Category Archives: Auto Body Professionals

Important notice – upgrade to ABP Club website server

As a result of phenomenal growth in traffic to the ABP Club website over the past 24 months, with most week days now seeing well over 2,000 industry professionals visit, the ABP Club website will be m…..

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Lookers board rejects a ‘highly speculative informal approach’

Lookers plc has said its board had rebuffed a speculative approach for the company, pushing its shares more than 10 percent higher today.Following what was described as a “highly speculative…..

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Audatex announce strategic re-organisation

Following the announcement on the ABP website on 19 April that Audatex had parted company with Joe Doyle, below is the official release outlining the business restructure: Audatex UK and HPI, subsi…..

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BBC Watchdog: Rising motor insurance premium costs feature, including video

BBC’s Watchdog featured a story on the reasons for the rising cost of motor insurance premiums on Thursday evening. The programme covered the subject of referral and legal fees, personal injury and i…..

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Watchdog: Rising motor insurance premium costs feature, including video

BBC’s Watchdog featured a story on the reasons for the rising cost of motor insurance premiums on Thursday evening. The programme covered the subject of referral and legal fees, personal injury and i…..

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ABP Club meeting – Thatcham – 16 June 2011

ABP Club is delighted to invite eligible members to the third Club meeting of the year on 16 June, kindly hosted by Thatcham. For the sixth consecutive year, we have once again have been invited to…..

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Panorama – BBC1 – Monday 11 July 8.30pm: The Great Car Insurance Swindle, we "investigate the car insurance industry from top to bottom"

ABP Club first told you about this programme at the I Love Claims conference in Daventry on 8 June.The BBC website is now giving the following information on the Programme:…..

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Auto Body p[rofessional – issue 2 of our new quarterly industry magazine should be arriving through your letterbox today or Monday

Look out for the second issue of Auto Body Professional – our new quarterly magazine that should be coming through your letter box today (Sat 23 July) or on Monday. It is also available online now:…..

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Continuous Insurance Enforcement Regulations – leasing and rental firms will be held liable for fines

The organisations behind the new continuous insurance enforcement (CIE) regulations have pledged to help BVRLA members ease the burden of compliance. Speaking at a BVRLA seminar, representa…..

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Chaucer – GBP313 million cash acquisition agreed by Hanover

The boards of The Hanover and Chaucer are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capit…..

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