Revive! Articles

The head office team at Revive! continues to grow as a quartet of new recruits join the UK’s leading network of accredited mobile vehicle paint repairers with reports of record levels of demand for its top-quality service. These four new recruits brings Revive!’s headcount in Rugby to 32. Sarah Pritchard (25) takes on the newly […]

January is the month for making New Years resolutions – so why not add two car related pledges to your list? To get minor damage fixed as soon as possible and then regularly clean and inspect the vehicle to keep bodywork and wheels in their best condition. Well presented bodywork and alloy wheels make a […]

Revive! sponsored Andrew Jordan has his sights firmly fixed on success in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship after officially confirming his place for BMW on the grid for the 2018 season. Andrew will remain with the championship winning West Surrey Racing team for a second successive season, and also retains backing from BMW […]

Revive! has been named as a top 10 franchise in the UK in the latest industry league table. The UK’s largest network of accredited vehicle paint repairers was placed 9th sharing the top of the table with franchise giants including Home Instead, McDonald’s, Tax Assist, Subway, Driver Hire, Snap on Tools and Action Coach. The […]

The UK’s leading franchise network of mobile vehicle paint repairers, Revive! enjoyed one of its best ever trading months in October. Franchisees up and down the country from Portsmouth to Northampton reported record sales performances in the month where, according to figures from Autotrader and Tootle, the average price of used cars also saw a […]

The UK’s leading network of accredited smart vehicle paint repairers, Revive! has opened in the Isle of Wight. For the first time, private motorists and car dealerships across the island can access a full range of top quality mobile car bodywork and alloy wheel paint repair services managed by Ryde man Josh Willis. Said Josh: […]

When directors at Revive! UK heard that the charity Save Our Soldier (SOS) needed to convert a caravan to become its first mobile coaching unit they stepped in and offered to do it up free of charge. It took technicians at Revive! head office workshop just five days to transform the exterior of the 6.71 m Abbey […]

The UK’s leading franchise network of mobile vehicle paint repairers, Revive! enjoyed one of its best ever trading months in October. Franchisees up and down the country from Portsmouth to Northampton reported record sales performances in the month where, according to figures from Autotrader and Tootle, the average price of used cars also saw a […]

Following hot on the heels of Revive! West Lincs being shortlisted for the Lincolnshire Business Awards, Revive! Head office in Rugby has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Business of the Year category for the 2017 Coventry and Warwickshire Awards. The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner to be held at Coombe […]

Kelly Blackmore-Lee has joined the Revive! head office support team as head of franchise operations South. Previously head of compliance at the British Franchise Association (bfa), Kelly has considerable experience working within the franchise industry. Before moving to the bfa she held senior roles at both the Dream Doors and Shakeaway franchises. Revive! has re-structured […]

It is one of four finalists hoping to win the SME Business of the Year category in the Lincolnshire Media Business Awards 2017. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner later this month. Owner of Revive! West Lincs Russell Hudson and his team are on track to hit £1m turnover by the end […]

The UK’s largest network of accredited smart repairers, Revive! has welcomed three new franchisees as part of the company’s strategic growth plan to achieve a turnover of £20m by 2020. As the volume of its work continues to increase, Revive! has been looking for top quality people to further boost the extensive coverage that the […]

Revive Basingstoke Drives Classic Skoda in Charity Rally The team at Revive! Basingstoke has just come back from world’s largest charity car rally. Owners of the Knight Park Road based specialist mobile vehicle paint repair company Michal Lepiarz and his partner Irmina Kowalska together with Irmina’s brother Kamil and friend Krzysiek raised over 400 euros […]

Franchisee of the Year winners Revive East Anglia, hit the press today when the Daily Mail featured them in their franchising section. The article read: A  lone ‘man and a van’ franchise can grow into a much bigger business. Car enthusiast Nathan Holmes bought a Revive! Franchise providing mobile vehicle repairs in Cambridge in 2007. […]

Each year Revive! franchisees from all over the UK meet up for an annual conference to review the network performance over the previous 12 months and hear the company’s business growth plans for the future. The 2017 conference was held at the home of English football, St George’s Park in Burton. you can see more […]

Revive! sponsored reigning BTCC Independents Champion Andrew Jordan has played his part in helping Pirtek UK raise £10,000 for Prostate Cancer UK. Andrew, who has been supported by Revive! UK for over five years, was one of seven volunteers who braved the cold to strip off for the annual Pirtek calendar as the leading Fluid […]

It’s tempting to neglect your car bodywork during the cold winter months and give it a Dry January– as fast as you clean it more dirt and grime splashes up onto the paintwork from wet roads – but in fact, now’s the best time of year to give your vehicle a good once over and […]

The stunning livery that will adorn the BMW 125i M Sport of Andrew Jordan for the 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season has been released. The unveiling of the West Surrey Racing-run BMW was one of the main draws on the opening day of the annual Autosport International Show at the NEC in […]

Revive! and Pirtek Racing’s Andrew Jordan spent three days on the test track this week getting the feel of the  West Surrey Racing-run BMW 125i M Sport car he will use for the 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. Jordan (27)  who has been sponsored by Revive! for the past five years was running […]

We are delighted to announce that Revive! will be sponsoring BTCC racing driver Andrew Jordan once again for the 2017 season. This year he was named Independent Driver for the third time and he’s set his sights firmly on regaining the title he won in 2013 by moving to the award-winning West Surrey Racing team […]

Whether or not you plan to sell your car privately or part exchange with a dealer, the number one priority is to make it look as good as possible and maximise the price you achieve. Prepare your car for sale.   Revive! bodywork and alloy wheel repair specialists offers these top tips:   Give your […]

What are the Internal costs of Dealer Smart Repairs – wooden dollars? With an increase in preparation costs, dealers reviewed these costs and looked at how they could do the work themselves. Internal preparation adds to the cost of internal labour but sometimes the costs of work are increased to cover the overheads – whereas an […]

How Smart Repairs started as a low cost option and is now developing costs with legs! Continuing our theme of dealer smart repairs we turn to look at the costs involved. Initially the service was used as an outsourced service that dealt solely with vehicle preparation and more specifically used car prep – ensuring cars […]

The latest AA – Populus poll reveals that poor bodywork is the number one reason why buyers walk away from buying a used car.  Across all regions of the UK over 38% of AA members questioned put appearance top of their buying criteria. Commenting on this finding Mark Llewellyn, Managing Director of the UK’s largest […]