“Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance” facilities received between approximately $1.25 billion and $2.06 billion combined in Paycheck Protection Program loans through June 30. The loans to 19,681 auto body-related businesses might have [...]
Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill extending the Paycheck Protection Program another month, offering collision repairers and other small businesses another shot at forgivable low-interest loans. The $659 billion program launched April [...]
The COVID-19 coronavirus response might have foiled SCRS’ traditional April “Repairer Roundtable,” but the organization has still managed to bring the industry a second collection of notable guests this year besides its SEMA lineup. The [...]
Two incumbents and three challengers will compete for three board seats later this month as the Society of Collision Repair Specialists holds its annual election. Candidates include Tony Adams, owner of Weaver’s Collision Center (Kansas); [...]
Sometimes, a variable out of a body shop’s hands can slow or prevent the calibration of certain General Motors sensory technology — and sometimes, the collision repair itself might deserve the blame, according to a [...]
Allstate, LKQ, CAPA and the ABPA on Wednesday warned U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders about the “captive environment” of automakers’ certified collision repair networks, calling them monopolistic and expensive. The companies and trade [...]
In the state that pioneered the “right to repair” concept that became a national agreement between shops and automakers, advocates seek to expand independent Massachusetts shops’ access to vehicle information with a new “right to [...]
Declaring them “the reasonable and necessary amount for calibration services,” Progressive on June 25 announced new amounts it would reimburse automotive glass shops for static and dynamic calibrations. The memo obtained by Collision Hub and [...]
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced Monday that a new fundraising auction series would kick off with bidding on a private tour of Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage. The auction runs until July 10 at [...]
Less than 7 percent of CCC estimates for 2019 or newer vehicles included a manual calibration entry in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to CCC’s 2020 “Crash Course.” The March document indicated that not [...]
