Simon Wait

bodyshop Awards postponed to April 2022

It is with a heavy heart that the bodyshop magazine team has taken the decision to postpone the bodyshop Awards 2021 from Friday, 17 December to Thursday, 7 April 2022. […]

bodyshop teams up with UK Garage & Bodyshop Event

bodyshop magazine has partnered with Automechanika organiser Messe Frankfurt for next year’s UK Garage & Bodyshop Event at the NEC. To mark the announcement of our sponsorship of the event’s […]

Finalists announced for bodyshop Awards 2021

bodyshop magazine is delighted to announce more of the finalists for the bodyshop Awards 2021. With more than 280 top-quality submissions this year, it has been a difficult job for our […]

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The Interview: Rob Pugh

Just shy of celebrating his third anniversary since rejoining Fix Auto UK, 30 under 30 winner Rob Pugh speaks to bodyshop editor Simon Wait. You were heavily involved in Fix […]

Fix Auto celebrates 30 Under 30 triumphs

Fix Auto UK is celebrating after six members of it network were named among bodyshop magazine’s prestigious 30 Under 30: Rising Stars initiative. The Rising Stars initiative was created in […]

The Interview: Tim Hall

bodyshop editor Simon Wait meets Tim Hall, owner of Hall Auto Cosmetic Repair, whose spray painting career got off the ground in the Royal Air Force. Ask any spray painter […]

bodyshop award winner ‘couldn’t be happier’

Fix Auto Chelmsford apprentice Lewis Williams was named Apprentice MET Technician of the Year during the bodyshop magazine 2020 Awards. The 20-year-old scooped the accolade during the prestigious event, which […]

The Interview: Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Stuart Sandell

bodyshop editor Simon Wait catches up with Stuart Sandell, assistant vice-president sales for the replacement and Flex-E-Rent divisions at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Where does Enterprise sit in the collision repair sector […]

bodyshop magazine back in print from April

Plenham Ltd has announced that it will restart printing bodyshop – the collision repair industry’s favourite magazine – from April 2021 onwards. The publishers will continue all the important work […]