Fix Auto UK announced that it has acquired its first wholly owned independent collision repair center with the purchase of Daventry Panel Craft Ltd, a 10,000 sq. ft. facility that will become Fix Auto Daventry. The decision follows Fix Auto UK’s announcement last summer that revealed it had taken a majority share in existing franchisee […]
Fix Auto UK Adds New Fix & Go Express Collision Repair Center
Motorcycle racing legend and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here winner Carl Fogarty officially opened Fix Auto UK’s latest express repair facility Fix Auto Fix & Go Wigan on February 6. Owners Dave and Stephen Pollitt as well as Managing Director Andy Sankey were the driving force behind the six-figure investment, during an […]
Fix Network World Launches Technician Skills Competition
Fix Auto Masters program will search global network for top technical talent starting in the United Kingdom. Fix Network World announced the launch of Fix Auto Masters, an all-new technical skills and knowledge competition program, aimed at celebrating the skills of technicians from across the global Fix Auto network. The first region to take part […]
Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Redhill
Redhill Vehicle Body Repairs has joined Fix Auto UK and will operate as Fix Auto Redhill, becoming the first franchisee to join the network in 2019. Business partners Andrew Melnick, Winston Esnard and Kate Melnick established Redhill Vehicle Body Repairs eleven years ago. The 7,000 sq. ft. collision repair center is currently repairing up to […]
Fix Auto UK Adds Two Collision Repair Centers to Network
Fix Auto UK announced two new franchisees joined its network. Grimsby-based Wilson & Co and C&M Bodyshop Ltd of Coventry will now operate as Fix Auto Grimsby and Fix Auto Coventry respectively. Robin Wilson, owner of the Grimsby body shop is no newcomer to the network after joining with his first repair center as Fix […]
Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Reading
Fix Auto UK announced that Reading Accident Repairs co-owner Paul Carkett has joined its network. Along with business partner David Benjamin, the duo will now operate as Fix Auto Reading. Carket, who bought the business from its founder in 2003, said, “I’ve long followed Fix Auto UK’s progression and kept a keen eye on how […]
Fix Auto UK Franchisee Receive Shop and Manager of Year Awards
Mo Givian, a Fix Auto UK franchisee created history last week becoming the first ever recipient of two major accolades on the same evening at the annual Bodyshop Magazine awards which took place at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham on September 28. Givian’s Fix Auto Luton repair centerwas named as the UK’s Small Bodyshop of […]
Fix Auto UK Acquires Majority Stake in Franchise Collision Repair Center
Fix Auto UK announced it has invested directly in one of its own franchisees. In what its say may be the first of many similar investments, the organization has acquired a majority share of Fix Auto Goole and in doing so the UK operation has taken ownership of its own collision repair center. The six-figure […]
Fix Auto UK Adds Express Collision Repair Center
Fix Auto UK announced that Fix Auto Malvern has become the latest franchisee in its network to expand and open a Fix & Go express repair facility. Owner Andrew Ridley has bought a 6,000 sq. ft. business unit neighboring his existing 16,000 sq. ft. traditional body shop. He has transformed it into an express repair […]
Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Cheltenham
Fix Auto UK announced it has increased its Midlands presence by signing K&R Vehicles Solutions Ltd to its network. Owned and managed by Kieran Humphries and Andrew Emery, the 5,000 sq. ft. collision repair center based in the heart of the cultural capital of the Cotswolds will now operate as Fix Auto Cheltenham. Created in […]