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Andrew Dickinson joins UKS Distribution

25 September 2023

Former United Aftermarket Network (UAN) owner Andrew Dickinson has come back to the aftermarket, joining UKS Distribution as Business Development Manager.Commenting on his new role,… Read More

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MOT consultation proposals labelled “farcical”

19 January 2023

A number of the proposed changes to the MOT being considered through the MOT Consultation opened by the Department for Transport (DfT) yesterday have been… Read More

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Data shows EV and hybrid MOT performance variances

24 August 2022

EVs and hybrids perform very differently in the MOT compared with internal combustion engine vehicles, and a pair of recent studies have highlighted where the… Read More

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VW springs service plan offer for the new season

28 March 2022

The ongoing trend that has seen vehicle manufacturers look to lock older vehicles into its franchised networks that might otherwise be looked after by the… Read More

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Classics continue to fail MOT at rate of one in five

27 September 2021

18.4% of classic cars aged over 40 years old failed MOT tests over the last year and half, despite no legal obligation for owners… Read More

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580,000 one-to-three-year-old cars on the road with “dangerous fault”

25 May 2021

Around 580,000 cars aged three years or less would likely fail a MOT test due to potentially dangerous faults, a new analysis of DVSA data… Read More

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Old or gold? UK cars oldest they have ever been

17 September 2020

Britain’s car parc is the oldest it has ever been new figures show, with the number of cars over 13 years old tripling in 25… Read More

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Xenon HIDs: Three is the magic number

20 May 2019

Everything has a point at which it needs replacing, and new research from Ring Automotive says xenon HIDs should be replaced every three years. Read More

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In the heat of the fault

2 November 2018

At the workshop we cover all kinds of vehicles, old, new, big and small but with all these vehicles we need up to date diagnostic… Read More

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Train in vain?

27 July 2018

You’re never too old to learn, as they say. Well in this industry they should say you are never too old to stop learning. If… Read More