• Google: ‘don’t fear technology’

    • May 24, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Speaking to a full house at the IBIS Global Summit 2016, Google’s Richard Offermann told delegates, ‘don’t be scared of technology, because technological development will never be as slow as it is at it is today.’ The session – ‘The future is now’ – saw Google’s Richard Offermann, industry leader automotive DACH and Tanja Hufschmidt industry [...]
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  • Tony Aquila completes IBIS line-up

    • April 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Content Updates, IBIS News
    Tony Aquila, founder, chairman and CEO of Solera Holdings completes the speaker line-up for this year’s IBIS Global Summit agenda. Tony’s story is truly inspirational, from sweeping floors in a bodyshop to creating a multi-billion dollar software company. Solera Holdings, which includes Audatex, Hollander, HPI and CAP among many others, was acquired by Vista Equity [...]
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  • IBIS Board reveals industry challenges

    • March 10, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The newly instated IBIS Board, in place for this year’s IBIS Global Summit 2016 on 23-25 May at the Hilton Diagonal Mar in Barcelona, have revealed what it thinks are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing our industry. The IBIS Board has been working tirelessly to bring the best of the international collision repair market [...]
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  • Are you ready for your next customer?

    • February 17, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    If you’re not active on social media your business is already behind the eight ball. So much trade is now generated through non-traditional media and online word of mouth that we no longer ask when the tipping point will come, we ask when it came. The simple truth is that any company shying away from [...]
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  • Technology and bodyshops: Thatcham’s verdict

    • February 12, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Thatcham has assuaged fears among repairers that more autonomy on our roads will mean fewer jobs in our workshops. The vanguard of a vast driverless fleet is here and many more are following behind them, but the idea that autonomous driving will turn bodyshops into deserted buildings with no customers is misconceived. In fact, Thatcham [...]
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