LV= rallies to AutoRaise aid
AutoRaise has announced that LV= has increased its financial support to help it through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bob Linwood, AutoRaise CEO, said: “LV= have stood shoulder to shoulder with us, totally understanding that the vehicle repair industry needs to invest in young people to create a sustainable workforce in the future. They have supported everything we have done, have even created their own initiatives to raise awareness of the charity’s aims and are always first to offer their support.
“Their whole management team, from Martin Milliner, to Brian Hodge, Chris Payne, Michael Golding and their teams, absolutely get it. I just wish that every other insurer could offer something close to this level of support – the industry would then be almost guaranteed a better future, helping AutoRaise work with repairers to create a workforce full of young, fully trained and qualified technicians.”
Martin Milliner, LV= GI claims director, said: “We totally believe in AutoRaise and the work that they carry out. We’ve supported them from day one and a great example of their work showed recently in their intervention with apprentices being made redundant. I’m really impressed and very grateful for the work they do on behalf of the industry.”
Brian Hodge, director of motor customer claims, added: “AutoRaise have been the catalyst for many of our approved repairers to adopt apprenticeship programmes and we need a fully functioning AutoRaise in our industry to ensure sustainability. I personally would urge every significant stakeholder in our industry to consider what their business model will look like in five, 10, 20 years’ time with a continuing decline in numbers of qualified technicians in the industry. It’s a significant challenge and one we need to address collectively for the greater good.”
