truck Sales, at eStar Truck and Van, named "Woman of the Year"
- Auto Windscreens - funds CSALS session for Mindscapes in Chesterfield
- Auto Windscreens - receives ServiceMark reaccreditation from The Institute of Customer Service
- Auto Windscreens - Tom Barker from Rochester named ‘Clearly the Best’ technician in the UK
- Auto Windscreens - Health & Safety Manager, Bruce Bahlaj, earns NEBOSH Diploma for occupational H&S
- Autocar Drivers of Change - are you driving change and promoting diversity in your business?
- Autocraft Group - Telford bodyshop ace BSI audit with the help of Ezi Compliance System
- Autocraft Group - mourns the passing of Colin Fielding, one of the founders of Autocraft Telford
- Autofinity - launches ViSOURCE to streamline dealer used car buying from vendors
- Autoglass - 44% of drivers who found a chip or a crack in their windscreen believed holes in the road were to blame
- Autoglass - frost drives 12% increase in windscreen damage
- Autoglass - potential flooded motorways due to severe thunderstorms
- Autoglass - pothole crisis will cause issues for planned self-driving vehicle launch on UK roads
- Autoglass - warning drivers about the dangers of clearing frost from a windscreen incorrectly
- Automechanika - Innovation Award winners announced; PPG LINQ ecosystem wins Body & Paint category
- AutoRaise - have your say in the future of bodyshop apprenticeships
- AutoRaise - publish first in new series of Newsletters
- AutoRaise - welcome £300m investment in Further Education
- AutoRaise - winner of toolbox free draw receives prize
- Autorola - used diesel prices rise by 5.1% in Q3
- Autosales Subaru of Kirriemuir - supports Tina McGuff and Scottish Mental Health First Aid for schools
- Autotech Connect - the hidden threat to independent repairers in the age of cybercrime
- Autotech Group - Global Recruiter Awards finalist in the Best Small Recruitment Business category
- Autotech Group - named Best Small Recruitment Business at Global Recruiter Awards
- Autotech Training - major partnership with Alliance Automotive Group for training for c35,000 garages
- Autovista Group - global electric vehicle (EV) market hit a record 1.7 million registrations in September
- Autumn Budget 2024 - fuel duty: AA reaction
- Autumn Budget 2024 - £500m to fix potholes: RAC reaction
- Autumn Budget 2024 - mandatory pump price monitoring scheme will be live by end of 2025
- Autumn Budget 2024 - fuel duty to remain frozen: RAC reaction
- Auxillis - to deliver Marshall Motor Group Accident Aftercare Programme
- Avant Repair Network - new website for ABP Repairers Choice Accident Management / Network Management / Credit Hire company 2024
- Aviva - 43% of employers surveyed have increased support for neurodivergent employees over the past 3 years
- Aviva - businesses lack safety measures for lithium-ion batteries
- Aviva - confirms proposal made on 19 Nov to acquire Direct Line, which was firmly rejected
- Aviva - FT reports they have been contacting large DLG shareholders to gain support for a hostile bid
- Aviva - three in ten young drivers have purchased car insurance from a ghost broker
- AXA - successful in denying CHO attempt to claim unrecovered hire charges
- AXA UK - partners with Women in Data to foster gender diversity in the insurance industry
- Axalta - introduces Axalta Nimbus, an advanced cloud-based refinish platform
- Axalta - matt finish repairs made easy thanks to Cromax step-by-step video
- Axalta - new next-gen Irus Scan for accurate bodyshop refinish colour matching
- Bank of England - interest rates held at 5 per cent
- BASF - 2024-2025 Automotive Color Trends inspired by communication technology (reds, blacks and metallics)
- BASF Coatings - supporting the Car Painting skill competition at WorldSkills Lyon 2024 supplying Glasurit 100 Line
- BASF - launches first ChemCycling products in the automotive refinish market; premium clearcoats manufactured from recycled waste tyres
- Basic Welding (BWS) - new DSR880 self piercing rivet gun achieves JLR approval
- Basic Welding - demonstrating two new products at Convention
- (BBC) James McKeown Accident Repair - David McKeown, winning Autobody Repair Bronze medal at World Skills
- BCA - introduces EV Battery Health Grading to the remarketing sector
- BCA – LCV values bounce back to £7,501 average as autumn demand rises
- BCA – LCV values down £435 month-on-month to £7,410 average
- BCA - used car values averaged £7,511 at BCA in August
- BCA - used car values averaged £7,685 at auction in October
- Ben Automotive Industry Charity - advice from Ben, on National Stress Awareness Day
- Ben - Christmas Jumper Day 2024: Friday 13 December
- Ben - find out about the automotive industry charity's specialist services and support at NoK
- Ben - fundraising for those working in automotive with Christmas Jumper Day (Friday 13 December)
- Ben - offering a Christmas lifeline to automotive families for the fifth year running
- Bentley - announces Beyond100+ strategic plan; includes their first battery car, a luxury urban SUV in 2026
- Bentley - first car manufacturer to join global body for responsibly-sourced leather
- Best Apprentice? Business Hero? - nominate your bodyshop for the ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards!
- Big cars - UK’s top-selling cars leave 10cm or less clearance on each side to manoeuvre through garage doors –the width of a toilet roll
- Birchwood Group - onboards INDICATA used car pricing platform to support its used car business growth
- Blakedale - extends traffic management hire fleet to include EVs as part of its Drive to Zero commitment
- Bloomberg Intelligence - median insurance quote for a Ferrari is now 8% lower than for a Skoda
- Bloomberg Intelligence - volume brands could see 3.5% drop in sales in Q4
- BMW - approves Car-O-Liner's light cosmetic dent repair, CDR1, for global use
- BMW - first fully-electric Neue Klasse X test model rolls off production line in Hungary; full production in late 2025
- BMW Group - develops in-house battery recycling process without chemical or thermal processing; returns battery cell raw materials to the loop
- BMW Group - new organisational structure for cross-brand design team
- BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Centre (RDC) - inside the 30-year-old centre that recycles several thousand vehicles each year
- BMW - parking fees and fuel can be paid directly in the vehicle in all current BMW models (currently just in Germany)
- BMW - recalls 1.5 million BMW and MINI cars - sold since 2022 - due a fault with the braking system, affecting vehicles worldwide
- BMW - to launch first-ever series production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in 2028
- Body Shop Compliance Services - Ezi Compliance System supports LD Autovogue transition to the new 2022 standard for BS 10125
- Bodyshop Excellence Awards - enter before 6pm on Tues 8 Oct
- Bodyshop Excellence awards - record level of entries, up 327%, means 2 day delay in announcing finalists until 11am Thurs 17 Oct
- bodyshop mag and IBIS - CEO Jason Moseley dismissed due to "significant financial and operational irregularities"
- bodyshop mag awards - full list of all 17 winners; Stellantis (pictured) won VM award for 4th year in a row
- Bodyshop mag & IBIS – company plunges £595,000 into red; just £463 cash in bank
- Bodyshop Solutions - new Invertaspot NexGen Spot Welder from Wielander + Schill
- Bodyshop Solutions - new Invertaspot NexGen Spot Welder from Wielander + Schill at NoK
- Bodyshops dealing with pothole repairs and write-offs - CAT (Car Aftermarket Trader) wants to speak to you
- BODYSHOPS... Don't forget to vote! - 13 Repairers Choice Awards
- BODYSHOPS - please complete this quick 5-minute survey for the ABP State of the Industry Report
- BODYSHOPS - please complete this quick 5-minute survey for the ABP State of the Industry Report
- BODYSHOPS - please complete this quick 5-minute survey for the ABP State of the Industry Report
- BODYSHOPS - please complete this quick 5-minute survey for the ABP State of the Industry Report
- BODYSHOPS, we need YOUR votes! - Repairers Choice Awards 2024
- Bosch - announce 5,550 job cuts in its automotive division due to reduced demand from European car manufacturers
- BP Rolls Group - now fully operational in Newport after fire in August 2023, thanks Aviva for its support
- BPI - Richard Martin (former head of Synetiq Auctions and Motorhog) joins as shareholder and board member
- Bradford College - college motorsports event inspires next generation of talent
- Brake - 1,695 people died on UK roads in 2023 and 28,967 were seriously injured
- Brake - "another year, another 1,700 people killed on our roads"
- Brayleys Cars - multi-franchise group upskills technicians with Autotech Training's web-based platform, MOTsafe
- Bristol Street Motors - driver, Tony Holloway, clocks up 30 years of service
- British Safety Council - Budget 2024: lack of investment in mental health and wellbeing was "surprising omission"
- BSI - Complete Diagnostics receive a positive recommendation for BS10125:2022
- BSI - success for 99.5% BSI's clients ahead of BS 10125:2022 transition period deadline
- Budget 2024 - investment key to ending skills crisis, says Easy2Recruit
- Budget 2024 - minimum wages and employers' NI up, fuel duty freeze maintained and £500m to fix potholes
- Bumper (pay later for repairs) - makes first acquisition with AutoBI purchase
- CALLING ALL BODYSHOPS! Thatcham Research asks repairers to sign petition to raise the Apprenticeship Levy cap (currently £15,000 per apprentice)
- Cap HPI - EVs outperform UK used car market for values; BEVs were the best-performing fuel type
- Car finance complaints - FCA extension "potentially more than doubles" number of people able to complain about car finance... "start(ing) to look more like PPI scale of payouts"
- Car-O-Liner - ADAS tech talk in Auto Body Professional
- Car-O-Liner - congratulate WorldSkills Automotive Body Repair Medal winners: Jordan Lingham, Aaron Cooper, and Owen Thomas
- Car-O-Liner - hosts IMI Masterclass Training in lead up to WorldSkills UK finals
- Car-O-Liner - new BenchRack Versa provides innovative, efficient, safe vehicle lifting
- Car-O-Liner - six Body Repair finalists train at IMI Skills Competition Body Repair Master Class
- Car-O-Liner - sponsoring the WorldSkills UK Body Repair Finals 2024 at Bolton College
- Car-O-Liner - the CDR1 Cosmetic Dent Repair workstation has been officially approved by BMW
- Car-O-Liner - Tru-Point ADAS 3D Positioning Accessories receives Automechanika Innovation Award
- Car-O-Liner UK - Tru-Point ADAS calibration system approved for Hyundai, Kia, Genesis Vehicles
- Car Paint Colours - blue car owners are most likely to ignore paint damage
- Car traffic up 1.9% YOY (2024 vs 2023) but down 1.7% pre-COVID
- CarComm Coachworks - acquired by Steer Automotive Group (official statement from CarComm)
- CarGurus - unexpected bill of £772 enough to make drivers want to replace car
- Carlac - hosts 3M Showcase day at Leeds branch
- Carlac - opens new Midlands depot in Coventry
- Carmola - electric cars drop in value by an average of £11k in the first three years
- Carmoola - average electric car owner seeing a depreciation of nearly 50% within the first three years
- Carmoola - EVs drop in value by an average of £11k in the first three years.
