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This week’s key takeaway:

Welcome to 2023! With our very own Sam Street...

 

Episode intro: 

We’re back for the New Year… hope you all had a good one! And who better to kick things off in 2023 than Paint & Panel editor, Sam Street?

 

It looks like 2023 will be a bumper year for collision repair, but will the demand last? Sam gives us her thoughts. She’s also been busy with the first ever industry census, and the all-important dates for the diary, Women in Collision and the Paint & Panel Bodyshop Awards...

 

In this week’s episode you will learn:

-There is plenty of work for body shops

-Preliminary findings from the repairer census survey

-Why it is important for everyone to contribute to the census

-The success of the Women in Collision event

-What’s new for the Paint & Panel Bodyshop Awards this year

-Why you should nominate yourself or somebody else for the Bodyshop Awards

-The trends for 2023

-Why 2023 could be a buyer’s market

-The challenges for solo independents

 

Show links:

** Paint & Panel Body Shop Awards, Nov 17th in Queensland, nominations open in May

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