Collision Repair’s Industry Insider: Theresa Jachnychy of Gateway Autobody
With Bell ‘Let’s Talk’ Day having just passed, we took the opportunity this episode of the Industry Insider Podcast to shine a light on a topic that affects each and every person in the collision repair industry: mental health. Theresa Jachnychy, the business director at Gateway Autobody, joins us this week to discuss negative mental […]
Presentation Prep: What you won’t want to miss at CCIF Toronto
Toronto, Ontario — The Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) kicks off on Thursday at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont.—and Collision Repair is your guide to the can’t-miss speakers and presentations the forum is set to offer. The much-anticipated event will kick off today, Thursday, Jan. 30 at Mississauga’s International Centre, Hall 5. A showcase […]
The Future is Now: How this estimator shoulders insurer disruption
Written by ‘Forty’, a Progressive Estimator Chances are if you are reading this article you are experiencing daily struggles in three main areas of collision shop management. A lack of skilled staff, a lack of labour rate increase and the resistance to change from insurance ‘partners’ is slowly destroying this industry one retired tech at […]
Sparking Student Interest: Ontario government invests $19m into automotive industry training
Windsor, Ontario — On Jan. 27, the Ontario provincial government took to Windsor, Ont. to announce yet another investment in apprenticeship training—this one specifically benefitting the auto manufacturing and advanced manufacturing industries. As part of Ontario’s Driving Prosperity plan, the provincial government is creating as many as 4,000 paid work placements for post-secondary students, recent […]
