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LONDON
REGION MEETING
Date: Wednesday 3 June 2026
Time: 18:00-20:00
Location: Cornerstone Technologies Ltd - Unit 18 Eden Way,
Pages Industrial Estate, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TZ
IAEA CPD Event - Supported by Cornerstone Technologies.
Please save the date for the IAEA CPD Event, with special
guests, Cornerstone Technologies.
Agenda:
17:45 – Welcome teas/coffees
18:00 – Cornerstone presentation – 10 years of Safe Repair
Standards
18:15 – Advanced plastic repair – Overview of how to safely
approach plastic repairs, modern techniques, and
tooling
18:30 – Advanced push to paint – The signi昀椀cant bene昀椀ts
of incorporating glue pulling and push bars in the
repair process.
18:45 – Advanced Steel & Aluminium – Improving the
quality of repair and looking at ways to maintain the
integrity of the panel.
19:00 – BYD - ADAS and fault 昀椀nding.
19:15 – Brief Introduction into BYD repair techniques plus
Q&A, general discussion and an opportunity to go
back to any areas of interest.
20:00 – Event 昀椀nish.
SILVERLAKE
AUTOMOTIVE
RECYCLING
MD ALLEN
PREBBLE RECEIVES
BVSF AWARD
CREDIT HIRE
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
TO LAUNCH THIS
SUMMER AFTER
SUCCESSFUL PILOT
Voluntary to begin with but industry leader predicts ADR
will soon be ’just the way things are done in the UK for
most civil claims.’
Online resolution for disputed credit hire claims
becoming ‘normal industry practice’ has taken a
signi昀椀cant step forward with plans to launch during the
Summer of 2026, this will be an online process open
to all insurers and credit hire companies (CHCs) who
subscribe to The General Terms of Agreement for the
credit hire industry (GTA).
Stewart McCulloch, chair of the GTA, announced that the
online journey is planned to be “open for business on a
voluntary basis in the Summer, after we 昀椀nalise the rules
governing the operation of the platform.”
Silverlake Automotive Recycling Managing Director, Allen
Prebble, recieved the Combellack Award at the British Vehicle
Salvage Federation AGM.
The Award is one of the most respected recognitions in the
vehicle recycling and salvage industry, presented in memory
of Jimmy Combellack, a passionate advocate and founding
昀椀gure within the sector. The award recognises outstanding
contribution, innovation and commitment to advancing the
industry and supporting best practice throughout the vehicle
recycling community.
Stewart said the launch had come about following a
successful pilot programme, the 昀椀rst of its kind anywhere
in the UK, and has seen nearly 60 cases pushed through
the system, which is managed by Allied Universal, using
Verisk technology.
He said that, after extensive training for the decision
makers in the ADR process, which was a key element for
the pilot to work, those decision makers were delivering
consistent and accurate ADR outcomes, including 100%
for the last third of the pilot.
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