{"id":55368,"date":"2026-02-27T14:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/?p=55368"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:24:51","slug":"get-ready-for-bodyshop-buzz-at-ukgbe-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/2026\/news\/get-ready-for-bodyshop-buzz-at-ukgbe-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for BODYSHOP BUZZ at UKGBE 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Registrations are now open for <em>Bodyshop <\/em>Magazine&#8217;s show-stopping summer get-together \u2013 our <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ networking party powered by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corediagnostics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Core Diagnostics<\/a> \u2013 which will take on the first afternoon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.reg.buzz\/uk-garage-and-bodyshop-2026\/bodyshop-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Garage &amp; Bodyshop Event 2026<\/a> at the NEC Birmingham in June.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re inviting the\u00a0 UK collision repair sector and supply chain to join us with their colleagues, suppliers and customers for what has been firmly established as <em>THE<\/em>\u00a0networking event for bodyshop owners and managers, technicians and support staff, and everyone from the repair sector supply chain who will be attending the UKGBE aftermarket trade show on 3-4 June.<\/p>\n<h2><em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ at UKGBE 2026<\/h2>\n<p><em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ, which <em>Bodyshop<\/em> Magazine is organising together with Automechanika UK, will take place during happy hour from 4:00pm on 3 June in the <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> MAGAZINE LOUNGE (stand H10) and the adjacent Complete Collision and Car Care Live training hub (G12).<\/p>\n<p><em>Bodyshop<\/em> Magazine will be up front and centre at the trade show as official host of the <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> MAGAZINE LOUNGE, which we\u2019re running in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbra.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBRA<\/a>, official host of the <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ networking party, as an official UKGBE 2026 Media Partner and, for the first time, official Education Partner for the Complete Collision and Car Care Live training hub.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bodyshop<\/em>\u00a0editor Simon Wait said: \u201cIf last year\u2019s sell-out is anything to go by, places will be limited at <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ this year, so it\u2019s important that people\u00a0register in advance. If you\u2019re going to be at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/2025\/news\/bodyshop-magazine-strengthens-partnership-for-ukgbe-2026\/\">UKGBE 2026<\/a> in June, this is one networking party you cannot afford to miss. And remember it\u2019s FREE to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click the links below to sign up for <em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ at UKGBE 2026 and to get your free tickets to attend the UK Garage &amp; Bodyshop Event 2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/bodyshop-buzz-2026-free-registration\/\"><em>BODYSHOP<\/em> BUZZ free registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.reg.buzz\/uk-garage-and-bodyshop-2026\/bodyshop-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UKGBE 2026 free tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BSM_AMB2025_BodyshopBuzz_Core_DJ_JUN25.jpg\" alt=\"Bodyshop Buzz at UKGBE 2026\" width=\"860\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BSM_AMB2025_BodyshopBuzz_Core_DJ_JUN25.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BSM_AMB2025_BodyshopBuzz_Core_DJ_JUN25-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registrations are now open for Bodyshop Magazine&#8217;s show-stopping summer get-together \u2013 our BODYSHOP BUZZ networking party powered by\u00a0Core Diagnostics \u2013 which will take on the first afternoon of the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":52075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3898,3],"tags":[5083,4391,3827,5987],"class_list":["post-55368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-bodyshop-buzz","tag-simon-wait","tag-ukgbe","tag-ukgbe-2026"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55368"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55378,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55368\/revisions\/55378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}