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    The Blend attracts record numbers

    The Blend 2025 has marked the largest gathering in its six-year history and raised more than £44,000 for ...

    The Blend 2025 has marked the largest gathering in its six-year history and raised more than £44,000 for automotive industry charity Ben. The total included contributions from the conference itself, t ...

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    HELLA to showcase full workshop support

    HELLA has announced it will showcase the latest Hella Gutmann diagnostic and ADAS calibration solutions a ...

    HELLA has announced it will showcase the latest Hella Gutmann diagnostic and ADAS calibration solutions at The Blend 2025. Taking place on Saturday 18 October at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham, HELL ...

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    The Blend 2025 reveals full speaker lineup

    The Blend 2025 has unveiled its full speaker lineup, which will head to the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham ...

    The Blend 2025 has unveiled its full speaker lineup, which will head to the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on Saturday 18 October. The event will bring together industry experts, successful garage owner ...

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    NAPA partners with The Blend

    NAPA Auto Parts UK and Ireland has announced its sponsorship of The Blend, an event bringing together bus ...

    NAPA Auto Parts UK and Ireland has announced its sponsorship of The Blend, an event bringing together business owners and senior managers of garages from across the UK and Ireland, hosted by the team ...

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    Final call to enter The Blend Awards 2025

    Organisers of the blend have announced independent garages across the UK and Ireland only have weeks left ...

    Organisers of the blend have announced independent garages across the UK and Ireland only have weeks left to enter The Blend Awards 2025, issuing a final call for submissions before the 8th August dea ...

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    ‘COVID hangover’ to persist for years to come

    The latest episode of Garage Hive’s The Blend Podcast has shone a spotlight on the lasting impact of the ...

    The latest episode of Garage Hive’s The Blend Podcast has shone a spotlight on the lasting impact of the pandemic on workshops five years on. It also offered practical steps such as smarter workload p ...

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    The Blend Awards 2024 reveals finalists

    The Blend Awards 2024 finalists have been revealed ahead of The Blend’s annual conference and networking ...

    The Blend Awards 2024 finalists have been revealed ahead of The Blend’s annual conference and networking event for independent garage owners later this month. Taking place at The Eastside Rooms in Bir ...

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    The Blend 2024 unveils full lineup 

    The Blend has unveiled its roster of speakers for the 2024 annual conference and networking event for ind ...

    The Blend has unveiled its roster of speakers for the 2024 annual conference and networking event for independent garages taking place on Saturday, 28th September at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham. ...

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    The Blend Awards extends entry deadline

    The deadline for the Garage of the Year category at The Blend Awards 2024 has been extended, to allow sma ...

    The deadline for the Garage of the Year category at The Blend Awards 2024 has been extended, to allow small independent garages and mobile repair businesses one final chance to gain industry recogniti ...

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    Garage Hive outlines its trade event

    PMM sits down with Garage Hive’s Operations Manager and the woman behind its trade event, The Blend, to f ...

    PMM sits down with Garage Hive’s Operations Manager and the woman behind its trade event, The Blend, to find out more about what the event holds for workshop owners this month. Hi Dawn, could you tell ...

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    The Blend 2023 sees record numbers

    The Blend 2023, the annual conference and networking event for independent garages, has concluded with re ...

    The Blend 2023, the annual conference and networking event for independent garages, has concluded with record-breaking attendance. Some 330 attendees, an increase of over 40% on last year, from across ...

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    The Blend 2023: Data Insights from Alex Lindley

    Garage Hive's the Blend 2023, kicked off in Birmingham this morning with talks from keynote speakers Ray ...

    Garage Hive's the Blend 2023, kicked off in Birmingham this morning with talks from keynote speakers Ray Dilsons, managing director of Garage Hive and Andy Hamilton, CEO at LKQ. The event brings toget ...

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    Speaker lineup revealed for The Blend 2023

    A line-up of guest speakers has been unveiled for annual conference and networking event, The Blend 2023, ...

    A line-up of guest speakers has been unveiled for annual conference and networking event, The Blend 2023, which takes place at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on 7th October, 2023. The event’s progra ...

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