Fix Auto UK announced it strengthened its network within London and the Home Counties with the addition of Perfect Paint in Sandhurst. Operating as Fix Auto Sandhurst, the 12,000 sq. ft. collision repair center is owned by Martin Weller and managed by Adrian Brimicombe. The latest addition takes the number of Fix Auto UK repair […]
Thatcham Research Automotive Academy Report 92% Completion Rate on Apprenticeship Program
At a time when the UK’s National Audit Office’s (NAO) report reveals apprenticeship starts have fallen substantially, Thatcham Research apprenticeship results are growing. The UK Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) confirmed that the Thatcham Research Automotive Academy has recorded 92 percent for its apprenticeship training Qualification Achievement Rates (QAR). This result is remarkable given […]
Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK to Buy Commercial Vehicle Rental Company SHB Hire
Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Romsey-based SHB Hire, an award-winning family-owned vehicle hire and management business. The acquisition will provide Enterprise with the opportunity to create one of the largest commercial vehicle rental companies in the country. With more than 100,000 vehicles, Enterprise is already the UK’s largest […]
Fix Auto UK Acquires Collision Repair Center in Daventry
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 […]
Enterprise Partners with UK’s Thatcham Research for Online Training Program
Enterprise Holdings has become the first company to subscribe to ecademy, the new online vehicle technical learning program from UK-based Thatcham Research. The ecademy program consists of 12 interactive modules which are completed over the course of a year. Key subjects included in the program include Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and calibration, Hybrid and […]
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 […]
Peter Shaw, Former Thatcham Research Chief Executive Who Stepped Down Last Year, Passes Away
Thatcham Research, the UK-based motor insurers’ automotive research cetner, announced that Peter Shaw, it’s Chief Executive from 2011 until June 2018, passed away on January 24. In a statement, Thatcham Research said, “It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Peter Shaw, Chief Executive of Thatcham Research (2011 – 2018) passed away […]
Jonathan Hewett Named Chief Executive at Thatcham Research
UK-based Thatcham Research announced the appointment of Jonathan Hewett as its new Chief Executive effective January 7, 2019. Hewett replaces Peter Shaw, who stepped down in June due to ill-health, after seven years in the role. Hewett brings a wealth of senior management, international and strategic leadership skills from across the insurance, automotive, and financial […]