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Blog Entries about "car body repairs"
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Bodyshops diversify in falling market
With the kind permission of Auto Retail Network, we are pleased to reproduce here an article written by Trend Tracker director Chris Oakham about our report - The Car Body Repair Market in the UK, 2012-2017. The article appeared in the January 2013 edition of The Bulletin.
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Dispatches reveals the secrets of car insurance
Channel 4’s Dispatches programme (Monday 7 January at 8.00 pm) investigated the role of insurers and accident management companies. As noted on C4’s website: “Dispatches reveals the secrets of car insurance that all drivers should know. Harry Wallop investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximising profits, lucrative referral fees and rebate deals, sometimes at the expense of doing what's best for you and your car.”
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The UK car body repair market
Later this month, or in early November, we publish our biennial report on the UK car body repair market. Published since 1994, this report has seldom made happy reading for those in the industry and this year’s is no exception. The car body repair market always seems in a constant state of flux with supply and demand precariously in balance, and a very small cohort of ‘professional’ insurance company customers accounting for the majority of work. Gross margins are consequently low.
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Recession hits bodyshops too
While the chart below might suggest we are, once again, delving into the vagaries of the new and used car markets – we are not. No, the subject this month is bodyshops.