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Murray Voth: Recovery and Renewal

Murray Voth: Recovery and Renewal

Most businesses these days are deeply concerned about how they are going to approach their business recovery after the economy and our society reopen. The best owners are seeing patterns that are inspiring them to make changes now, in preparation for the buildup that...

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Digital inspection: Looking under the hood, virtually

Digital inspection: Looking under the hood, virtually

Digital inspection tools are excellent for providing visual verification to a customer of a needed repair, letting them to virtually “look under the hood.” But there’s a new relevance to the technology, in these days of social distancing and “touchless” car repair. As...

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Indie Garage LIVE! w. J.D. Ney, JD Power

Indie Garage LIVE! w. J.D. Ney, JD Power

Indie Garage LIVE! sat down with J.D. Ney, Automotive Practice Leader, Canada for JD Power to talk about ongoing research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. JD Power has been conducting a series of consumer surveys sent to their panel of 75,000 car owning...

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Murray Voth: Is your shop immunocompromised?

Murray Voth: Is your shop immunocompromised?

In the same way as the severity of a COVID-19 infection varies from person to person, the effect of this pandemic on the automotive industry varies from shop to shop. Just as there are immunocompromised individuals who are more susceptible to the virus, so there are...

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Indie Garage LIVE! w. Murray Voth

Indie Garage LIVE! w. Murray Voth

Murray Voth of RPM Training, and a contributor to Indie Garage, shared his thoughts on the results of the recent AIA Canada survey of COVID-19 impacts, and data from his own consulting business on the affects of COVID-19 on Canada's automotive aftermarket. UPDATE: We...

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Indie Garage LIVE! with Dean Law

Indie Garage LIVE! with Dean Law

Dean Law, Indie Garage contributor and owner of Law's Automotive in Portage la Prairie talks about running a shop in the COVID-19 crisis, tough decisions, and what to do when you can't find sanitizing wipes. https://youtu.be/-PbEIQdQYRQ

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Premiere Indie Garage LIVE! video podcast

Premiere Indie Garage LIVE! video podcast

The premiere edition of the Indie Garage LIVE! video podcast features contributor and Canadian aftermarket consultant Murray Voth in conversation with Andrew Ross, publisher and director of content for Indie Garage. The inaugural video podcast focuses on the impact of...

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Government of Canada launches wage subsidy calculator

Government of Canada launches wage subsidy calculator

To help employers keep and re-hire workers amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is implementing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and has launched a calculator tool to help employers. This economic measure provides a 75% wage...

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Tip sheets for working safely during COVID-19

To help high-risk occupations and essential services and industries work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has developed a series of pandemic guidance tip sheets and made them available for free on...

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