TURNOVER at bodyshop network ABS is set to increase by 27% this year from £8 million to £21 million as a result of new business signed in 1998.

The rise comes on top of a 265% rise last year from £3 million in 1996 for the network, which now numbers 107 shareholding member bodyshops. Customers include Bishopsgate, Kwik-Fit Insurance Services, TNT Express and Rothmans.