- CARS of Grimsby - join Volkswagen Approved Repairer programme
- Carwow - 75% of drivers describe their driving skills and knowledge as ‘very good’ or ‘good’
- Carwow - acquires GRIDSERVE Leasing
- Castle Coachworks - celebrates 30th Anniversary
- CBI Growth Indicator - September 2024: expectations for growth have remained positive throughout this year
- ChargeUK - ZEV mandate "will not be weakened”
- Charles Trent - 6 staff work with Paul Blahyj, Toyota Lean Management Centre at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK
- Chartwell Derby (Powered by Steer) - awesome F1 rebuild project
- Chesterfield Car Clinic - appoint Nicola Lodge as Bodyshop Administrator
- ChipsAway - celebrates 75,000 reviews on Trustpilot
- Circle Leasing - pick up info on running a courtesy car fleet (and some treats) in the NoK Exhibition Hall
- Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA) - UK Autumn spike in glare-related claims AND premium car headlight theft
- Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA) - calls on police to abolish stolen vehicle data handling process known as ‘six-week weeding’.
- Claire Lomas MBE, inspirational speaker at the 2018 Night of Knights - sad news of the death of campaigner & fundraiser
- Clarus - 2m windscreens are replaced in the UK per year: at an average cost of £700
- Clyde & Co - insurers join wheelchair sports charity WheelPower at Stoke Mandeville to raise £30k
- Clyde & Co - new Personal Injury Discount Rates for both Scotland and Northern Ireland "will be welcomed by insurers"
- CMA - high fuel margins continue to inflate pump prices for motorists
- CMA - insurance industry collaboration key to Essex Police vehicle fraud conviction
- CMA - writes to Prima Subsidiary about a breach of the Private Motor Insurance Order re NCB Protection
- Collision Repair Group - invests in three new mobile ADAS vans taking total fleet to 25
- Colourcube Automotive Accident Repair Centre - Ellie joins as the bodyshop's newest Apprentice Panel Technician
- Commercial Vehicle Show - appoints Mike Costain as new Event Director
- Compare the Market - first yearly fall in average car insurance premiums since June 2022
- Complete Diagnostics - first and only remote coding co withe BS 10125 accreditation at ABP NoK
- Complete Vehicle Support - chooses Auto Windscreens as its vehicle glass supplier
- Confederation of British Industry (CBI) - private sector expects activity to fall in the next three months
- Confused.com - average price of car insurance now £861, down 7% compared to the previous quarter
- Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index - motor premiums down 2.3% (£21) between July and September 2024
- Congratulations on the new site
- Consumer Intelligence - the power of data insights in predicting competitor performance: Aviva's 2024 half-year results
- Consumer Intelligence - average motor quote between £500 and £749 in August; annual increase slows to 9.8%
- Consumer Intelligence - quoted van insurance premiums falling, but still up 9.5% in a year
- Consumer Intelligence - cheapest premiums by far the biggest reason for choosing a motor insurer
- Copart - adapting to an "ever-evolving car parc" inc EVs
- Copart - opens new St Helens Operation Centre (former Cazoo site)
- Copart - results for y/e July 2024: pre-tax profits up 10.3% to $1,715m on sales up 9.5% to $4,237m
- Copart - results for 3-months to 31 Oct; pre-tax profit up 6.6% to $451 million on turnover up 12.4% to $1,146 million
- Copart UK - hold first auctions at new Operation Centre in St Helens, Merseyside (former Cazoo site)
- Copart UK - sponsor NWVA and Morelli Group's 11-a-side football match at London Stadium raising £ for DEBRA
- Copart - UK’s largest inventory of green parts with The Green Parts Specialists acquisition
- Core Diagnostics - new Core Remote Ultimate solution
- Core Diagnostics - the hidden causes of headlight glare
- Covéa Insurance - cost of bumpers up 15% since 2021
- Credit Hire Organisation (CHO) - comments on the new motor insurance taskforce
- Cromax - launches new UV High Productive Primer-Surfacer - is ideal for spot repairs
- Cross-government motor insurance taskforce - to tackle "spiralling costs" (21% rise in premiums in 2 years)
- Crude oil price - rises 10% this week due to increasing conflict in Middle East
- Cunbar Paints - Technical Specialist, Lee Mellor, celebrates 20 years of service
- Custom Coachworks - Fastest Growing Bodyshop Group NoK nominees secure PAS2060 success
- Dacia Jogger and Tesla Model 3 - top fast-selling list, taking just over 30 days to sell
- Darren Clark, Advantage Parts Solutions - sad news of the passing of UK Managing Director
- Dataquest - head to stand number 22 on Thursday to meet Thomas, Harry, Jack and Simon
- Davies - promotes CTO Paul O’Brien as the firm’s first Group Chief AI Officer
- Daytime agenda
- Delphi Academy - final call for September training including Advanced Driver Assistance systems and Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
- Delphi - named Diagnostic Equipment Manufacturer of the Year
- Department for Transport (DfT) - commissions TRL to research headlight glare
- Direct Line - 10.3 million motorists let their tank get as close to empty as they dare before refuelling
- Direct Line - 41% of small business owners and sole traders employ family members in their business, with 15% hiring sons and daughters
- Direct Line - confirms the appointment of Jane Poole as Group Chief Financial Officer
- Direct Line - confirm Aviva proposal rejected as being "highly opportunistic and substantially undervaluing" the company
- Direct Line Group - Green Flag is first UK breakdown company to use Apple's assistance via satellite (when mobile and Wi-Fi coverage are unavailable)
- Direct Line Group - 36% luxury car owners are relying on ‘old school’ physical security measures to keep their luxury cars secure
- Direct Line - half-year results: gross written motor premiums 76.5% up on last year
- Direct Line - Q3 trading update: 550 jobs being cut; targeting 13% profit margin for 2026
- Direct Line - the average tradesperson is chasing £6,000 in late payments
- DLG Auto Service Centres (VIDEO) - DLG's own bodyshops (23 sites) service 50% of the insurers claims volumes
- Doseley Motors Body and Paint Centre - Telford bodyshop now officially a Tesla Approved Body Shop (TABS)
- Dr Andy Palmer (ex CEO Aston Martin and COO at Nissan) - new car industry "headwinds" inc Chinese EV competition not just ZEV mandate
- Drivers admit to poor sleep and low confidence after a crash - "time-consuming and stressful administrative requirements"
- Drivers in the dark - majority of UK drivers (66%) don’t know that car manufacturers have access to their personal data
- Driving for Better Business - launches monthly Fleet Focus guides
- DVLA - data reveals that over 300 drivers have been caught drink driving at least four times
- DVSA - warns drivers about parking scam texts
- DWF - Steve Varley (Accenture & EY) appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chair at insurance legal services firm
- Eastbourne Coach Finishers (ECF) - Stephen Murray's SJDM parent company completes purchase of ECF
- Easy2Recruit - industry backing needed to make government Youth Guarantee a success
- eBay - 38% drivers admitted to paying a mechanic to replace their bulbs for them
- eBay - adds Renault and Dacia OEM stores to Parts and Accessories inventory available from official manufacturers
- eBay - Jeep owners in the UK are the most hands-on with car maintenance
- eBay - shortlist for Van Conversion of the Year Awards 2024 inc classic bakery and a mobile DJ booth
- eBay - speak to ABP about supporting a special project: Mission Motorsport
- eBay - Van Conversion of the Year Awards 2024 winner... party van kitted out with DJ booth
- ECA Business Energy - ABP Night of Knights sponsor work with >500 bodyshops, saving >£5m
- ECA Business Energy - Market Drivers October 2024
- ECA - congratulate Fix Auto Redhill (Eco-Friendly Bodyshop) and Steer Automotive Group (Fastest Growing Bodyshop Group)
- Electric Car Scheme - EV predictions for the coming year
- ELV Training (blog) - the darker side of green parts (refers to BBC report on modern slavery at car scrapyard in Oldham
- ELV Training - what's going wrong for EVs?
- Emissions Analytics - call for reform of car taxation to be based on a combination of weight and mileage
- Ennis & Co Group - announce new career-boosting fund
- Entegral - exclusive race car simulator competition for ABP Convention delegates
- Entegral - sponsor NWVA and Morelli Group's 11-a-side football match at London Stadium raising £ for DEBRA
- Enterprise Flex-E-Rent - 15 new recruits join HGV apprentice programme
- Enterprise Mobility - celebrates 30 years in the UK; 450 branches and a c150,000-vehicle fleet
- ENTRY IS OPEN for the ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - sponsored by 3M, FMG Repair Services, GT Motive, ECA Business Energy, Reparify and Sagola
- ENTRY IS OPEN for the ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards - sponsored by 3M, FMG Repair Services, GT Motive, ECA Business Energy, Reparify and Sagola.
