Get set for change New trade event in June 2022 created to support both technicians looking to upskill and workshops gearing up for change
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The UK aftermarket is entering the biggest shift in living memory and the growth of electrification and ADAS has highlighted the need to upskill like never before. The team who works with industry suppliers and trade associations for the Automechanika Birmingham event, which returns in June 2023, and creators of the online digital platform auto:resource, will bring the trade together for a brand new event next June at the NEC, which will solely focus on training, tools and technology, to support workshops in this time of transition.
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The UK Garage & Bodyshop Event will take place at the NEC 8-9 June 2022, within one hall housing around 100 exhibitors. There will be three training hubs and three feature areas, enabling workshop owners and technicians to participate in training taster sessions in order to highlight areas they want to upskill and connect with training and equipment providers to progress their skills and garage business. There will be live demonstrations and accredited training across three key areas: EV Hybrid, Workshop and Collision Repair, each offering technical seminars from industry experts
covering ADAS, MOT, safety/service and repair, collision repair, diagnostics, and more. Kristan Johnstone, Project Director Messe Frankfurt UK, told autotechnician: “We’re looking to almost replicate what has worked very well at Automechanika Birmingham but doing that across different themes so it gives people a really clear structure of where they can go for relevant topics for them.”
“Meeting digitally has been great, zoom calls have allowed us to stay in touch, but what you miss from that are the people you’re not expecting to see, that you bump into” Kristan Johnstone Project Director Messe Frankfurt UK
