Last day of work tomorrow

[Innuendo]

Basing a business on insurance work is a guarantee to failure. Insurance companies are out to look after their own interests.
Poorly managed panel shops rely on them for turn over and a work flow, all the time lowering standards to meet the pathetic insurance rates.

That writing has been on the wall for over 20 years (probably more).

It is now happening with wrecking/auto dismantlers. Insurance companies are now buying them up and supplying themselves from their own yards.
Overflow goes to what's left of the independents who will also dry up if they don't change tact and stop relying on old outdated business practices.

[Cyclamin]

Go to an Insurance Co that gives you the choice of repairer , they are dearer , but you get to go to your preferred shop , gives some support too the smaller shops.
Go cheap and no choice , you have to use their shops. Who's fault is that??

[SLR_dave]

Try and score enough tools to set up on your own Husky!! ? big call, but well... I bet your boss wont suffer too much.

There seems to be some trade in custom paint for business in the ACT atm, trade style, like business name in flash graphics taking up half the side of a ute, with a deep colour mural underneath, (flames, skulls, celtic lines etc) seems boutique, I wonder if the people doing it make any money?

Anyways, just a thought.

Shame to hear that, business is projected to be tough in the ACT for a while.

[playwme]

Try and score enough tools to set up on your own Husky!! ?

There seems to be some trade in custom paint for business in the ACT atm, trade style, like business name in flash graphics taking up half the side of a ute, with a deep colour mural underneath, (flames, skulls, celtic lines etc) seems boutique,

Most of those are Vinyl wraps. The money is in the design so it can be spread out over multiple vehicles once done and stripped off the vehicle for easy resale later.

I'm guessing Husky is a panel beater rather than a painter. That would be a very hard business to set up in Canberra. Rents are high along with all the other running costs and you need a good amount of startup capital to get going. Most Canberrans have reasonably new cars, and the people with older ones already know tradesmen or do the work themselves. The ones that don't are generally the kind of customers you don't want, difficult and cheap.