- Environment Agency - public urged to prepare for floods after wettest 18 months on record
- esure - 20mph speed limits could reduce motor premiums by £50 per year
- Esure - Ageas, Allianz, Aviva and Hastings all reported to be considering bids to acquire business from owners Bain Capital
- esure - Reuters reports that their private equity owners, Bain Capital, are lining up sale and Ageas said to be interested
- Euro Car Parts - new branch in Fazeley, West Midlands, now open after renovation
- Euro NCAP - elects Céline Vallaude (Head of Expertise & Vehicle Regulation at the France-based UTAC) as President
- Euro NCAP - latest round of crash test results includes just three stars for Jeep Avenger
- Euro NCAP - latest results highlight safety as a priority in new car design
- Euro NCAP - launches new TRUCK SAFE assessment programme
- Euro NCAP - published Assisted Highway Driving Gradings for 5 models
- Euro NCAP - Truck Safe programme begins with first 7 trucks tested in rating scheme
- Euro NCAP - “wide differences” in safety of driver assistance systems
- Europcar - adds Kia Niro EV to growing electric fleet
- Europcar - branded Mercedes-Benz e-Vito support vehicle for 480-mile Shell Cycle Team
- Europcar - business drivers believe the cost of EVs is still holding back 40.9% of businesses from switching to electric
- Europcar - employees aim to plant 2,000 trees in 2024-25 under new partnership with Trees for Cities
- Europcar - EV confidence grows but so does fleet resistance
- Europcar Mobility Group UK - continuing partnership with Leicester Tigers
- Europcar - range, charging points, purchase costs and insurance cited as hurdles to EV van adoption
- Europcar - renews supply and management deal with CBVC Vehicle Management
- Europcar - Sir David Attenborough named as the greatest environmental influencer, according to visitors at CarFest 2024
- Europcar - van donated to Matt Hampson Foundation covers 12,000 miles in first year
- European Transport Safety Council - call for mandatory safety standards for e-scooters, including 20 km/h maximum speed
- European Union - adopts a repair clause, allowing freedom of choice for visible repair spare parts
- Evolution Repair Group - offers to pay up to £500 customer excess at Stockport, Dundee, Glasgow and Keighly
- Evolve (bodyshops in Coventry, Birmingham and Leicester) - acquire Warwick bodyshop, PL Carbodies
- EXCLUSIVE: FMG Repair Services - appoint Paul Wrigglesworth (formerly operations director) as Managing Director, succeeding Claire Owens
- Express Bodyworks - partnership with Midlands Safari Park
- EY - among the 38% of employees likely to leave their jobs, there is an even split of those looking to stay versus switch sectors
- Ezi Methods Golf Day - 32 golfers from vehicle repair sector take part in day in tribute to Bob Linwood
- Fairer Finance - has the 20mph limit led to motor insurance premium reduction in Wales?
- Fairer Finance - NFU Mutual most trusted and 1st Central least trusted car insurance brands
- Farécla –Apprentice and Student Bonnet Painting Competition Grand Finalists announced & winner of public vote revealed!
- Farécla – Apprentice and Student Bonnet Painting Competition semi-finalists revealed - vote for your favourite online now!
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competitions Grand Finals: Meet the Finalists #3 – Kayleigh Meadows
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competitions Grand Finals: Meet the Finalists #2 – Rylee Gale
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competition 2024 Judges: Mick Finch (Akzo), Richard Hutchins (IMI), Daryl Head (ZIGUP) and Tom French (Farécla)
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competition Grand Final Livestream TOMORROW at 12 Noon on YouTube
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competitions Grand Finals: Meet the Finalists #4 – Aaron Marshall
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competitions Grand Finals: Meet the Finalists #4 – Lauryn Palmer
- Farécla – Bonnet Painting Competitions Grand Finals: Meet the Finalists #1 – Jackson Bailey
- Farécla – Lauryn Palmer from FMGRS Milton Keynes wins Apprentice & Student Bonnet Painting competition
- Farécla - see the winning bonnet by Lauryn Palmer FMG Repair Services Milton Keynes at Convention!
- Farécla - winner of the Apprentice & Student Bonnet Painting Competition 2024, Lauryn Rose Palmer from FMG Repair Services Milton Keynes at NOK
- FCA - consults on motor finance complaints extension
- FCA - Director fined £1.1m and banned for misusing funds due to insurers
- FCA - enhances access to market data and investment research to support growth
- FCA - extension to motor finance complaint handling pause confirmed
- FCA - fines Volkswagen Finance £5.4m over treatment of customers in financial difficulty
- FCA - launches market study into insurance finance (est 20 million people pay for their insurance this way)
- FE News - 26% of UK workforce is underqualified (compared to 18% OECD average)
- Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) - confidence among small business owners down, higher wages blamed
- Ferrari - five Apprentices graduate in ceremony held at Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli UK, Silverstone
- FINAL CALL - enter the ABP's Bodyshop Excellence Awards before 6pm TODAY
- FINAL CALL - please send your guest names for Night of Knights by 5pm TODAY
- Financial Times - "hybrids could be sold after 2030 in loosening of UK’s EV rules"
- Fix Auto Hereford - new bodyshop now operational
- Fix Auto Leicester - using Everard Group's 360-degree video solution
- Fix Auto Leicester - shortlisted as one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK
- Fix Auto Newport - Apprentice spray painter Teagan Whiteman wins bronze in the Automotive Refinishing National Final
- Fix Auto Park Royal - achieves carbon neutral status in line with PAS 2060
- Fix Auto Reading - gains PAS 2060 accreditation
- Fix Auto Stevenage - sponsor local football team, Stevenage FC
- Fix Auto UK - celebrating award wins at the 2024 Bodyshop Magazine Awards
- Fix Auto UK - confirms takeover of Fix Auto Edinburgh West; 11th Fix Auto-owned bodyshop
- Fix Auto UK - five repairers recognised for environmental efforts at NBRA Green Awards
- Fix Auto UK - hat-trick of honours at ABP Night of Knights
- Fix Auto West Hampstead - celebrates 75th anniversary
- Fix Auto West Hampstead - one of the oldest vehicle repairers in London celebrates diamond anniversary
- Fleet Assist - expands senior management team in preparation for future expansion (1.5m vehicles in 2025)
- FLP - appoints Ainsley Hoare as new Business Development Manager for ULTIMATE
- FMG Network - interactive arcade game at NoK
- FMG - promotes Andrew Chandler to the role of Managing Director, following the recent departure of Claire Owens
- FMG - Regional Network Manager, Dean Calcutt , celebrates 20 years at FMG
- FMG Repair Services - leadership team get technical with Axalta, LKQ and Teroson
- FMG Repair Services - new Dundee bodyshop opens
- FMG Repair Services - promotes Senior Regional Operations Manager, Kris Hurd, to Operations Director
- FMG Repair Services - top scores for Technical Training Centre
- FMG Repair Services - Adam Thurston, Painter at FMG Cambridge, wins the Apprentice Mentor of the Year Award
- FMG Repair Services - Paul, Driver at Ellesmere Port site, celebrates 20 years of service at FMG
- FMG Repair Services - "welding and technology" updates as GYS hosts bodyshop
- Ford - restructuring plans for Europe with 4,000 jobs to be cut by 2027, including 800 in UK
- Fraser Accident Repairs - Push-To-Paint Training with Cornerstone Technologies
- Fylde Coast Accident Repair Centre - shout-out to "outstanding" apprentices: Jaden, Alfie, Lewis, Chris, and Lyam
- Fylde Coast ARC - Mark Thompson celebrates 20 years with Blackpool bodyshop
- Fylde Coast ARC - invests in 32-vehicle gullwing carport at the Blackpool-based bodyshop
- Gallagher Bassett UK - Motor and Property Fulfilment Director, Mark Garnham, receives 20-year award
- Garry Carter, Regional Business Manager at Fix Auto UK - fundraising after his van with son's karting kit was stolen
- GEM - tops Which? 2024 survey of breakdown providers for fast response times and fixing faults at the roadside
- Gemini Accident Repair Centres - attend event at the House of Commons, celebrating the UK's Top 100 and Top 50 SME Apprentice Employers
- Gemini Accident Repair Centres - attend ADAS training at Emtec
- Gemini Accident Repair Centres - donate 15 ex-Auto Raise Rally cars to EMTEC
- Gemini Accident Repair Centres - Toolbox fundraiser for Ben raises £1,090
- Gen X (aged 44-59) industry professionals - the perfect fit for teaching in further education
- Geotab - EV batteries can last 20 years or more; degradation rate of just 1.8% per year means vast majority of EV batteries will outlast life of the vehicle
- GKN Automotive - independent sustainability assessor, EcoVadis, awards GKN Automotive a Gold rating
- Glasgow Bodyshop - unveil new signage
- Glyn Hopkin - Chelmsford Training Centre providing EV and ADAS skills receives IMI Approved Centre status
- Go Compare - average car insurance policy ( £456) costs 23% more than the same time last year
- Go Compare Car Insurance - cost of getting on the road up 19% in 2024; costs new drivers an average of £7,100
- GoComapre - hanging air fresheners could invalidate your insurance
- Go.Compare - van insurance premiums stabilising: now, on average, £5 lower than at the end of 2023
- - Government - announce new crackdown on late payments in major support package for small businesses
- Government - National Minimum Wage up 6.7% to £25,500pa; apprentice rate up 18% to £15,760pa
- Government - targets 80% employment rate with reforms, including Apprenticeship ‘Youth Guarantee’
- Greenisland Body Repair Centre - joins Fix Auto as Fix Auto Greenisland, the fourth bodyshop in Northern Ireland for Fix Auto UK
- Ground breaking charity challenge to complete 78 Triathlons
- Growing concern over road rage – with Gen Z and Millennials the angriest drivers
- Growth and Skills Levy announced at Labour Party Conference - IMI response
- GSF Car Parts - Gatwick branch helping Ukraine supply lines via customer, A and B Motors
- GSF Car Parts - new range of DriveTec door mirror glass
- GSF Car Parts - team hosting guests at Automechanika in Germany
- GSF - Chairman Sukhpal Ahluwalia awarded Asian Business Person of the Year
- GSF - estimated 3.4m MOT tests expected to take place in September, significant increase from previous years
- GSF - opens new car parts branch in Barking
- GSF - £2bn "will help advance the development, supply chain, and manufacturing of zero-emission vehicles"
- GSF - reports 20% year-on-year growth as "buoyant" car parts market is set for further expansion
- GT Motive - David Vella appointed as GT Motive UK Managing Director
- GT Motive - how can accurate data and parts price lists save time and money?
- GT Motive - portfolio of numerous industry partnerships
- GT Motive - the role compliance plays in the automotive sector
- GT Motive - win a tablet in GT Motive's Accuracy Challenge competition at Convention!
