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Paint and Panel: The Edge

Paint and Panel

Welcome to The Edge: the podcast from Paint & Panel Magazine that truly gives collision-repair specialists the edge. If you"re a business owner or manager, you can"t afford to miss out on the latest industry chat. Is the new equipment on the market worthwhile for your business? What are the best practices and inspiring stories in your industry? Do you want to keep up with what your competitors and market leaders are doing? Paint & Panel will answer all of these questions and more.

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40:01

PAP083: 19 Recruitment Strategies to Help you Attract...

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/08/22

This week’s key takeaway: Recruitment strategies to help you attract amazing talent Episode intro: Most would agree that recruitment is the biggest challenge for the collision repair industry. The lack of workforce movement during Covid has made things even more difficult. But luckily for you, we have Ben on hand to guide you through his tried-and-tested strategies for how to optimise your recruitment. He will also help you understand what might be stopping people applying for your roles. Is

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55:51

PAP082: How to Delegate

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2022/08/15

This week’s key takeaway: How to delegate with Ben Fewtrell Episode intro: Our man Ben gives you a free coaching session on time management and delegation. Ben has just delivered training to body-shop owners all over Australia, so he has seen a lot of time-management nightmares firsthand! Too many owners felt they needed a time machine, but in reality they didn’t - they just needed to learn how to prioritise their time and delegate properly. If you listen to this episode, Ben will tell you

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35:58

PAP081: How Business Coaching Helped to Double Sales

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2022/08/08

This week’s key takeaway: How business coaching helped to double sales, with Gene Finn Episode intro: Gene Finn is a shining example of what is possible if you embrace business coaching. The main man at Finn’s Bodyworks in Launceston started working with Ben a couple of years ago, and he hasn’t looked back. He’s managed to increase his profitability, double his sales, and here’s the big one: he’s working less hard! By introducing proper process, Gene has earned the right to detach himself from

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31:38

PAP080: Set Yourself Free by Building Systems

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/06/27

This week’s key takeaway: Set yourself free by building systems, with David Jenyns Episode intro: Do you really have a business, or do you simply have a job? Our guest this week will help you to detach yourself from the day-to-day so you can work ‘on' the business rather than ‘in’ the business, and who knows, maybe you can have that holiday you’ve been putting off for years? David Jenyns is the author of SYSTEMology, a blueprint that enables a business to run without the owner having to be

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32:27

PAP079: The Future of Recruiting with Russ Hill from...

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2022/06/20

This week’s key takeaway: The Future of Recruiting, with Russ Hill Episode intro: We welcome Russ Hill from Crashzone back onto the show to give us a lowdown on all-things recruitment in the collision-repair industry. In his words, “I don’t think there’s a skills shortage - we’ve just got to get them back.” But how? In an industry that some young people perceive as behind the times, you’ve got to work doubly hard to attract the best. Luckily for you, Russ knows how to do it. With nearly 50

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32:48

PAP078: Being an Early Adopter and Embracing Training

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2022/06/13

This week’s key takeaway: Being an early adopter and embracing training, with Garry Maher Episode intro: We’ve got a serious industry player on the show this week. Garry Maher has been in the smash-repair business for 55 years! Although the industry has changed significantly since he started, Garry is a great example of something that hasn’t changed at all: the need to learn and innovate to stay at the top of your game. Even when Garry was the main man at L&M Smash Repairs, he found time to be

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32:46

PAP077: The Next Generation, Taking over from Mum and...

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/06/06

This week’s key takeaway: The Next Generation, Taking over from Mum and Dad, with Kate Presnell Episode intro: Our industry is full of family businesses that go back multiple generations, but how do you manage the transition from the older generation to the younger generation? Kate Presnell knows all about that. She talks to us about how she overcame the initial resistance from her parents to run the family business, and now she owns the place lock-stock. We’ve known Kate for a while. Ben

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40:56

PAP076: A chat with AMA CEO Carl Bizon

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2022/05/30

This week’s key takeaway: A chat with AMA CEO Carl Bizon Episode intro: We had a great chat with Carl Bizon: Group CEO of AMA, who presides over 3,500 staff across 170 locations. Make no mistake, Carl is a serious industry heavyweight! We hear how Carl worked his way up from nothing to get where he is today, and we chew the fat about some key industry issues, including: leadership, skills shortages, business models, insurer relationships. Although AMA is a huge company, most of what we talk

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48:34

PAP075: How to use Digital Marketing to grow your...

