Responding to the open letter of resignation issued on 27 February by 20 members of its Bodyshop Consultative Group members, the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) issued the following response: ”The RMI regrets the decision by these Consultative Group members and is pleased to note that they have not resigned from RMI membership.”

”The Bodyshop Consultative Group is an advisory body to the RMI, whose members are not elected by the RMI Bodyshop membership as a whole. They represent some 100 bodyshops out of the total RMI bodyshop membership of over 3,000.

”The RMI maintains the confidence of the overwhelming majority of its bodyshop membership. The RMI has a well-staffed in-house bodyshop service which is highly respected within the industry, and by over 3,000 bodyshop members of the RMI.”