The nation’s body shops and other small businesses can apply for up to $10 million in low-interest, mostly forgiveable Paycheck Protection Program loans. The loans have a two-year maturity and were originally set at 0.5 [...]
3M has suggested collision repairers could use alternative respiratory protection during heavy demand for N95 masks, and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration on Friday offered a similar perspective. “If respiratory protection must be used, [...]
The federal government is offering incentives to keep staff on the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic — including offering small businesses loans of 10 weeks of payroll and only demanding two weeks be repaid. But [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists on Friday announced a new webpage providing auto body shops with links to safety and business management resources related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Repairers might wish to bookmark [...]
Reporting a “steep decline in business,” Service King CEO David Cush on Thursday announced the company would “furlough a portion of our in-store workforce as well as portions of our operations management and support functions” [...]
The COVID-19 coronavirus has demanded collision repairers practice proper sanitization and take other precautions to protect themselves and their customers from the threat in the abstract. But what do you when the disease is confirmed [...]
U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., has released an helpful Q&A for body shops and other small businesses on help available to them under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act. The bill [...]
An industry financial expert, trade groups and a U.S. representative this week all urged businesses to act quickly and secure Small Business Administration financial assistance to ease the economic blow of the COVID-19 coronavirus response. [...]
The Women’s Industry Network announced Tuesday it had named a body shop owner and executives from insurance and rental car companies its 2020 Most Influential Women in the collision industry. The additions of Hertz replacement [...]
Collision repairers and other employers must by Wednesday post notice of the new COVID-19 paid sick and family medical leave rules taking effect the same day, according to the Department of Labor. The agency on [...]
