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    Research reveals shortage of MOT test stations

    Research has revealed on average there are 642 vehicles to one MOT test station in the UK, causing increa ...

    Research has revealed on average there are 642 vehicles to one MOT test station in the UK, causing increasing strain on mechanics and drivers.  The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) recently ...

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    Easy2Recruit prepares for Mechanex debut

    Easy2Recruit, the agency helping UK garages hire overseas talent, will make the trip to Surrey for Mechan ...

    Easy2Recruit, the agency helping UK garages hire overseas talent, will make the trip to Surrey for Mechanex show, which takes place at Sandown Park from Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th November. Easy2Rec ...

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    Getting 12v EV Ready at Mechanex

    PMM recently spoke to Ken Clark, Managing Director at Rotronics, about the seminar he’ll be giving at Mec ...

    PMM recently spoke to Ken Clark, Managing Director at Rotronics, about the seminar he’ll be giving at Mechanex-PMM Live next week. If you have any questions surrounding 12v batteries in EVs, such as ‘ ...

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    IGA offers subsidised MOT training

    IGA has announced it will offer members subsidised MOT training  in a bid to up-skill the industry. Stuar ...

    IGA has announced it will offer members subsidised MOT training  in a bid to up-skill the industry. Stuart James, IGA Chief Executive, announced: “Due to the challenging times we are facing as a secto ...

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    PCL launches Push Button Safety Coupling

    PCL has announced the launch of the UK Standard Push Button Safety Coupling, which has been modernised in ...

    PCL has announced the launch of the UK Standard Push Button Safety Coupling, which has been modernised in a bid to boost performance. Boasting a lightweight and durable composite body and hardened, ma ...

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    Pichler Tools confirms for Mechanex

    Pichler Tools has confirmed its attendance at Mechanex Sandown Park, with the event taking place from Tue ...

    Pichler Tools has confirmed its attendance at Mechanex Sandown Park, with the event taking place from Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th November in Surrey. Pichler Tools will be easy for visitors to spot, ...

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    Research reveals decline of manual handbrake

    The once universal manual handbrake has continued to decline, with 91% of new models on sale now fitted w ...

    The once universal manual handbrake has continued to decline, with 91% of new models on sale now fitted with an electronic handbrake instead, according to research by CarGurus. Now in its sixth annual ...

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    Ben launches Race Across Britain challenge

    Ben has announced it will be recruiting teams to take on a new UK-based fundraising challenge for the aut ...

    Ben has announced it will be recruiting teams to take on a new UK-based fundraising challenge for the automotive industry, called Race Across Britain, based on the BBC TV series 'Race Across the World ...

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    GSF appoints Chairman and Chief Executive

    GSF Car Parts has announced the appointment of Sukhpal Ahluwalia as Executive Chairman and Steve Horne as ...

    GSF Car Parts has announced the appointment of Sukhpal Ahluwalia as Executive Chairman and Steve Horne as Chief Executive Officer. The parts supplier operates 180 branches across the UK and Ireland, s ...

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    Easy2Recruit tackles skills shortage

    Easy2Recruit has announced it expects to place its first technicians ‘before the end of the year’ having ...

    Easy2Recruit has announced it expects to place its first technicians ‘before the end of the year’ having just launched to the trade at Automechanika Birmingham in June. The boutique recruitment specia ...

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    HiKOKI launches cordless lighting range

    HiKOKI Power Tools has launched a range of cordless lighting solutions for a range of applications, from ...

    HiKOKI Power Tools has launched a range of cordless lighting solutions for a range of applications, from really tight cramped spaces to larger sites that need plenty of illumination. All of the lights ...

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    Delphi introduces Training Prospectus 2.0

    Delphi has released a 66-page training prospectus, which showcases the wealth of solutions now available ...

    Delphi has released a 66-page training prospectus, which showcases the wealth of solutions now available to the UK aftermarket. Delphi’s ‘blended learning’ ethos has been designed to make it as easy a ...

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    Comline partners with hometown club

    Comline Auto Parts has announced a partnership with its hometown club, Luton Town Football Club, for the ...

    Comline Auto Parts has announced a partnership with its hometown club, Luton Town Football Club, for the 2023/24 Premier League season. As a brand that has been headquartered in Luton for almost two d ...

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    MECHANEX 2023 preview

    For the aftermarket, November means ONE thing: the Mechanex trade show at Sandown Park. This year, visito ...

    For the aftermarket, November means ONE thing: the Mechanex trade show at Sandown Park. This year, visitors will benefit from an even bigger show as we introduce the PMM LIVE brand to the show. 2023 s ...

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    ALLDATA partners with Schaeffler

    ALLDATA Europe and Schaeffler have partnered to provide REPXPERT members with instant access to original ...

    ALLDATA Europe and Schaeffler have partnered to provide REPXPERT members with instant access to original technical repair data REPXPERT, a digital platform and community developed by Schaeffler, is de ...

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