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| The master plan 01.09.09 |
| Hands up if you'd like to improve your bodyshop's turnover and productivity. Graham Palmer from Merlong Services Ltd explains the reasons why careful planning is essential. |
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| Just Car Clinics invest £200,000 into Kitemark 04.09.09 |
| Just Car Clinic (JCC) has announced that an investment plan of £200,000 has been put in place to ensure all of its 23 nationwide branch network achieve the Kitemark this year. Nine of the sites have already achieved the Kitemark (Hull, Leeds, Lincoln, Grimsby, Durham, Swindon, Doncaster, Hinckley, Mansfield). |
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| Success for WorldSkills bodyshop competitors 07.09.09 |
| Daniel Cain has won a bronze medal in the autobody repair catagory at WorldSkills 2009 in Calgary. Zak McLaughlan also won a medallion of excellence for achieving over 500 points in the car painting catagory. |
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| 2009 Bodyshop Industry Awards 11.09.09 |
| The winners of the 2009 Bodyshop Awards had been announced…Congratulations to all of our finalists and winners. With the Gala Dinner and Awards presentations now over, we thought we’d bring you the results before the party starts!A full report of the two-day event will follow shortly. Here are the winners and finalists in each category: |
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| Glasurit embarks on text and online campaign 15.09.09 |
| Glasurit has launched a text messaging information directly to their mobile phone to those customers who have given permission. |
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| Insurers committed to giving road accident claimants the best deal says ABI 16.09.09 |
| Responding to the publication today of the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s report into how insurers approach third parties injured in road accidents (known as ‘third party claims capture’). |
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| Audatex community encouraged to embrace support 16.09.09 |
| Audatex UK is stepping up its communications drive to further raise the profile of the Audatex Technical Committee and its campaign to address and resolve technical issues relating to Audatex systems. |
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| Free HSE publications worth millions 17.09.09 |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is making a million pounds worth of content from its priced publications freely available to everyone. |
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| Poor payment the main concern 18.09.09 |
| Cash flow worries as a result of increasing late payments are causing small businesses the most headaches, according to the latest Economic Downturn Panel survey carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB). |
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| BE2009 Supports U&I 23.09.09 |
| Accident management company Call Zebra saw a surge in applications to join its repairer network following BE 2009. |
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| 'Close to 2m' uninsured drivers 24.09.09 |
| Parts of England with the largest number of uninsured drivers have been revealed in new research by the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB). |
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| A letter from David Main, BEN's Chief Executive 25.09.09 |
| It goes without saying that this has been a challenging year for both BEN and the industries we support - we have all felt the impact of this recession. |
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| Body Repair Council added to SMMT 25.09.09 |
| The Vehicle Manufacturer Body Repair Council has been disbanded and brought into the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) working group framework to increase its presence within the industry. |
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| RMI at Labour and Conservative party conferences 28.09.09 |
| Scrappage Scheme extension proposals, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) refunds, and the future of the Block Exemption Regulation are some of the issues that will be prioritised by the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) at this year's party conferences. |
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| 100,000 more cars in scrappage scheme extension 28.09.09 |
| The government is to extend its car scrappage scheme, Lord Mandelson has said. |
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| Success at Synergy forums 29.09.09 |
| Synergy Accident Repair Group’s series of Regional Board Meetings concluded with a well-attended forum at the 3M Centre in Bracknell. |
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| Rolf Harris to appear at BEN Ball 30.09.09 |
| Television stalwart, artist and musician extraordinaire Rolf Harris is the latest addition to the line up for the 75th Annual BEN Ball at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 16 December 2009. |
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| QuickCheck replicates paintwork 30.09.09 |
| Teroson’s latest innovation, QuickCheck, is a temporary, instant, high gloss simulator that replicates the paint finish following a bodywork repair. |
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| Brown Brothers' Bristol relocation 30.09.09 |
| Brown Brothers Distribution have relocated their Bristol branch to new premises based in Avonmouth. |
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