Reports suggest that ride hailing business, Uber could be on the cusp of agreeing a multi-billion pound investment to fuel expansion and investments in technology. The reported $10bn (£7.6bn) investment comes via a consortium led by Japanese conglomerate Softbank and San Francisco group Dragoneer. It is claimed the deal could lead to a corporate restructure [...]

The National Auto Body Council (NABC) has announced new officers and board members for 2018. The executive committee officers elected at NABC’s recent annual meeting in Las Vegas are: Darren Huggins, chairman (Berkshire Hathaway Automotive); Keith Egan, vice chair of community involvement (Colours, Inc.); Kerry Angers, vice chair of industry involvement (Enterprise Rent-a-Car); Elizabeth Clark, [...]

Service King Collision Repair Centers has introduced what it claims as ‘the industry’s premier production operating model’. The company, which has more than 300 repair centre across the US, has labelled the initiative PRO Model – The Premier Repair Operation. Customers and insurance partners can expect to begin seeing PRO Model and the enhanced PRO [...]

Uber’s CPO, Jeff Holden has revealed the ride sharing service UberAir has partnered with NASA and is set to take to the Los Angeles skies in 2020. Speaking at Web Summit and providing a world exclusive visualisation of the UberAir experience, Jeff announced UberAir has signed a partnership with NASA to work on an air [...]

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has become a Guidewire PartnerConnect solution partner. Guidewire Software Inc, a provider of software products to property and casualty insurers, has also revealed Enterprise’s participation in the Ready for Guidewire accelerator validation programme. Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Automated Rental Management System (ARMS) web application accelerator makes it easier and quicker for an insurance company using [...]