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2022/05/16

This week’s key takeaway: How to use digital marketing to grow your business Episode intro: We have a bit of a change of tack for this week’s show. Our esteemed presenter Ben Fewtrell takes the lead and delivers a presentation on how to use digital marketing to maximise your returns as a collision repairer. Ben gave a brilliant presentation at the Collision Repair Expo in Melbourne the other week, so we thought we’d share the recording with you. Ben has helped many collision repair businesses

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26:56

PAP074: A new way to track parts and control inventory

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/05/09

This week’s key takeaway: A new way to track parts and control inventory, with Steve O'Brien from iBodyshop Episode intro: Editor Sam’s on duty this week with one of our favourite guests, Steve O’Brien: MD of DNS and iBodyshop. Sam and Steve focus particularly on the new inventory function of iBodyshop… an absolute game changer! Think of how much time and money you could save if you had a proper log of all the parts you have lurking in your mezzanine, and a means to automatically order new

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25:21

PAP073: Winning Awards and Winning Work go Hand in Hand

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2022/05/02

This week’s key takeaway: Winning award and winning work go hand in hand, with Dan Maher Episode intro: It’s always great to speak to an award-winning innovator. Dan Maher is the owner/manager of L & M Smash Repair in Sydney, who cleaned up at last year’s Paint & Panel Awards. L & M won Best Medium Shop and the Digital Excellence Award, so it’s no surprise that we pick Dan’s brains for the secret sauce that made his shop such a worthy winner in 2021. Among lots of great insight, Dan tells us

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33:23

PAP072: Let's talk Bonding with an Application Engineer

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2022/04/25

This week’s key takeaway: Let’s talk bonding with an Application Engineer, George Di Scala Episode intro: How a body shop understands bonding products is absolutely fundamental to the repair procedure. You can’t do good work if you don’t understand what you’re working with! Joining Ben this week is George Di Scala - Application Engineering Specialist from 3M. Across three decades, George has been the main man overseeing the New Zealand and Australia markets, so he really knows what it takes

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48:52

PAP071: Get prepared for the end of the financial year

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/04/18

This week’s key takeaway: Get prepared for the end of the financial year… with Brian Goodridge Episode intro: The end of the financial year is coming! Lucky we’ve got our old mate Brian Goodridge on the show to share some great insight on all-things tax. You may have heard Brian before… he’s so good at explaining complex financial matters in the simplest of terms. Brian will share his seven tax-prep tips, as well as a headsup on the recent changes to the law around family trusts and fixed

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25:21

PAP070: The 2022 Body Shop Awards have been Refreshed!

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/04/11

This week’s key takeaway: Body Shop Awards have been refreshed! Episode intro: It’s time to start thinking about the Paint & Panel Awards for this year! As we contemplate life after Covid, we’re super-excited at the prospect of having a big celebration in honour of the very best in our industry. We talk to P&P editor Sam Street and our fantastically loyal sponsor, James Frape from Compass Corp. Would you believe that when this event started out, there was only one award for ‘Best Panel Beater

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26:42

PAP069: Recruiting the tradespeople of the future

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2022/04/04

This week’s key takeaway: Recruiting the tradespeople of the future, with Tony Todaro Episode intro: If you asked most people in the industry to tell you their biggest challenge, they’d say ‘recruitment’. Finding and keeping young talent can be the difference between a successful business and a failing business, so we’re going to walk you through some of the basics with Tony Todaro. Tony is apprenticeship co-ordinator for the Sheen Group: an organisation that handles 40+ apprenticeships in 27

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27:05

PAP068: The Electronic Smoko Room with Russ Hill

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/03/28

This week’s key takeaway: The electronic smoko room with Russ Hill Episode intro: This week we talk to Russ Hill about the importance of online communities in the collision repair industry. Although Russ has been in the business since 1976, he's managed to move with the times better than most by presiding over a number of facebook groups that boast around 100,000 members between them. We find out how Russ' communities are providing solutions for so many key aspects of the business. A facebook

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37:52

PAP067: The Magic of Thinking Bigger with Darren Holmes

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/03/21

This week’s key takeaway: The magic of thinking bigger with Darren Holmes Episode intro: This week we pick the brains of a Paint & Panel award winner - the best large shop to be precise. Darren Holmes from Holmes Smash Repairs in Toowoomba Queensland shares the secret sauce that helped him grow his business from just 8 staff in 2007 to over 50 today. Like many of our guests, Darren started as a panel beater and worked his way up… his original motivation was simply because he wanted to spend

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33:26

PAP066: What can we expect from the Collision Repair...

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/03/14

This week’s key takeaway: What can we expect from the Collision Repair Expo? - with Stuart Charity Episode intro: We’re super-excited about the upcoming Collision Repair Expo! After a two-year hiatus during Covid, it’ll be great to catch up with some of our old friends from all corners of Australia, and no doubt we’ll make some new ones too. As well as the networking, we can’t wait to see the seminars and product demos from all across the industry. We thought it would be great to talk to

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32:47

PAP065: Innovation leads to Success

Paint and Panel: The Edge ·

2022/03/07

This week’s key takeaway: Innovation leads to success with Gary Wilcox Episode intro: What a brilliant character Gary Wilcox is! It’s no wonder he won the 2021 Paint & Panel award for innovation… this guy is seriously inspiring. Nowadays Gary is the man behind Monit: a health and safety app with over 10,000 workers under its jurisdiction, including hundreds of body shops. Starting out as a panel beater, Gary ended up owning seven body shops and achieved legendary status for his work, winning

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27:52

PAP064: What you can expect from 2022

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2022/02/28

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