Forty per cent of collision repair centres responding to a Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) survey noted they have suffered a loss of tradespeople within the last year, potentially affecting the cycle times of car repairs and, as a result, affecting insurers' costs.
On average, a collision repair shop has five technicians on staff, the research found. But these same shops reported they have lost an average of two tradespeople in the last 12 months, Jay Perry, the owner and founder of Automotive Business Consultants (ABC), told attendees at a January 2008 CCIF meeting in Toronto.
"That's huge," he added. "If you consider the initial statistic of five average techs and then you've lost two in the last 12 months we are losing a lot of people to a lot of other trades and there are a myriad of reasons for that."
January 2008 Archives
The Co-operators has expanded its membership, welcoming two new members — the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF) and Fédération des coopératives québécoises en milieu scolaire/COOPSCO.
The new members bring to 39 the number of co-operatives, credit unions and like-minded organizations that make up the ownership group of The Co-operators Group Ltd.
Thousands of Quebecers will be travelling on the dime of an online travel risk management service, thanks to more than five inches of snow that fell at Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport in Montreal.
itravel2000's Let it Snow promotion offered Canadian consumers who booked a qualifying package vacation, hotel or flight by Dec. 7, 2007 for departures up to Apr.30, 2008 the chance to be reimbursed for the retail price of their vacation package if more than five inches of snow fell at airports in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal or Toronto on New Year's Day.
The online travel retailer entered into an agreement with WeatherBill, an online weather risk management service, to receive insurance coverage for the promotion.
