Elite Body Shop Solutions’ Positivity Summit
What does positivity mean to you? During an epidemic like we are facing now, it most certainly does NOT mean burying your head in the sand and ignoring current realities. Quite the opposite in fact. Positivity ‘done right’ means facing the challenges and finding the opportunities contained within. Life is tough sometimes, negativity only makes […]
Industry Insider: How shops are combatting coronavirus slowdowns
Toronto, Ontario — On this week’s episode of Industry Insider, we talk with industry leaders to hear how the collision sector is combatting potential coronavirus slowdowns. Dave Lush, general manager for CarrXpert North America, shops are still seeing customers come in for backlog work, while Dave Luehr’s Elite Body Shop Solutions is searching for tips […]
Special Deliveries: SATA has your back amid crisis
Toronto, Ontario — SATA Canada is ramping up its efforts amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, making special deliveries to its shops to assure their extra-prepped for the times ahead. Earlier this week, SATA visited some of its customers to ensure they had everything they needed in the paint booth—and beyond. On Tuesday, company representatives responded […]
Staying Afloat: Elite Body Shop hosting Positivity Summit for collision industry
Toronto, Ontario — Dave Luehr’s Elite Body Shop is hosting a Positivity Summit webinar for the collision repair today, highlighting how businesses can take advantage of this turbulent time and survive the ongoing crisis. From 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST (11 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT) on Mar. 27, Luehr will be live with […]
Certified Support: I-CAR ‘has your back’ during outbreak with extended bodyshop credential renewals
Toronto, Ontario — I-CAR is offering support to bodyshops amid the COVID-19 pandemic by issuing credentialing renewal extensions for those pending upcoming renewal for Gold Class, Platinum or Welding certifications. “Should you or your business have an upcoming renewal for Gold Class, Platinum or Welding and will be unable to complete successful renewal for any […]
Essential Services Only: Collision repair organizations rally for auto repair as essential service amid virus
Toronto, Ontario — Organizations and provincial governments across the country are banding together to protect the operational status of auto repair facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, Prince Edward Island’s government asked non-essential businesses to close after two coronavirus cases were confirmed in the province, adding that facilities such as grocery stores, pharmacies, gas […]
Editor’s Log: Our Health in Your Hands
By Gideon Scanlon Toronto, Ontario — In early March, the World Health Organization announced that the Coronavirus was no longer an epidemic. It had become a pandemic. In their professional assessment, nowhere would be safe. Shortly afterward, governments across the world announced plans that would not prevent the inspection from spreading so much as slow […]
Coronavirus Check-up: Two-thirds of facilities unprepared for virus
Toronto, Ontari0–March 12, 2020– One-in-six Canadian auto repair facilities are already reporting business disruptions caused by coronavirus, a new survey from Collision Repair has revealed. The survey results come less than one day after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic, and Canada’s Minister of Health introduced plans aimed at slowing […]
