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| Chicane raises BEN profile 01.10.09 |
| Chicane have been presented with the Barry Needham Trophy for working the hardest to increase the awareness of BEN over the past year, at the BEN Awards on the 24th of September at on of BEN's five care homes, Town Thorns in Rugby. |
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| Audatex to help VDA assesors 07.10.09 |
| Audatex UK is beginning a new initiative to help the bodyshop and motor claims community identify ways in which body repair estimating practices can be streamlined and the efficiency of the Vehicle Damage Assessor (VDA) role can be improved. |
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| New website for Elite 16.10.09 |
| Elite Incident Management has today announced the launch of their new brand and redesigned website, www.eliteim.co.uk. |
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| 'Crash for cash' scam man jailed 21.10.09 |
| A 24-year-old man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after admitting his part in a Ł1.6m 'crash for cash' conspiracy in Greater Manchester. |
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| VED issues concern RMI 22.10.09 |
| The RMI has submitted its Pre-Budget report to the government, highlighting key areas, such as Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) that need to be addressed. |
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| BEN Ball tickets go individual 07.10.09 |
| BEN is offering individual tickets to the 75th BEN Ball which is to be held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 16 December 2009. |
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| Bodyshop Services appoints new Business Development Team 07.10.09 |
| Following the news at the beginning of August that Refinish Distributor, Bodyshop Services is now a part of the Grove Group of Companies, they can now announce that a new Business Development Team has been appointed. |
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| Muradi appoints Alf Heritage as partner 07.10.09 |
| Muradi LLP has announced the appointment of Alf Heritage as a Partner. |
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| UPD appoint Bodyshop Services 12.10.09 |
| UPD UK has announced that Bodyshop Services has now been appointed a full member of UPD. |
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| Motorists in Chislehurst and Wingate beware! 14.10.09 |
| Motorists in Chislehurst in Bromley and Wingate in Cleveland are revealed as the most likely in the UK to claim on their motor insurance for theft from their car or theft of their car, according to data from moneysupermarket.com. |
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| HSE repair publication 22.10.09 |
| HSE (Health and Safety Executive) is producing a new publication targetted at people working within the motor vehicle repair industry. |
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| Audatex clarifies paint data with support from Technical Committee 22.10.09 |
| In response to feedback from customers, claims solutions provider Audatex UK and its Technical Committee have published information which clarifies the composition of the AZT paint times and data used within the AudaEnterpriseGold estimating system. |
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| Aviva helps motor traders go electronic 26.10.09 |
| Aviva is to build on its success in the engineering market with the introduction of specialist electronic equipment cover for motor traders. |
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| Allianz Insurance to sponsor RoSPA MORR Trophy in 2010 27.10.09 |
| The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) award for Managing Occupational Road Risk (MORR) will be sponsored by Allianz Insurance plc for the first time in 2010. |
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| Investment from within for AJC Wilson 29.10.09 |
| Dagenham-based bodyshop AJC Wilson has new shareholders after longstanding employees Neil Parker, Paul Cunningham and Jamie Derry invested in the company. The three will work alongside fellow shareholder, company founder and Managing Director Chris Oliver to grow the company by expanding the services offered to AJC’s customers. |
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| More closures as tough conditions continue 29.10.09 |
| As the world's press eagerly reports that Britain is on the ‘brink’ of recovery, tough times continue in the UK repair industry.
The past few weeks have seen another spate of bodyshop closures, including two large independent repair businesses calling in administrators. |
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| Major milestone for IBIS 2010 29.10.09 |
| NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 10th anniversary of the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) and in recognition of this, IBIS 2010 is returning to the UK, to London, and will take place on 9-11 June at the new Park Plaza Hotel, located across the Westminster Bridge near the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. |
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| MyFleet gives 24/7 live fleet data 30.10.09 |
| A new web resource has been launched by Circle Leasing, allowing customers to manage their live fleet data at any time. MyFleet gives customers round-the-clock access to important information such as contract end dates, pending deliveries, invoices and Circle’s current live courtesy car range. |
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