- GTA - fundamental reforms agreed by credit hire industry and insurers to cut claims costs and benefit customers requiring mobility
- GYS - announce formal confirmation from BMW of the approval of the Pti Genius Spot Welder
- GYS - at the ABP Convention and Night of Knights
- GYS - invitation for ABP Members to visit Hall 11.0, Stand D02, at Automechanika 2024
- GYS - launch of P Series of PULSE MIG/MAG welders "biggest news in bodyshop welding in 2024"
- Halfords - revenue from Autocentres up 0.8% at £348.7m, c40% of sales
- Halo – three years on under new ownership
- Harry's Hot Rod Shop - Derbyshire bodyshop's HMG Paints project for East Midlands Scooter Show
- HB Accident Repair Network - new 16,000 sq ft North West bodyshop facility is officially up and running and fully operational
- HB Accident Repair Network - Cathy Taylor promoted to HB Customer Service Manager role
- HB Accident Repair Network - two team members complete Mental Health First Aider Course
- HB Accident Repair Network - new Warrington West bodyshop
- Headlight glare - new government confirms it will go ahead with research
- HELLA - 9-month 2024 results: stable sales and solid profitability in a challenging market environment
- HELLA - focus on coverage for DAF
- Hella Gutmann - extend its cyber security management (CSM) solution to unlock security-protected BMWs
- HELLA - hometown charity work and involvement in local motoring events
- HELLA - Volkswagen ID. Buzz rear lights new to range
- Help Ben to help you & win £500 - take the survey now!
- HMRC - electric company car mileage rate cut to 7ppm
- Horiba Mira - new multi-million-pound Passive Safety Centre Crash Facility in the Midlands is first in the UK capable of testing frontal car-to-car impacts
- Howden - expands South and Thames Valley presence in move to Farnborough Business Park to drive growth
- Howden Insurance - minimum wage rise – good or bad news for small businesses?
- HPI - 22% would trust a driverless car and be comfortable travelling in one
- HPI - SUVs make up third of all vehicles on UK roads, accounting for 60% of all new car registrations in 2023
- HPI - vehicle cloning warning
- Hugh J Boswell - business insurance specialist team at the ABP Convention
- Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Repair Alliance (HEVRA) - tech support expanded to include 15 supercars and rare models
- Hyundai i30 - tops new Kwik Fit "maintenance index": models which are most likely to have components replaced by their owners
- Hyundai Motor and Škoda Group - to collaborate on hydrogen advancement and energy efficient solutions for mobility
- Hyundai Motor and GM - sign deal to explore collaboration on vehicles, supply chain and clean-energy tech
- Hyundai Motor - hits major milestone with 100 million vehicles produced globally
- Hyundai Motor, Kia and Samsung Electronics - new Alliance for software-developed vehicles (SDVs) and smartphones
- Hyundai - named EV Brand of the Year at the 2025 Electrifying.com Awards
- I M Accident Repair Centre - officially accredited as a Tesla Approved Repair Centre
- IAM RoadSmart - "alarming spike" in the number of young women killed in the past 12 months
- IAM RoadSmart - introduces new in-vehicle technology content for drivers and fleet managers
- IAM RoadSmart - not reducing insurance premium tax is a missed opportunity
- IAM RoadSmart - responds to the UK Government’s new motor insurance taskforce
- IAM RoadSmart - reaction to 2023 road traffic casualty statistics
- IGA - urges government to support independent garages ahead of Autumn Budget
- IMI - "critical" (that) a share of this (£2bn) Budget commitment is allocated to training and CPD"
- IMI - motorists face continued delays to servicing and repairs as IMI analysis suggests employers have pulled back on recruitment
- IMI - open letter to Government calls for automotive skills to be made a priority
- IMI Skills Competition finals - officially underway in Bolton
- IMI - thank team of volunteer judges from companies across the motor sector
- IMI - urges Chancellor to consider the impact of raising employer NI contributions
- IMI Vacancy Rate Tracker - ‘Motor Trades’ back in number 1 spot and vacancies rise to 21,000
- IMI World Skills Competition - medal winners announced for refinish and body repair
- Important Announcement: Apprenticeship Central Returns - led by Director, Eleanor Baker-Barnes, supported by Chris Oliver
- IMPORTANT - please send your guest names for Night of Knights by 5pm TOMORROW (Tuesday 29 October)
- INDICATA - UK’s top three fastest-selling used cars were all electric
- INDICATA - used hybrids outpace all other fuel types in July; market share of used petrol cars falls by more than 10% in 18 months
- Inflation rate – CPI inflation falls to 1.7% for the 12 months to September 2024; RPI inflation down to 2.7%
- Inflation rate – CPI inflation unchanged at 2.2% for the 12 months to August 2024; RPI inflation down slightly to 3.5%
- Inflation rate – sharp rise in inflation; CPI up to 2.3% (from 1.7%) and RPI up to 3.4% for the 12 months to October 2024
- Institute of Directors - (IoD) - two-thirds of business leaders react negatively to Budget
- Insurance DataLab - Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 60,000 complaints about motor insurance in 5 years
- Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards - full list of all 15 winners
- Insurance Times Awards – full list of finalists for the 35 awards; winners announced on Wed 4 Dec
- Insurers and the The Credit Hire Organisation (CHO) - fundamental reforms to the GTA will cut claims costs and benefit customers requiring mobility
- Intellectual Property Office (IPO) - consumer campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts
- Interest rate cut to 4.75% - second reduction in a year (just the second in almost 4 years)
- Ipswich Accident Repair Centre (ARC) - switch to BASF's Glasurit 100 Line
- iRG Repair Group - Pontypridd site open as usual and ready to help local people affected by Storm Bert
- iRG Repair Group - new VDA joins Cardiff team from the USA
- Irv’s Auto Body Repairs & VW Restorations - complete stage 2 BS10125:2022 assessment
- Isuzu UK - three-quarters of motorists feel worried about driving in wintry, icy or cold conditions
- It's World Mental Health Day today - Ben shares tips for workplace mental health
- Jaama - fleet management software firm celebrates 20th anniversary with new appointments and investment
- Jaama - fleet management co celebrates 20th fleet anniversary with new appointments and investment
- Jaguar - dramatic rebrand
- Jaguar - have now stopped selling any new cars in the UK until their new £100,000 EV in 2026
- Jaguar - managing director, Rawdon Glover, defends controversial "copy nothing" rebranding in FT interview
- Jaguar - unveil Type 00, a design concept of their new £100,000 EV which be revealed in late 2025
- James Alpe - Annual Charity Golf Day raises £3,896.50 for Dementia UK
- James Alpe - receive Customer Service Award from Enterprise for Quarter Four
- James Alpe - Triumphs in Large Business Award at Pendleside Corporate Challenge 2024
- James Fraser, Fraser Accident Repair Centres and Chris Mortimer, Head of Operations at Entegral UK & Ireland - raising £ for Ben
- JLR - invests £500 million to prep Halewood factory for EV production, inc 750 autonomous robots and ADAS calibration rigs
- Join Supertracker at Mechanex - the destination for straightforward wheel alignment solutions
- Junair - install new spraybooth oven for Tameside College
- Junk Car Medics - 11% Jaguars on Auto Trader have had price reduced since Jaguar’s viral rebranding campaign
- Karen Jakes (Thatcham Research) and Martyn Rowley (NBRA) - desert trek to raise ££ for Ben
- KC Autos - 100% pass with no minor non conformances in unannounced BSI audit
- KC Autos - new energy efficient Bredbury bodyshop up and running
- KC Autos - pass annual VWG audit with "flying colours"
- Kennedy's - ghost broking: A 21st century problem on the rise
- Keoghs and Aviva - secure custodial sentences for organised group of 4 fraudsters targeting elderly motorist
- Keyloop - appoints Tim Smith (ex Automotive Transformation Group (ATG)) as Chief Strategy Officer and launches all-new Automotive Retailing Platform
- Kia - opens Hyundai Motor Group’s first dedicated EV manufacturing facility, in South Korea
- Kia - retains ‘Carmaker of the Year’ title at Motor Trader Industry Awards
- KTM - Europe's largest motorcycle manufacturer, enters self-administration in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy
- Kudos Bodyworks - MD, Marcus Dhanjal, joins ACG on stage at the ABP Convention
- Labour rates must increase
- Laser Tools - EV battery lifting table for precision handling for EV battery maintenance
- Laser Tools - Land Rover ball joint splitter
- Laser Tools - professional-grade, rechargeable work lamps
- Last chance! - enter the ABP's Bodyshop Excellence Awards before 6pm tomorrow
- LAST CHANCE! - get your bodyshop recognised
- LAST DAY to make your voice count! - ABP Repairers Choice Awards 2024 closes @6pm
- Leasys (Stellantis JV) - launching a new e-commerce platform to promote low-emission vehicles
- Leasys UK (Stellantis JV) - partners with FMG to provide Accident Management and Fleet Safety services to its corporate customers
- Leasys UK (Stellantis JV) - rises to 9th position in 2024 FN50 listing
- Leighton Coachworks - joins Fix as Fix Auto Leighton Buzzard.
