Speaking at the IBIS Global Summit 2017 Jeff McFadden, president of Service King described private equity investment as the ‘jet fuel’ which accelerated its people development programmes. In his session, Apprentices and the skills gap, Jeff gave an insight into his career progression declaring himself as a ‘shop guy’ who started out on the shopfloor [...]

The iPhone is a fantastic invention, but we can’t let technology stifle and frustrate future invention. That was the crux of the message delivered by Charles Morgan, advisory board chairman of Alcraft Motor Company, who was speaking on day two of IBIS 2017, taking place at Melia Castilla, Madrid from 12-14 June. Called ‘Craftmanship in [...]

The final presentation on day one of the IBIS Global Summit 2017 saw Sean Carey, president of SCG Management Consultants tell delegates that the connected car and landscape is ‘all consuming’. In his session – The connected car landscape – Sean told delegates that the connected car and the connected landscape consumes OEMs and the [...]

Consolidation was the theme of compelling panel session on the first day of IBIS 2017, taking place at Melia Castilla, Madrid from 12-14 June. Steve Grimshaw, CEO, Caliber Collision Center, Steve Leal, president and CEO of Fix Auto World, and Ayhan Dayoglu, CEO of Auto King, joined IBIS director Jason Moseley on stage to look [...]

Laurence Vivet-Ract, CEO of southern Europe, Innovation Group told IBIS Global Summit delegates, the ‘future is good for those embracing change and new technology.’ In her session, Private equity and the collision repair market, Laurence said how we were in an environment of disruption with new players moving at an audacious pace. This, she claimed, [...]