The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is campaigning against the practice of discounting MOTs to help garages recuperate costs from the loss of revenue throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Chief...
Read moreVehicle owners will be granted a six-month exemption from MOT testing, enabling them to continue to travel to work where this absolutely cannot be done from home, or shop for necessities, the...
Read moreThe Government has confirmed garages, car rental operations and delivery are among the facilities that can remain open while the UK is in lock-down mode. This means that, currently, there is no pause...
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Read moreThe Government has proposed to raise the time threshold for a new cars first MoT from three to four years. The BBC reports that, following a successful public consultation, the change could be in...
Read moreOver the past decade, the non-franchised workshop sector predominantly independent garage workshops carried out the largest volume of servicing, maintenance and repairs (SMR), including MOT...
Read moreThe forces driving the retail market for servicing and repairs are complex, but the most recent prime mover was the 2008/2009 recession and how this impacted on new and used car sales and the car parc...
Read moreBy Jeremy Evans The importance of data is increasingly growing in terms of permission and quality as consumers show their willingness to engage with companies who send them personalised,...
Read moreIf you go back 20 or 30 years, we used to talk about the bathtub curve when referring to car repairs. When brand new, it wasnt unusual for cars to develop faults requiring repair. Once fixed,...
Read moreThe only government record on clocking has revealed a decline in the practice among cars aged three to four-years-old, a freedom of information request by Auto Retail Agenda has revealed. The Driver...
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Read moreThe DVSA does nothing to check the accuracy of mileage capture when a vehicle is subject to an MOT, a Freedom of Information Request by Auto Retail Agenda has discovered. Want to read more articles on...
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Read moreDiscounted MOTs attract the wrong type of customer… and fail to generate additional revenue, a new survey has indicated. An analysis of workshop data by MOT Angel found that 72% of garages...
Read moreNearly 50% of vans between 3.0 and 3.5 tonnes gvw failed to pass their MOT first time, according to official figures for 2012/13. It was the worst failure rate for any class of vehicle and is likely...
Read moreThe industry’s two major trade associations, SMMT and NFDA, have joined forces to launch a nationwide campaign to help motorists reduce MOT failures and drive more work into franchised...
Read moreWhen analysing the car service and repair market drivers, the ‘usual suspects’ include: car parc size and age profile; average car mileages; build quality trends; service intervals and...
Read moreWhile franchised dealerships have factory-trained workshop staff and the easiest access to diagnostics and VIN-linked part numbers, it’s their independent competitors who do most of the work...
Read moreby Chris Oakham Eighteen months ago the (then) Transport Minister announced the results of a review of MoT testing frequency. Primarily on the basis that accidents might increase, he said that any...
Read moreTwo invaluable sources of facts and figures for our research reports come from the Department for Transport (DfT) – the snappily-named Transport Statistics Great Britain and Transport Trends....
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