- Lennons Accident Repair Specialists - NI bodyshop joins Fix as Fix Auto Cookstown
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions - UK firms spend £21.4k per hour fighting financial crime and fraud
- L&I Eaton ARC - new Nottingham bodyshop (number 17 for L&I Eaton) to open in December 2024
- Liquid Fleet (9% vehicle hire procurement market share) - aims to double its fleet to 5,000 vehicles within the next 2 years
- Lithia UK (c200 Stratstone and Evans Halshaw dealerships) - agree a five-year exclusive remarketing contract with BCA
- LJ Transportation / NWVA - Kasey Foreman wins Outstanding Contribution Award at the Professional Recovery Tow Show
- LKQ Academy - host first ‘Introduction to Refinish Application’ for The Car Group Bury and The Volksmaster
- LKQ Academy - launches new flagship training centre
- LKQ Bodyshop Division (UK & ROI) - bodyshops can boost revenue streams with Intelligent Repair courses
- LKQ - call on the Transport Secretary to support the independent workshop in tomorrow's Budget
- LKQ - congratulate customer and partner Patrick Mackin, from Mackins Accident Repair Centre, winning the Special Recognition Award
- LKQ Corporation - Q3 results: worldwide turnover up 0.5% but pre-tax profits fall 4.2%
- LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ - ready to ‘keep fighting’ at scene of early-season success
- LKQ Europe - appoints Diederik van Erven Dorens as new Chief Financial Officer
- LKQ - honest reviews from bodyshop customers
- LKQ - hosts bodyshops at Regional LKQ Academy Open Day
- LKQ - launches intelligent repair proposition to help bodyshops unlock new revenue streams
- LKQ - supporting bodyshop customers with skills and profit margins amid declining work volumes
- LKQ UK and Ireland - install 6,500 solar panels at Tamworth HQ to cut energy use by up to 32% per year
- LKQ UK & Ireland - recognised by Embassy of Ukraine for aid efforts
- Lloyd Motor Group - Apprentice Technician at Cockermouth BMW, Daniel Rudd, makes a pit-stop at the British Touring Car Championship
- London EV Show 2024 - 26-28 November at Excel London
- Lotus Cars - launch new insurance programme through Car Care Plan with £250 Lotus Excess Return voucher
- LV= discusses integration of the Allianz brand
- M&A Coachworks (Powered by Steer) - presented with Bentley Bodyshop of the Year Award
- Major new crackdown on insurance fraud - new insurance fraud charter announced at the latest Joint Fraud Taskforce meeting
- Majority believe 2035 deadline will not be achieved - 59% will keep ICE car going "as long as possible"
- Make your vote count! - Repairers Choice Awards 2024
- Make your vote count! - Repairers Choice Awards 2024
- Markerstudy Group - announce completion of Hughes Insurance (85,000 customers) acquisition
- Markerstudy Group - embraces AI to handle growing motor claims call volumes
- Markerstudy Insurance - blatantly dishonest claim by ‘Yorkshire’s Strongest Man 2023' busted after he was caught pulling an 8-tonne tractor
- Marshall - acquires Aston Martin Sevenoaks
- Martec Training - Autotech Connect trial transforms the learning experience for SEN motor students with AR headsets
- Masons ARC - achieve BS10125:2022
- Mazda - 17% reduction in paint usage using ABB’s paint atomization tech
- McLaren Automotive - appoints Matthew Boguradzki as new Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa Region
- Mercedes-Benz - automated parking system now parks twice as fast as before
- Merseyside Car Hospital - 100% score in annual VWG and BMW audits AND BSI Audit
- MG Accident Repair Centre - marking two years of sustainable excellence
- MG Car Club - new insurance scheme from Peter James Insurance
- MIB (Motor Insurers’ Bureau) - Birmingham tops updated uninsured driving hotspots revealed
- MIB (Motor Insurers’ Bureau) - announces the permanent appointment of Harkamal Phagura as Chief Financial Officer
- MIB - Police Scotland partner with MIB to tackle uninsured driving along M8
- MINI - first Cooper Convertible rolls off the MINI Plant Oxford production line
- Mipa Paints - appoint Bethany Gallagher as new Digital Marketing Executive
- Mipa Paints - appoints James Taylor (ex Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin and Bentley) as UK field-based Technical Support
- Mipa Paints Competition - WIN an MP Cordless Mini Polisher enter our giveaway below.
- Mipa Paints - confirm membership of BAMA – The British Aerosol Manufacturer’s Association
- Mipa Paints - visit the Mipa stand at Automechanika Frankfurt (stand F02 - F04 in hall 11.1)
- Mirka - head to the Mirka Putting Green at the Convention and Night of Knights Exhibition!
- Mirka - invest 25 million euros in new "green" production line in Finland
- Mirka - new DEROS Rotary Sander tackles collision repair with ease
- Mirka - next generation of tools and abrasives coming to Auto Trade Expo
- Mirka UK - expanded belt sander range includes new lightweight Mirka FBS-B battery file belt sanders
- Morelli Group - congratulates WorldSkills 2024 "automotive stars", David and Miguel
- Morelli Group - double win at Night of Knights
- Morelli Group - INFO for the 11-a-side football match at London Stadium raising £ for DEBRA
- Morelli Group vs NWVA Charity football match - Morelli Group win and fundraising hits £20k
- Motofix Group - appoints Kelly Watson as Head of Business Development & Growth
- Motofix Group - named Best New Bodyshop of the Year
- Motofix Group - opens Prestige bodyshop in the Cotswolds
- Motofix Group - smart key exchange platform, Keycafe, boosts security for bodyshop customers
- Motor Assist - 67% EV drivers would refuse an ICE car replacement if their EV was off the road due to an accident
- Motor repair sector - faces £5bn potential lost revenue as workers "switch off" early for festive season
- Motor Trader Awards - Autotech Telford win Bodyshop of the Year (Large Enterprise) award
- Motor Trader awards - finalists announced with two bodyshop categories
- National Autoglaze - new service from Nationwide Vehicle Assistance Group
- National Crime Agency (NCA) - 30 luxury stolen cars recovered by Thai authorities in Bangkok
- National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) - urges review of ZEV mandate and 2030 phase-out date
- National Travel Survey (NTS) - 70% (81% in rural areas) people rely on their cars
- National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) - number of stolen vehicles detected at UK ports up 29% in Q2 2024
- National Windscreens - Stuart Boon appointed Managing Director of parent group, Cary UK
- National Windscreens - Sarah Marvell (ex Nexus Vehicle Rental) appointed as Key Account Director
- Nationwide Assistance Group (NWVA) - Mick Jennings thanks sponsors as charity football match raises £20k
- New ABP Club website launched!
- NEW ABP Club website - launching next week!
- New bodyshop site? Superstar Apprentice? - tell us, and enter the ABP Bodyshop Excellence Awards
- New Secretary of State for Transport - Heidi Alexander MP replaces Louise Haigh MP
- NFDA - hosts annual Parliamentary Dinner ahead of Autumn Budget
- NFDA - obtaining legal advice after Court of Appeal decision on discretionary commission arrangements
- NFDA - results of latest Dealer Attitude Survey: Kia top rated, Citroen lowest rated
- NFU Mutual - 30% dealers have had damage caused during a test drive wish crashes costing business av £8k per year
- Night of Knights - finalists announced for ABP awards for the "Fastest Growing Bodyshops"
- Night of Knights - the full list of winners
- Night of Knights - COMPLETELY FULL with a record 850 guests; wait-list now in operation for returns
- Night of Knights
- Night of Knights - a HUGE selection of 728 photos from Thursday's event is now available on-line
- Night of Knights - URGENT request PLEASE for your guest names by 5pm Tuesday 29 October; record attendance of over 788
- Nissan - calls for urgent action on UK ZEV Mandate; UK industry set to miss 2024 EV sales targets due to slowdown in consumer demand
- Nissan - could have just months to secure funding or risk going under says FT report
- Nissan - to cut 9,000 jobs globally as operating profits fell 90% in first half of financial year
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- Northgate Vehicle Hire (Redde Northgate / ZIGUP, inc FMG) - 62% LCV fleets say carbon reduction is their main motivation for lowering emissions
- Norton Motorcycles - introduces financing options and national recovery offer from RAC
- Nova Automotive Group - open new Colchester bodyshop
- Nova Automotive Group - inside the new Colchester bodyshop
- Nova Automotive - pay tribute to colleague, Norman Case, who was tragically killed in a road traffic accident
- NWVA and Morelli Group - AUGGIE sponsor the AV for The Bob Linwood Memorial Trophy Football Match
- NWVA and Morelli Group - 11-a-side football match at London Stadium raising £ for DEBRA
- Ofgem price cap increase - British motorists expected to spend £2.78 million more a month
- Ohme - the official smart EV charger partner for UK’s largest electrical retailer, Currys
- Older drivers - one in 20 Brits think drivers should have their licence automatically revoked at the age of 50, due to 'old age'
- OMODA UK - Thatcham Research partnership means OMODA & JAECOO UK lineup introduced to more than 90 UK insurers
- *** ONE WEEK TO VOTE *** 13 Repairers Choice Awards for BODYSHOP ONLY votes
- One.funding - new launch to drive growth in the UK automotive repair industry
- ONS - 20% of businesses reported an increase in staffing costs in the last three months
- ONS - share of total UK income going to workers up 6% in 25 years
- ONS - small decrease in the number of businesses inc -1% drop in wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles
- ONS - UK unemployment rate up 0.3% to 4.3% (July - Sept 2024)
- Onyx - next-gen Bodyshop Management System and tech mobile app at Convention
- Oracle Car Finance - raise over £50,000 for local Martin House Children’s Hospice
- Oracle Car Finance - London supercar funding peaks in Enfield, Kingston upon Thames, and Kensington & Chelsea
- OSRAM - launches Bulb Check Week (20 – 27 October) ahead of clock change
- OSRAM - provide training to apprentices at North London Garages GTA
- Ovoko - Rutland is home to the fastest drivers in England; Brighton and Hove home to the slowest drivers
- Page Automotive Group - Operations Director, Shane Lawrence, raising £ for DEBRA UK in the Great South Run
- Page Automotive Group - all 8 bodyshops transition to the new BS10125:2022 standard
- Page Automotive Group - all 8 bodyshops transition to the new BS10125:2022 standard *** CORRECTION ***
- Page Automotive Group - southern accident repair group appoint Declan McCluskey (ex Marshall Motors) as Managing Director
- Panel Discussion at the ABP Annual Convention - “The value of collaboration and integrated data solutions in the repair supply chain”
- Parked cars - a major factor in road collisions (more than weather-related hazards)
- Parkway Prestige - fit out "in full swing" at new 32,000 sq ft site due to open next month
- PartsXchange - announce new partnership with Vehicle Image Assessors
- Pearson Ham Group - motor insurance premiums down 8.5% in last 12 months
- Peritus Learning - have your teams completed Worker Protection Act training yet?
- Peritus Learning - ensure compliance with new Worker Protection Act with courses from £24.99
- Peter James Motor Group - awarded Evolution Repair Group, Advocate of the Year 2024
- Peterborough Skills Academy - LKQ and The Vella Group in the spraybooth!
