15 Nov 2026
The voice of the independent garage sector

NEWS

NEWS

Yellow savings

THE ATA scheme has struck a deal with the Yellow Pages to give added promotion to accredited technicians and their garages. Read More

NEWS

Hybrid training

VEHICLE systems expert James Dillon will run courses on servicing hybrid vehicles from January onwards.sales@techtopics.co.ukwww.techtopics.co.ukIN OTHER… Read More

NEWS

TV slogan

THE GOOD Garage Scheme will use the slogan ‘It’s like having a friend in the know’ to promote its workshops to motorists during its forthcoming… Read More

NEWS

Price freeze

THE GOOD Garage Scheme (GGS) has frozen its membership fees until December next year. Read More

NEWS

Survey time

RELATIONSHIPS between dealers and VMs are improving as a result of the credit crunch, according to the latest National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) survey.91% of… Read More

NEWS

Fleet chance

REPAIR network Autosafe says independents are poised to capture more fleet servicing work after increasing its fleet business by 530% in the last year. Read More

NEWS

Petition power

THE RIGHT To Repair Campaign (R2RC) is urging workshop staff to sign its online petition as the deadline for registering views on aftermarket laws draws… Read More

NEWS

Young talent

A TRIO of young technicians has flown to Canada to take on the best talent from around the world. Read More

NEWS

Hybrid growth

HALF of all new cars in Europe will be fitted with stop-start systems by 2012, according to Bosch. Read More

NEWS

Scheme update

THE MOTOR Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair says it will not attempt to emulate the Good Garage Scheme’s (GGS) forthcoming TV advertising… Read More