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Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Completes Acquisition of SHB Hire
Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Romsey-based SHB Hire, which operates a fleet of more than 18,500 commercial vehicles. Enterprise...
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Fix Auto UK Adds Two Collision Repair Centers to Network in London Market
Fix Auto UK has increased the number of collision repair franchisees located inside the M25 and the Home Counties following the signing of two new businesses. The network has welcomed DML Car Body...
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Axalta Appoints Refinish Business Director for UK and Scandinavia
Axalta announced the appointment of Farrell Dolan as Regional Refinish Business Director UK & Scandinavia and Managing Director Axalta UK Limited, that was effective June 1. Farrell Dolan was...
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Fix Auto UK Acquires Collision Repair Center in Wales
Fix Auto UK announced it has acquired its second independent collision repair center. The organization has purchased Ian Hughes Motor Body Repair Centre in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, from previous owner...
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Rob Lake Appointed to Fix Auto UK Key Accounts Team
Fix Auto UK announced the appointment of Rob Lake to its key accounts team. Lake joins the network with experience in senior roles within both the repair and insurance sectors, having spent 19 months...
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Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Northern Region
Fix Auto UK have added an additional site to their Northern region, with the addition of Grove Hill Garage of Bentham, Lancaster. Operating as Fix Auto Bentham, the 12,000 sq. ft. collision repair...
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Snap-on Acquires UK-Based OEM Repair Software Provider Cognitran Limited
Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: NA) announced that it has acquired Cognitran Limited for approximately $31 million in cash. Based in Chelmsford, United Kingdom, Cognitran specializes in flexible, modular...
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Rob Pugh Joins Fix Auto UK as Strategy Consultant
Fix Auto UK has appointed Rob Pugh into its newly formed role of Strategy Consultant. The 23-year-old returns to the organization after his two-year internship while studying for his business degree,...
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Stephen Healer Named UK Sales Manager at Symach
Symach announced the appointment of Stephen Healer as Symach’s UK Sales Manager, effective immediately. This new entry among the Symach staff is part of a larger plan to open a Symach UK subsidiary...
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Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network Inside London’s M25 Corridor
Fix Auto UK announced its fifth new franchisee from within the M25 corridor surrounding London since the start of the year. H&L Motors (Heathrow) Ltd is the latest collision repair center to join...
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Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Wellington
Fix Auto UK announced that West Somerset Motors has joined the network. The repairer will now operate as Fix Auto Wellington. Fix Auto Wellington has been owned by Chris Hickman since 2012, and...
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Fix Auto UK Acquires Two Collision Repair Centers
Fix Auto UK is getting closer to achieving its goal to own or partially own up to six collision repair centers by the end of the year after acquiring two additional body shops. Ian Pugh (left) of Fix...
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Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Basingstoke
Smart Bodyshop in Basingstoke has joined Fix Auto UK and will now operate as Fix Auto Basingstoke. The business was formed by Dale Morris six years ago and the operation moved to a new 10,000 sq....
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Ageas UK Using Tractable AI on Auto Claims
For the first time, one of the UK’s insurers is employing artificial intelligence (AI) to create end-to-end assessments and estimates of vehicle damage. Ageas is using an AI solution developed by...
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Fix Auto UK Acquires Sixth Corporate Owned Collision Repair Center
Fix Auto UK announced it has acquired the Fix Auto Paignton site after the business had fallen victim of the coronavirus pandemic and became insolvent. The purchase has added to the portfolio of...
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Fix Auto UK Reports Network Received More Than £2 Million in Government...
Fix Auto UK has generated more than £2 million ($2.55 million) in government grant support and business rates reliefs for its franchisee partners – money, it says, is vital for the survival of its...
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UK-based HBC Vehicle Services Rebrands to IAA
IAA, Inc. (NYSE:IAA) announced that its UK-based business unit HBC Vehicle Services has rebranded as part of the global IAA brand. “Our in-country focused business model successfully leverages the...
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Tony Core Named Director of Sales & Marketing at IAA UK
IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA) announced Tony Core has joined IAA as UK Director of Sales & Marketing, reporting to Steve Hankins, UK Managing Director for IAA. Core has more than fifteen years’ industry...
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Steve Field New Chairman of UK’s NBRA
The UK’s National Body Repair Association (NBRA) announced Steve Field as its new chairman, replacing Roger Collings, who stepped down some months ago. Field is the CEO of Page Automotive Group and has...
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NBRA Calls for UK Government to Extend Job Retention Scheme Through December
The National Body Repair Association (NBRA), the trade association for the UK’s vehicle body repair shops is calling on the government to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) through the...
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