- Peugeot - electric van drivers are more concerned about the environmental impact of their vehicle vs electric car drivers
- Photographs from the Night of Knights - available to view and download from Monday
- PJB Accident Repairs - BSI and carbon neutral success and courtesy car investment
- Plastrepair - win the NBRA GBA Industry Innovation Award
- Plenham (IBIS and bodyshop mag) – founder and joint owner, David Young, resigns as director; Chris Mann now sole shareholder
- Podium Insurance - new motorsport broker set up by race drivers partners with Shepherd Compello
- Polestar UK (30,000 cars on UK roads) - develops sales model abd retail footprint with expansion plans
- Policy Expert - private equity firm Cinven acquire 50% of UK’s fastest growing motor & home insurance MGA,
- Post mag Claims & Fraud Awards - full list of all winners and finalists from last nights ceremony in London
- £88 million industry and Gov funding - 46 innovative projects get ££ to boost zero emission vehicle tech
- Power-TEC - compact electric Dual-Action sander with advanced features
- Power-TEC - comprehensive hammer & dolly sets for steel and aluminium panel repair
- Power-TEC - Hy-Jacks now available in sets of four complete with mobile storage stand
- Power-TEC - the ultimate slide hammer for Paintless Dent Repair (PDR)
- PPG - CEO says that YTD "motor insurance claims are significantly down" due to 3 factors
- PPG - digital refinish tools and bodyshop tech at Automechanika Frankfurt 2024 next week
- PPG MOONWALK - paint mixing system now has customers in all 50 US states
- PPG - next gen basecoact tech with MaxMeyer AquaMax Extra
- PPG - receive the Irish Auto Trade Award for ‘Paint Brand of the Year’
- Prasco - visit Prasco in Hall 5.1, stand C79, at the 2024 Automechanika Show in Germany
- Prestige Underwriting - launch new Multi-Vehicle product underwritten by Aviva to GB broker network
- Purchase Direct - waste management service, Outsourced Waste, can help bodyshops reduce costs by more than 50%
- Purchase Direct - sponsor The Bob Linwood Memorial Trophy Football Match raising £ for DEBRA
- Purchase Direct - sponsors the Bob Linwood Memorial Trophy in aid of DEBRA UK
- PwC - motor insurance premiums in England and Wales to fall-by av of £50 (5%)
- RAC - 200 new 150kW+ chargers installed at motorway service areas in England since the beginning of the year
- RAC - 32-year contract with the CV industry roadside assistance programme, DAFaid
- RAC - a fifth of drivers admit to skipping the MOT and not replacing worn-out tyres to cut costs
- RAC and Continental Automotive - launch telematics partnership for fleet and business vehicle operators
- RAC - announce roadside assistance partnership with OMODA (Chinese VM)
- RAC - calls on retailers to cut the price of fuel by 6p per litre to reflect lower wholesale costs
- RAC - driving test booking ‘black market’
- RAC Europe - 57% drivers says UK’s "pothole-ridden roads" are worse than Europe’s motorways
- RAC - EV drivers unable to charge at home are paying a significant premium over those that can
- RAC Foundation - 10million MOT tests ended in failure last year - more than a fifth of all those carried out
- RAC - fuel prices down 6.5p in September saving drivers £3.60 a tank
- RAC Fuel Watch - fuel prices remain at a three-year low
- RAC - Irish RAC patrol comes to the de‘fence’ of six-year-old boy who got his head stuck in railings
- RAC - issues warning to drivers during heavy winds this weekend
- RAC - one in five MOT tests ends in failure
- RAC - petrol prices hit three-year low
- RAC - pothole compensation claims double in a year
- RAC - predicts fuel duty will go back up to 58p a litre in October’s Budget
- RAC - pump prices falling faster than they have all year
- RAC - roadside assistance and vehicle recovery operators can now apply for permission to use red flashing lamps
- RAC - snow causes travel disruption across UK as warnings issued
- RAC - trials HVO to run seven of its HQ-based recovery trucks
- Rapid Repair Network (RRN) - ECA Business Energy confirm that RRN USE ONLY 40% of the carbon footprint of traditional bodyshops
- Ratan Tata - the former chairman of Tata has died, aged 86
- RECLAMET - double whammy award nominations
- RECORD voting for the 2024 ABP Repairers Choice Awards!
- Red lamp applications now live
- Reminder to enter the Bodyshop Excellence Awards’ – If you do not enter you cannot win!
- Remit Training - Automotive Apprenticeships & Technical Training provision
- Renault - first images of Renault 4 E-Tech 100% electric revealed ahead of its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show
- Renault – French recycling company Suez, to take 20% stake in Renault Group’s recycling business unit, The Future Is Neutral
- Renault UK - Adam Wood appointed as Managing Director Renault brand UK and Country Head Renault Group UK
- Repair and Restore Bodyshop (Goole) - Carl Smith (MD): "This is what's wrong with the repair industry at the moment"
- Repair and Restore Body Shop (Goole) - sponsor brain injury charity team taking part in Black Beacon Ultra Marathon
- Repair and Restore Body Shop (Goole) - happy 10th anniversary!
- Repairers Choice Scoring Sheet - now available in the publications section of the ABP website (link below)
- Repairers Choice awards - finalists announced at 11.00am tomorrow (Tues 15 Oct)
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - voting closes at 6pm Tues 8 Oct
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - the ONLY awards where ALL the winners are chosen by bodyshops
- Repairers Choice Scoring Sheet - available in the publications section of the ABP website (link below)
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - BODYSHOPS, vote for your favourite suppliers!
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - the ONLY awards where ALL the winners are chosen by bodyshops
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - the ONLY awards where ALL the winners are chosen by bodyshops
- Repairers Choice Awards 2024 - VOTE NOW!
- Repairify - appoints first mental health first aider
- Repairify - appoints Marcus Phillips as UK technical sales executive (South)
- Repairify - awarded European patent for Remote Services solution
- Repairify - meet the team at Convention on Thursday
- Repairify - regains 14001 Environmental Certification
- Repairify - success at Automechanika putting advanced diagnostic vehicle tech on the global stage
- Reported road collisions in Great Britain - casualty and fatality levels down YOY; 75% road deaths were male
- (reports) EV targets - rules could change as demand for EVs stalls
- (repost) "Bodyshop labour rates must increase" - ABP Forum discussion
- Revive! Auto Innovations - seeing a 78% rise in demand for scratch and dent repairs from hit-and-runs
- Revive! Cambridge - SMART repair franchise wins award at 2024 BFA HSBC UK British Franchise Awards
- Revive! - expands its network with new Exeter and Crewe Franchisees
- Revive! Preston - M&A specialist, Rohit Kumra (ex Ernst and Young and Cox Automotive) acquires Revive! Preston from previous owner Mike Morgan
- Revive! - renew sponsorship with the Coventry Blaze Ice Hockey team
- Revive! Southport (case study) - better work-life balance for former car salesperson
- Revive! - Swansea franchise boosts monthly turnover from £9,000 to £30,000 in one year
- Revive! - UK’s largest SMART mobile vehicle repair firm targets £25m turnover for 2024
- rFpro - launch the industry's most advanced autonomous vehicle simulation solution, AV elevate
- Rhodes Accident Repair Group - 20 young people express interest in a career in the bodyshop industry at open day
- Rhodes Accident Repair Group - impressive graffiti wall at new Rugeley site
- Richard Steer - named one of five EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 UK regional winners for London & South East
- Richard Taylor (ex Jifeline, AsTech, GT Motive, LKQ and Audatex) - starts new position as Managing Director - Europe for All Clear Diagnostics and Calibration
- Rick Kerry, Ipswich Accident Repair Centre - wins 2024 TCR UK Gen 1 Cup Award at Silverstone
- Ring - check on the health of batteries not just in winter, but all year round as batteries may fail in winter, but "the damage is done in summer"
- Rivian and Volkswagen Group - launch $5.8 billion software joint venture
- Roberlo - Airex Porcess reduces repair time by more than 75% compared to conventional air drying systems
- Roberlo - ROBMIX EVO, the new paint mixing and application system
- Roberlo - xCrom Vision is the new spectrophotometer for textured color readings
- Rolls Royce - bespoke commission for "significant" US client has 7-layer lacquer holographic paint job that inc magnesium fluoride and aluminium flakes
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars - promotes James Crichton to the role of Regional Director Middle East & Africa
- RS Dawe - Gravesend bodyshop joins Fix Auto UK as Fix Auto Ebbsfleet
- RSA - Insurance Times launches new Talent Development Report in association with RSA
- RWC Training - host series of training days for Thames Valley Police Officers
- Sabre Insurance - 9 month trading update: gross written premiums up 15%; "signs of claims inflation moderating"
- Safe2Drive (driving licence and grey fleet checking business) - employers and employees urged to review their car insurance policies
- Safe2Drive - new partner The Fleet Safety Academy to deliver fleet management support
- Saga - Ageas in exclusive negotiations to acquire Acromas (Saga's underwriting business) and enter a 20-year Insurance partnership
- Saga - confirm they are in discussions with Ageas about a potential partnership arrangement for its Insurance business
- Saga - half-year results delayed whilst they "explore partnership opportunities to support the Group's capital-light growth ambitions"
- Sandal BMW / MINI Group - renew exclusive remarketing deal with BCA
- SATA UK - partner with School Of Thought Automotive to support bodyshop work experience and apprenticeships
- SCAM EMAIL WARNING - penny09.harris@gmail.com
- School of Thought - campaign to recruit more businesses to support increased interest in work experience in the industry
- School of Thought - Garage Talk interviews at the 2024 British Motorshow
- School of Thought (Automotive) - success at The British Motor Show
- School of Thought - donate artwork to NBRA to auction for DEBRA UK
- School of Thought - donate 'Kids Art' mould to BEN to be auctioned as part of Bangers4Ben
- Seeking a buyer - Completely Motoring, Thunder Road Motorcycles, and John Wilkins (Motor Engineers) in administration
- Self-Driving Vehicle of the Year 2024 - New Zealand-based Ohmio wins Vehicle of the Year 2024 for its Lift shuttle
- Selsia - appoints Max Dickson as Operations Manager and Diana Sics as Accounts Manager
- Service Certainty - partners with Essex-based family and children’s charity, SNAP
- Seven awards just for bodyshops - enter the ABP's Bodyshop Excellence Awards before 8/11/24
- Sherwin-Williams - find out about Collision Core Pronto, an automated paint dispenser, at Convention
