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Friday, March 19th 2010

All the latest news from RAC Auto Windscreens

Auto Windscreens short-listed for two major industry awards

Auto Windscreens, the national automotive glazing services company, has been short-listed for two national awards. The company is a finalist in two categories of the prestigious Fleet News Awards 2010. Auto Windscreens will battle it out with AA Business Services, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, GMF Support, Autowide and Chevin Fleet Solutions, for the title of Fleet [...]

Auto Windscreens Win FMG Support Contract

Auto Windscreens, provider of complete automotive glazing repair and replacement services to private motorists, fleets and the insurance industry, has been awarded a three-year contract to deliver a complete automotive glazing service throughout the UK, for FMG Support’s Accident Management client base, and also for their nationwide approved bodyshop network. FMG Support, the UK’s largest independent [...]

Auto Windscreens awarded major solus deal

Auto Windscreens has been awarded a two-year sole supplier deal by Alphabet (GB) Ltd, the multi-marque fleet funding company which is part of the BMW Group. The signed deal will see the independent automotive glazing services company supply a national mobile and base repair and replace service to Alphabet’s 44,000 vehicle fleet as part of [...]

Online bookings soar as workers stay at home

Workers choosing to stay at home and log on, rather than brave the treacherous road conditions into the office, have resulted in a 700% increase in online bookings for automotive glazing services company Auto Windscreens. Millions of schoolchildren, commuters and holidaymakers have been trapped at home as the worst snowfalls in half a century struck many [...]

Auto Windscreens appoints regional sales team

With a renewed focus on local sales, the national automotive glazing services provider Auto Windscreens has appointed a regional sales team. The team will specifically target local and national fleets, motor dealers, bodyshops, plant operators and insurance agents. A team of nine Regional Sales Executives have been recruited and are being headed by two Regional Sales [...]

Novae Select Auto Windscreens As Sole Glazing Provider

Novae Insurance Company Limited, the wholly-owned FSA-regulated subsidiary of Novae Group plc has appointed Auto Windscreens as its automotive glazing services provider in a  three year deal which will also see the independent glazing company working with Novae to develop a joint online presence. In addition to private car and commercial vehicles, Novae, who entered the [...]

Auto Windscreens Supports Customers

Auto Windscreens, the UK’s truly independent automotive glazing services company, recently lent its full support to the National Customer Service Week (NCSW), which ran October 5-11 2009, by welcoming customers, including private motorists, fleets and representatives of the insurance industry, to its head office in Chesterfield to experience everything from windscreen manufacture to glass repair [...]

Staycations Mean Business For Auto Windscreens

Auto Windscreens have seen repair figures for July and August ‘09 soar with the number of motorists opting for a summer ‘staycation’ rather than heading abroad and taking their cars off the road for the duration. This, together with deteriorating road conditions, have been attributed to Auto Windscreens 16% rise in repair figures, compared to [...]

British holidays cost UK Motorists dear

Following the ’summer of the British holiday’, Motorists choosing to have a ‘staycation’, coupled with deteriorating road conditions, have been attributed to Auto Windscreens recording higher than normal windscreen repair figures in July and August this year. Traditionally, job volumes in July and August for the automotive glazing services company are low as people choose to [...]

New Look For Independent Auto Windscreen

Auto Windscreens, the independent automotive glazing services company, is celebrating its departure from the RAC brand and former owners Aviva by launching its new identity and redesigned the logo featuring a new palette of colours with dark blue being the predominant one. The sale of Auto Windscreens at the end of 2008 to ARQUES marked [...]

The Smart Way To Arrange Your Auto Windscreens Repair

Auto Windscreens launched on May 13 2009 their new made-for-mobile website that has been specifically designed and developed for the estimated 20 million UK smartphone users, which includes both iPhones and Blackberrys. The new site, found at www.autowindscreens.co.uk, can automatically detects whether the visitor is using a smartphone and will then adapt the site content accordingly. [...]

Is Your Vehicle Safe Enough To Travel In?

Autowindscreens fears that a whopping 8.6 billions miles are expected to be travelled on the UK’s roads this festive season and many of them will be in unsafe vehicles. The glazing giant is pointing to research it has had carried out on its behalf. The research found that 77 per cent of motorists do not [...]

Aviva sells RAC Auto Windscreens

Aviva has sold RAC Auto Windscreens to German holding company Arques Industries AG. Auto Windscreens will be Arques’ first UK acquisition as the German company enters the UK market. The sale should be completed by the end of December 2008, subject to regulatory approvals and Arques Industries AG has confirmed that the existing senior leadership team [...]

Terry to strengthen Auto Windscreens’ position

Auto Windscreens has appointed Terry Witter as its propositions manager. This newly created role will primarily involve Terry working with the company’s partnership managers to design and deliver innovative automotive glazing solutions to Auto Windscreens’ corporate customers. With more than 30 years experience in the financial services sector, including key roles such as head of supplier management [...]

New website makes Auto Windscreens bookings even easier

Auto Windscreens has made it even easier for drivers to book a glass repair or replacement for their vehicle following the launch of its new website – www.autowindscreens.co.uk. Showcasing the company’s new brand identity, the website features a whole new look. It is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. It should be quick to upload, [...]

Auto Windscreens Apprentice Wins Glass Award

Glazing giant Auto Windscreens has been recognised for having the UK’s top apprentice in the entire glass industry in 2008. Daniel Metcalfe, who is an apprentice in Auto Windscreens’ Technical Department, part of the Automotive Glazing Development Centre, was nominated for the prestigious Glass Training Board award by the company’s qualifications manager. Dan Metcalfe didn’t even know [...]

Auto Windscreens Setting Standard For Customer Service

Auto Windscreens has confirmed that it is now a corporate member of the Institute of Customer Service (ICS). As part of Auto Windscreens’ commitment to delivering a world class customer experience, more than 1,100 customer-facing colleagues, including those in the contact centre and fitting centre network, will now achieve at least one of three ICS [...]

The Chips Are Down In Hull

Chipped windscreens are a downside of motoring but if you live or work in the Hull area then you are more likely to get a chipped windscreen than anyone else in the UK. This research has come from a study of insurance claims from one of the UK’s leading automotive glazing services’ companies, which polled Britain’s [...]

Marc Samuel joins Auto Windscreens fleet team

Auto Windscreens has expanded its successful fleet sales team with the appointment of Marc Samuel as a partnership manager. Based in Halesowen near Birmingham, Samuel joins Auto Windscreens from Toyota Financial Services (UK) Plc where he was the development manager. In his new role Samuel will focus on building multi-level partnerships with Auto Windscreens’ fleet [...]

Auto Windscreens appoints Tony Johnston to top sales and marketing role

Auto Windscreens, the national automotive glazing services company, has appointed Tony Johnston as its sales and marketing director. Tony’s appointment now completes Auto Windscreens five-strong board of directors. Johnston brings more than 15 years’ top-end sales and marketing experience in the automotive industry to his new role. Most recently Tony was the chief operating officer for [...]

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