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Site Audit snippets: Miscellaneous Equipment

8 October 2018

Every MOT bay is required to retain and maintain a bunch of mandatory miscellaneous equipment. First let’s get the words from The MOT Testing Guide… Read More

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MOT overhaul means more changes for testers

27 September 2018

New changes to the MOT testing rules mean that 65,000 MOT Testers must complete new annual training assessments to remain compliant. In response, the Institute… Read More

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What’s new pussycat? Throwing light on the new Directive

19 September 2018

I work in and around MOT testing every day and yet I am daily confronted with new terms and abbreviations, new rules and guidelines faster… Read More

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Progress Recruitment to roll out new MOT Tester Training more widely through IGA

30 July 2018

Progress Recruitment Solutions (UK) Ltd is working with the Independent Garage Association (IGA) to make their MOT Tester training courses more accessible to automotive technicians… Read More

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Quality street

25 July 2018

The MOT has gone through change over the past few years. There have been changes in the way the MOT tester and the MOT Centre… Read More

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Annual training is sadly not enough

21 July 2018

Every MOT tester is doing their annual MOT tester exam, and every tester should be doing their annual training which should match the syllabus supplied… Read More

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Well it was like that last year mate! And you passed it then…

28 June 2018

How many warning lights does it take to create an MOT fail? Put simply, just one – but how many choices do we have? … Read More

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MOT changes deadline approaches

1 May 2018

With the updated MOT test due to go live from 20 May, up to 4,000 garages may still be waiting for a new diesel smoke… Read More

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Reasons to be cheerful- Positive start to 2018 saluted at GEA Annual Dinner

25 April 2018

The automotive aftermarket is in a good position as it moves into mid 2018 according to Garage Equipment Association (GEA) Chief Executive Dave Garratt, speaking… Read More

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ECP says prepare for Euro 6 now and profit later

21 February 2018

Euro Car Parts is advising repairers that carry out MOT testing to make sure their emissions analysers comply when new emissions standards come in later… Read More