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Improving vehicle handling characteristics

|Date: October 21, 2014

Improving vehicle handling characteristics

Suspension giants Eibach may be most commonly associated with precision spring manufacture, but the firm ...

Suspension giants Eibach may be most commonly associated with precision spring manufacture, but the firm also offers an extensive range of precision alignment components, allowing tuners, garages and ...

October 21, 2014
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Tuning up your business

|Date: October 06, 2014

Tuning up your business

There was a time when tuning engines was only carried out by specialised engineering workshops, physicall ...

There was a time when tuning engines was only carried out by specialised engineering workshops, physically altering cranks, bores, shims and more. In later years we saw ‘Oscilloscope’ tuning and, afte ...

October 06, 2014
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Could your business benefit from a bit of Gator-Aid?

|Date: September 03, 2014

Could your business benefit from a bit of Gator-Aid?

With an army of over 150 approved fitters in the UK and an array of innovation awards on the mantelpiece, ...

With an army of over 150 approved fitters in the UK and an array of innovation awards on the mantelpiece, AlloyGator has a lot to shout about. Here we look at whether your business could benefit from ...

September 03, 2014
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The Marketing Guru – Overcoming the threat of local competition

|Date: August 06, 2014

The Marketing Guru – Overcoming the threat of local competition

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered ...

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered Marketer for K-Seal distributors Kalimex. Over the next three days she'll be offering her exten ...

August 06, 2014
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The Marketing Guru – Social Media

|Date: August 06, 2014

The Marketing Guru – Social Media

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered ...

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered Marketer for K-Seal distributors Kalimex. Her second Masterclass of the week looks at the value ...

August 06, 2014
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The Marketing Guru – Increasing prices without alienating customers

|Date: August 06, 2014

The Marketing Guru – Increasing prices without alienating customers

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered ...

Dee Blick is the U.K.’s number 1 best selling small business marketing author and the retained Chartered Marketer for K-Seal distributors Kalimex. In this final part of a series of marketing hints and ...

August 06, 2014
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Staying on top of workshop equipment maintenance

|Date: August 02, 2014

Staying on top of workshop equipment maintenance

Glyn Atkinson, Chartered Practioner for Atkinson Safety Services, reveals why health and safety legislati ...

Glyn Atkinson, Chartered Practioner for Atkinson Safety Services, reveals why health and safety legislation means garage owners need to stay on top of major equipment maintenance. Not to be mistaken ( ...

August 02, 2014
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Recon-sidering Reman

|Date: July 26, 2014

Recon-sidering Reman

Brand new replacement turbochargers are precision manufactured, finely balanced and highly sophisticated. ...

Brand new replacement turbochargers are precision manufactured, finely balanced and highly sophisticated. When you consider what goes into them, you might agree they’re good value, but few would claim ...

July 26, 2014
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How to get a return on diagnostic investment

|Date: July 20, 2014

How to get a return on diagnostic investment

PMM: What would your advice to someone starting out in automotive diagnostics be? ...

PMM: What would your advice to someone starting out in automotive diagnostics be? ...

July 20, 2014
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Are you Boxing Clever?

|Date: July 11, 2014

Are you Boxing Clever?

Now in its tenth year, NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Ltd’s BoxClever garage loyalty scheme has been a huge success ...

Now in its tenth year, NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Ltd’s BoxClever garage loyalty scheme has been a huge success since its launch. Based on the same principles as many retail-specific reward initiatives tha ...

July 11, 2014
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K-Seal celebrates six-cess Stateside

|Date: July 08, 2014

K-Seal celebrates six-cess Stateside

In 2009, Mike Schlup, MD of Kalimex made the bold decision to launch its flagship product - the K-Seal pe ...

In 2009, Mike Schlup, MD of Kalimex made the bold decision to launch its flagship product - the K-Seal permanent coolant leak repair - in America. He was undaunted by the fact that America is the worl ...

July 08, 2014
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Cabin air filters – the big aftermarket growth opportunity

|Date: July 01, 2014

Cabin air filters – the big aftermarket growth opportunity

Over recent years the cabin air filters sector has emerged as the only part of the European filtration re ...

Over recent years the cabin air filters sector has emerged as the only part of the European filtration replacement market to consistently achieve annual growth rates well in excess of 10%. This trend ...

July 01, 2014
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Ten top summertime service items

|Date: June 29, 2014

Ten top summertime service items

Let’s face it, summertime is drive time. It doesn’t matter whether your customer has a soft top, estate c ...

Let’s face it, summertime is drive time. It doesn’t matter whether your customer has a soft top, estate car or saloon, the appeal of sunny skies and an open road is all it takes to get most drivers ou ...

June 29, 2014
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Are you maximising sales when working on the go?

|Date: June 23, 2014

Are you maximising sales when working on the go?

The Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair industry is highly fragmented, with the top four players account ...

The Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair industry is highly fragmented, with the top four players accounting for an estimated 4.8 per cent of total industry revenue. ...

June 23, 2014
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Are new EU initiatives storing up problems for car owners?

|Date: June 18, 2014

Are new EU initiatives storing up problems for car owners?

Paul Dobbyn of BG Products looks at the effect that the use of Ethanol in renewable fuels can have on car ...

Paul Dobbyn of BG Products looks at the effect that the use of Ethanol in renewable fuels can have on car components. Under the EU's Renewable Fuel Transport Obligation, 5% of fuel in member states mu ...

June 18, 2014
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