The MVRA field business services team has begun the contract to take all eight of the Stoneacre group of bodyshops through the Thatcham/BSI Kitemark for PAS125 by the end of 2008.

The project is being split into two phases. The first stage focuses on Stoneacre's bodyshops in Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Hyde and Peterborough, and the second involves those in Durham, Middlesbrough, Wrexham and Wallasey.

Work began in March 2008 and all eight bodyshops have now completed the initial gap analysis process.

Stoneacre is a long-standing member of MVRA.

MVRA is currently working with a further 185 repairers, all of whom are on course to achieve the Kitemark in 2008.