• Irish bodyshops call for independent registration

    • February 17, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Motor repairers in Ireland have come out in force to show their support for an independent register of their sector. More than 70 bodyshops have already signed an online petition, ‘Irish Motor Repairers For Registration’, since it went live on Monday on the website petitions24.com. The petition, submitted by Ross Kavanagh, calls for ‘a system [...]
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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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  • Germany considers emission spotchecks

    • February 15, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Germany could introduce unannounced emission tests on all carmakers in a bid to reinstate confidence in the industry. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said, ‘There will be controls on vehicles in the style of doping tests (for athletes) – unannounced and every year.’ The newspaper suggested one way to carry out [...]
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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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  • Pause for thought: Why strategy matters

    • February 12, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    When change comes to an industry, businesses quickly fall into three groups – those that make it happen, those that watch it happen, and those that wonder what happened. So how important is strategy in determining which business you will become? That was the question posed by Robert Snook, co-founder and director of Business Success [...]
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