- Shorade UK - host The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club to talk about Porsche repair
- Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) - welcomes bees and their beehives to the auction team
- Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) - 170 used cars sold at first Zenith Vehicles sale including 64 EVs
- Silverlake - ABP Repairers Choice Green Parts Supplier winner
- Silverlake - successful assessment and recertification to ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 14001
- Silverlake - supports emergency services’ ‘Festival of Rescue’
- Silverlake - talking tech to source parts for bodyshops at NoK
- Silvester Crash Repair - meet Guilford bodyshop apprentices: James, Callum and Max
- Simon Bailes Accident Repair Centre - Northallerton bodyshop secures new BS10125:2022 standard
- Škoda - new Kodiaq Armoured: bullet-resistant glass & tested with in excess of 200 rounds of ammunition
- Skoda - VMs on EV sales: "we need to be flexible and cater to what customers actually want"
- Škoda's aftersales package - wins Car Dealer Magazine’s Manufacturer Used Car Scheme of the Year
- Slim's Detailing - Morelli Group's online business celebrates 10th Anniversary
- SMART Bodyshop Solutions Group - open 18,000 sq ft in Reading
- SMART Bodyshop Solutions - acquires former JC Accident Repairs
- smart - enters the premium mid-size SUV segment with world premiere of #5
- SmartXpress - new site in Preston to open in January
- SMMT - 12 VMs (75% of the market) call for tax cuts to get drivers buying EVs as VMs set to spend £2 billion discounting EVs
- SMMT - August UK car production down -8.4%
- SMMT - British car production down -15.3% in October
- SMMT - commercial vehicle output up massive 71.7% in best July since 2008
- SMMT - CV manufacturing output increases 25.9% in September
- SMMT - CV production records best January-October performance in 16 years
- SMMT - new car market fell 6% last month; BEV the only powertrain to see uptake rise
- SMMT - new car market stable (down -1.3%) in traditionally quiet month of August
- SMMT - new LCV registrations up 1.7% in August; demand for EV uptake down -30.3%
- SMMT - new LCV sales up 2.4%, delivering best October performance in 3 years
- SMMT reaction to the Budget - we need an "urgent review of the market and regulation"
- SMMT - UK car production down -14.4% in July; electrified output stable at 37.5% total
- SMMT - UK car production down -20.6% in September, but auto (£47bn) remains UK’s largest exporter of manufactured products
- SMMT - UK new car market up just 1% in the key 74 plate change month of September
- SMMT - "weak demand and unsustainable business costs undermine" UK car industry; VMs face £6bn bill to meet ZEV Mandate in first year
- Snows Motor Group - renew exclusive three-year deal with BCA
- Solera - reportedly delaying their initial public offering (IPO)
- Solus - apprentice multiskilled paint technician at Solus Finchley, Celine Aslan (video)
- Solus - apprentice Celine attends PPG Training Centre in Stowmarket
- Solus - Aviva's director of personal lines home and motor claims, Hazel Johnson, officially opens Sheffield bodyshop
- Solus - Dunstable bodyshop now open
- Solus - new bodyshop opening in Sunderland will create 30 new jobs
- Solus Sheffield - a look inside the new 22,448 sq ft repair centre
- Solus - talks to ABP about growth plans
- sopp+sopp - Gary Champion, Head of Insurance Customer Operations, talks about third-party service and operational efficiency
- sopp+sopp - Technical Claims Handler, Bethan McCarthy, selected to play for England at the World Roller Games in Italy
- South & City College Birmingham (SCCB) - new hydrogen skills training facility opens in Birmingham
- S&P Global - big drop in BEV market share forecasts for 2025, from 27% in the first half of the year to 21% today
- S&P Global Mobility - Q2 2024 saw experienced a 1.3% decline globally in automotive demand
- Spanesi Group - "huge" installation at Cichy-Zasada Group Poland
- Spies Hecker - new Magic Red Permahyd Mixing Colour
- Spraybooth Technology - impressive project to extend paint shop capacity
- Start Rescue - third of UK’s 2.9 million students drive a car
- State Farm (largest motor insurer in the USA) - has removed electric vehicle charging stations from its staff parking garages
- Steer Automotive Group - 17 colleagues on Steer Management Development Programme (MDP) attend teambuilding adventure in Lymington
- Steer Automotive Group - talk to students about bodyshop careers at Portsmouth show
- Steer Automotive Group - Dominic Motani from Steer Polegate - East Sussex, presented with Level 4 VDA Apprenticeship Certificate
- Steer Automotive Group - acquire CarComm Coachworks, large commercial repairer in Ashford Middx
- Steer Automotive Group - acquires Rye Street Group (7 bodyshops); Bill Duffy and Lee McNaughton exiting the business as part of this transition
- Steer Automotive Group - Charity & Community Committee - a dedicated team focused on boosting community impact
- Steer Automotive Group - appoint Attiq Qureshi as Chief Technology and Information Officer after 6-month advisory role
- Steer Automotive Group - ADAS training for apprentices
- Steer Automotive Group - all sites now using oxo-biodegradable seat covers
- Steer Automotive Group - host Admiral’s new Admiral Steer Claims Team at Pontypridd bodyshop
- Steer Automotive Group - marks second year of its Steer VIP Awards
- Steer Automotive Group - congratulate CEO, Richard Steer, the 2024 ABP Industry Knight
- Steer Automotive Group - opens second dedicated EV repair facility, 14,000 sq ft bodyshop in Milton Keynes
- Steer Automotive Group - celebrates Apprenticeship Excellence at the Steer Academy Apprentice Awards, hosted by 3M in Bracknell
- ‘Steering Assistance Module Replacement’ - tops the list of most-common jobs performed using Hella Gutmann’s macsRemote diagnostics
- Stellantis - Carlos Tavares resigns from his role as CEO with immediate effect
- Stellantis - expanded Eurorepar parts range now includes front wings
- Stellantis - plans to close Vauxhall van factory in Luton; 1,100 jobs at risk
- Stellantis UK Accident Repair Programme - Peter Donohoe from USI Italia Spraybooths wins model Alfa Romeo F1 Car at ABP Convention
- Stellantis UK Accident Repair Programme - 2024 training wraps up at Eyebox Training & Conference Centre in Coventry
- Stellantis UK - announces the passing of Mark Pickles, Parts & Service Director
- Stellantis UK - appoints Vizion as it’s Accident Management Partner for their multi-brand Accident Repair Programme
- Steve Hoe, Head of Academy & Organisation Development at Steer - supporting Miguel Harvey at WorldSkills Lyon 2024 in France
- Steve Lawrence (Regional Business Manager at Fix Auto UK) - organising an industry-wide Christmas party: Fri 20 Dec at Hilton St George's Park
- Steve Plunkett - returns to the industry with Volkswagen as Body Repair Channel Manager
- Storm Bert - insurance advice for businesses affected by the storm
- Storm Bert - set to bring 70mph wind, snow and rain to UK this weekend
- Straightset - new workshop furniture brochure featuring solutions to streamline bodyshops
- Summers Accident Repair Centre - chosen by the Marshall Motor Group working alongside Auxillis as preferred bodyshop covering Kent
- Supertracker - advantages of a hang on system for wheel alignment
- Supreme Wheels (BCA, part of Constellation Group) - check out alloy wheel operation in Milton Keynes!
- Suzuki - launches first battery EV in Europe, the e VITARA
- SYNETIQ - #ANDYSMANCLUB talks to colleagues on International Men’s Day
- SYNETIQ - climate targets validated by Science Based Targets initiative
- SYNETIQ - help 61st Doncaster Air Scouts get back on the road
- SYNETIQ - new VRA Certification study highlights environmental benefits of repairing damaged vehicles with green parts
- SYNETIQ - win three ATF Professional Awards
- TC Harrison Group - agree three-year exclusive remarketing deal with BCA
- Team LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ - head to Silverstone (currently in 4th place) in BTCC
- Tesco- complete sale of banking business, but retain insurance business; Gary Duggan appointed CEO Tesco Insurance
- Tesco - strong underlying performance in their insurance business led to a £341m insurance revenue in H1 2024 - up 53% on H1 2023
- Tesla - self-serve test drive programme now available at 17 UK sites
- Tesla - unveil Cybercab, a 2-door, 2-seater robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals due "before 2027" at cost of £23,000
- Tesla – value exceeds $1 trillion ($1,000,000,000,000) more than combined value of Ford, GM, Toyota, BMW, Stellantis and Honda
- THAO GROUP - acquires North Shields-based West Chirton ARC
- THAO GROUP - Kevern Thompson joins senior leadership team
- Thatcham Research - asks repairers to sign petition to raise the Apprenticeship Levy cap (currently £15,000 per apprentice)
- Thatcham Research - current 1-50 Group Rating system to be replaced with five ‘insurability’ assessments, inc damageability, repairability
- Thatcham Research - Parliament "open" to working with industry on the repair skills gap challenge
- Thatcham Research - host EV training session for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Thatcham Research - open forum invite to discuss repair methods, training & data at NoK
- Thatcham Research - Daniel Payne, Chief Product and Data Officer, celebrates 25-year milestone
- Thatcham Research - congratulate the ABI for winning the Insurance category at the Self-Driving Industry Awards
- Thatcham Research - tease the launch of a new "vehicle risk assessment system"
- Thatcham Research - joining panel at ABI "Challenges in Motor Insurance" event
- Thatcham Research - present new Vehicle Risk Rating system to more than 20 Chinese VMs
- Thatcham Research - 34 new apprentices from Solus and ABL 1 Touch Group join new intake
- Thatcham Research - Richard Billyeald, Chief Research & Operations Officer, appointed as the Chairman of the RCAR Steering Committee
- The AA - councils in England raise £1 billion in parking fees
- The AA - fake emails being sent telling people they’ve won an emergency kit
- The AA - Graduated Driver Licences could save 58 lives annually
- The AA - more than half of drivers claimed they were not worried about flooding last week (before Storm Bert hit)
- The AA - not wearing seatbelts holds back "hopeful" road casualty statistics
- The AA - petrol: 11.76ppl (pence per litre); domestic EV charge: 5.42ppl; ultra-rapid: 17.40ppl
- The AA - van drivers travelling more miles than they did pre COVID
- The AA - wins the 2024 IVECO Daily Mission Awards with eLCV
- “The Age Advantage” - new report on how employers can overcome age bias to hire experienced talent
- The Autocraft Group (Telford and Shrewsbury bodyshops) - announce 2024/25 sponsorship deal with ice hockey team, Telford Tigers
- The Car Buying Group - new partnership with Sun Motors
- The FCA - updates on non-financial misconduct (bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination) in financial firms
- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - bans Mr Harris and Reeds Motors director following grievous bodily harm conviction
- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - improved fair complaint resolution and compensation
- The Grove Group - team up with Power-Tec for bodyshop road trip
- The IAEA - newly released AQP exam update and future plans
- The IMI - highlights from the IMI Refinish Skills Competition Master Class held at ITAS
- The IMI - just 2% of automotive technicians are trained to work on the 13% of vehicles with ADAS
- The IMI - member contacts ABP Club anonymously raising series of concerns, IMI responds
- The IMI - new Executive Team: Kevin Finn (Exec Chair), Azlina Bulmer (MD), and Simon Barrell (CFO); Steve Nash remains as CEO
- The IMI - sign up to the Apprenticeship Growth Pilot
- The IMI - support for training in aftermarket skills must be a focus in Government consultation on ZEV mandate
- The IMI - urges members to share their voice as it prepares response to Industrial Strategy Consultation
- The IMI - Vacancy Rate Tracker: ‘Motor Trades’ remain in number 1 spot with 21,000 vacancies
- The Independent Garage Association (IGA) - calls for more support in automotive training and jobs
- The latest issue of The Assessors Journal is out now - link below to read online
- The Motor Ombudsman - busiest third quarter on record for vehicle service and repair case submissions
- The Motor Ombudsman - Christmas car travel survey
- The Vella Group Repair Centres - progress update from Manchester East bodyshop
- The Vella Group Repair Centres - impressive paint skills from six Vella Group apprentices
- The Vella Group - opening new accident repair centre in Denton, Greater Manchester later this year; Vella's 16th bodyshop
- The Vella Group - to open 17th site in Cumbria
- Theory test - just 2% of UK drivers would pass if they took it today
- ThingCo - telematics Insurtech secures a place in InsurTech 50 ranking for 2024
- TIDAL UK - new showroom in Glasgow for TIDAL Distribution Partner, Paintline
- TIDAL UK - partner, Turner and Ponswood Supplies, appoints Vanessa Moore as Sales Director
- TIP Group - acquires Trailer Auto Group (TAG) to strengthen refurbishment services in the UK
- Todd Engineering - repair damage to Nemesis Smart Repair Facility
- Toomey Bodyshop - newly relocated bodyshop in Basildon, Essex
- Touch Ups Bodyshop - Glasgow bodyshop now Tesla approved
- Tracker - stolen 20-year-old Audi TT saved from being stripped for rare parts
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) - more than half of business leaders say they are losing staff time due to poor state of public services
- Trak Global Security Solution (TGSS) - appoints Dougie Watt as its new Chief Operations Officer and Neil Phillips as its Chief Financial Officer
- Transport for London - ULEZ expansion brings in more than £226 million in fees and fines
- Trend Tracker - body repair market value predicted to be >£9bn THIS YEAR
- TrustFord - recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Retail, Hospitality & Leisure
- TTC - Fleet and business drivers must adopt ‘defensive driving’ techniques this autumn as the clocks go back
- TTC Group - appoints Roy Hastings as Chief Financial Officer
- TTC Group - Kylie Wilson appointed as Public Sector Director
- TTC - Interactive Young Driver Workshop for schools provides potentially life-saving skills to prepare young people for learning to drive
- TTC - launches new EV eLearning courses
- TTC - urges business to be more responsible as data shows drug driving collisions have increased by 170% in a decade
- Turners Accident Repair - new Ripon bodyshop approved by Tesla
- TyreSafe - alarming lack of tyre safety knowledge among UK drivers
- UK AI market worth more than £16.8 billion - expected to grow to £801.6 billion by 2035
- UK Gov - 28 reforms to employment inc statutory sick pay from day1, flexible working & ending zero hours contracts
- UK's first ever GMC Hummer EV - Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon 'spotted' driving rare £190k
- ULEZ - four in 10 children in central London, who previously travelled to school by car, then switched to walking, cycling, or public transport following the Ulez's introduction
- University of Nottingham - a passenger could improve safety for drivers in semi-autonomous cars
- URGENT! - ABP State of the Industry Report Survey closes at 6pm TODAY
- USA: J.D. Power 2024 Auto Claims Satisfaction Study - shows claims cycle time has fallen to 18.9 days
- USI - catch up with Peter Donohoe and Suzanne Ruston at the ABP Convention and Night of Knights
- Uswitch - 50-59 yr olds are the worst driving offenders in the UK
- Uswitch - Drivers aged 50-59 are the worst offenders on the road receiving 241,940 penalties in a year, 91% for speeding
- Valeo - chiller range to support garages on EV/hybrid battery repairs
- Valeo - EV and ADAS focus for all-new Tech Academy
- Valeo - grows camshaft/crankshaft and engine sensor offering with focus on hybrids
- Valeo - provides clutch support to garages as traffic levels rise
- Vanaways - agrees Artura Consulting maintenance partnership
- Vauxhall - motorists living on more than 11,500 streets across the country have called for councils to install on-street charging for EVs
- Vauxhall - three new relevant metrics to track EV infrastructure progress: Near Home Charging, Destination Charging and Journey Charging UK
- Veetec Hayes (VIDEO) - new bodyshop in West London
- Vehicle Crash Repairs - opens new environmentally-friendly bodyshop
- Vehicle recalls - ten times more likely in 2024 than 30 years ago
- Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) - “healthy” used car market could deteriorate in Q4 if consumer confidence dips
- Venson Automotive Solutions - increasingly complex automotive landscape calls for fleet compliance skills
- Venson Automotive Solutions - appoints Hypervolt as official home EV charging partner
- Venson Automotive Solutions - 17% drivers have ignored “give way” signs, and narrowly avoided colliding with traffic having the right of way
- Venson - calls for urgent revisions to EV Mandate; against "unachievable targets and restrictive regulations "
- Vertu Accident Repair - appoints Alex Hill as VARC Divisional Parts Manager, promoted from Trade Parts Manager at JLR Leeds
- Vertu Accident Repair Centres - welcome Burrows Accident Repair Centre's Doncaster and Sheffield bodyshops
- Vertu - half-year results: profits fall 26%; Bristol Street Motors and Macklin Motors brands to end by April
- Vertu Motors - confirms acquisition of Burrows Motor Company (9 dealerships), taking Vertu to 202 sites
- Vertu - trading update: "Accident and Smart Repair operations continue to deliver growth in revenues and in gross profit"
- Vestel Mobility - low inflation figures further improve the costs benefits of EV ownership
- Vic Turner - appointed as the new Managing Director of National Accident Repair Group as Malcolm Banner retires
- Visa - average amount lost to fraud by SMBs is almost £4,000
- Vision Vehicles - sponsoring the Food for The Bob Linwood Memorial Trophy Football Match Sunday 15 October in London
- Vizion Network - Financial Times names Vizion one of Europe’s long-term Growth Champions
- Vizion - on list that honours the top UK-based companies with a turnover exceeding £25 million over the past 2 years
- Vizion Vehicle Solutions - brings 2 brands together: Vizion Vehicle Replacement (insurer) and Vizion Drive (bodyshop)
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - UK van drivers are "overworked and overwhelmed", finds survey
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - study reveals 57% of UK van drivers still physically check their phones while driving
- Volkswagen Financial Services - named Best Leasing Company of the Year at the Business Car Awards
- Volkswagen Group - sign MoU with Thyssenkrupp Steel for the supply of low- carbon steel
- Volkswagen Group UK - highlights for outgoing MD, Alex Smith, inc trebling VWG's aftersales business
- Volkswagen - to shut three factories in Germany, with job losses and pay cut by 10%, says union
- Volkswagen (VIDEO) - how Emergency Assist really works
- Volvo Cars - cuts EV target from 100% EV by 2030 to 90-100% EV / hybrid by 2030
- Volvo Cars - expands collaboration with NVIDIA for software-defined vehicles (SDVs)
- Wales to host WorldSkills UK National Finals 2025
- Warranty First - car warranty company sets for rapid growth and expansion with a buyout backed by investment house
- Warrantywise - appoints Antony Diggins as Managing Director
- Wayve invests in Uber - companies to to collaborate with automotive OEMs; Wayve-powered self-driving vehicles on the Uber network in multiple markets around the world
- West Midlands Accident Repairs - becomes Dudley’s only Ford Certified Collision Repair Centre
- Which? - car insurers still hitting customers with "crippling" interest rates for paying monthly
- Whiplash - Shabana Mahmood (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) issues her review of regulations
- Winn Group - achieves carbon neutral status
- Winn Group - shortlisted as CMC of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards 2024
- Women in Insurance Awards - the 31 winners from the 274 finalists were announced Thursday night
- WorldSkills 2024 - Bronze for David McLeown in Autobody Repair & Medallion for Excellence in Car Painting for Miguel Harvey
- WorldSkills Lyon 2024 - President Macron welcomes competitors to France during Opening Ceremony
- WorldSkills UK - apply to become an Endorsed Trainer
- WorldSkills UK - Body Repair and Refinishing Finals Medal Ceremony (online) tonight 7:30-9pm
- WorldSkills UK - Chief Executive Officer, Ben Blackledge, congratulates National Finals winners
- WorldSkills UK - join the #WorldSkillsLyon2024 celebration and cheer on Team UK, including David McKeown (James McKeown ARC) and Miguel Harvey (Steer)
- WorldSkills UK (photos) - David McKeown (James McKeown Accident Repair) and Miguel Harvey (Steer Automotive Group)
- WorldSkills UK - to raise standards in technical and vocational education with local skills focus
- Worldwide searches for 'Jaguar stock' up 3,900% - 40 times increase compared to average levels in the last five years
- WTW - partners with Kayna to drive next generation Affinity Insurance product solutions for UK and US-based SMEs
- Yokohama Rubber - joins international joint research project on "untapped resource" of natural rubber seeds
- Yokohama - transport supervisor giving educational talks at Northampton College
- Zapmap - <3% of EV drivers said they would switch back to an ICE vehicle
- Zebra Law - personal injury market firm joins the IFB membership
- Zenith - appoints Richard Jones (ex Lex and Aldermore Group) as CEO
- Zeus Accident Repair (Rochester bodyshop & Sittingbourne SMART centre) - acquires Dartford-based A Pile & Son bodyshop
- ZIGUP plc (inc Auxillis, FMG and Northgate) - brief trading update
- Annual Convention and Night of Knights
- British Bodyshop Awards 2025
- Golf Day - South