Professional Motor Mechanic

Have you considered an apprentice?

|Date: July 08, 2015

Have you considered an apprentice?

Julian Lloyd, MD of ProVQ, explains the benefits of breeding your own vehicle technicians. ...

Julian Lloyd, MD of ProVQ, explains the benefits of breeding your own vehicle technicians. ...

July 08, 2015
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Owner-supplied parts – who pays?

|Date: May 04, 2015

Owner-supplied parts – who pays?

What are the ramifications for garages that fit parts supplied by their customers? The legal team at the ...

What are the ramifications for garages that fit parts supplied by their customers? The legal team at the Independent Garage Association (IGA) provides its recommendations. In recent times we’ve seen m ...

May 04, 2015
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Don’t fail the MOT equipment test

|Date: April 29, 2015

Don’t fail the MOT equipment test

MOT stations in the UK are facing a major headache this year when the switch to MOT 'Modernisation' takes ...

MOT stations in the UK are facing a major headache this year when the switch to MOT 'Modernisation' takes place. ...

April 29, 2015
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10 reasons your workshop should be in the cloud

|Date: April 27, 2015

10 reasons your workshop should be in the cloud

For the independent garage owner, the fear of losing all your data in a virtual world is very real and ca ...

For the independent garage owner, the fear of losing all your data in a virtual world is very real and can make the decision to move to the cloud a no-go. But before we say no to the cloud let’s look ...

April 27, 2015
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Bringing the tools to the workshop

|Date: March 21, 2015

Bringing the tools to the workshop

Sparing a few hours out of the workshop to shop for tools or to sit down and browse through the latest ca ...

Sparing a few hours out of the workshop to shop for tools or to sit down and browse through the latest catalogue is a task that often gets put back when there are a line of vehicles waiting to be repa ...

March 21, 2015
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Training Review – CAN/LIN-bus systems

|Date: March 15, 2015

Training Review – CAN/LIN-bus systems

TECHNICIAN: DARREN BAMFORD, STOKECOURSE: CAN/LIN-BUS SYSTEMSCOMPANY: BLUE PRINT ...

TECHNICIAN: DARREN BAMFORD, STOKECOURSE: CAN/LIN-BUS SYSTEMSCOMPANY: BLUE PRINT ...

March 15, 2015
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Take control of your business with CarVue

|Date: March 12, 2015

Take control of your business with CarVue

CarVue is a new and innovative cloud-based workshop management system available to UK workshops. It’s bee ...

CarVue is a new and innovative cloud-based workshop management system available to UK workshops. It’s been designed from the ground up as a simple and smart, all-in-one management solution for the ind ...

March 12, 2015
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One to watch in 2015: ALLDATA

|Date: February 13, 2015

One to watch in 2015: ALLDATA

Proving a real hit since displaying its wares at last year’s MECHANEX trade shows, ALLDATA boasts a growi ...

Proving a real hit since displaying its wares at last year’s MECHANEX trade shows, ALLDATA boasts a growing database of vehicle repair information, along with numerous product features. ...

February 13, 2015
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One to watch in 2015: AutoMate

|Date: February 12, 2015

One to watch in 2015: AutoMate

With a dedication to delivering technical training to technicians via video tutorials, AutoMate arrives o ...

With a dedication to delivering technical training to technicians via video tutorials, AutoMate arrives on UK shores having been received with great acclaim by our counterparts in Australia and New Ze ...

February 12, 2015
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One to watch in 2015: Motoriety

|Date: February 12, 2015

One to watch in 2015: Motoriety

Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Lucy Burnford and former Motors.co.uk CTO, Olli Astley, Motoriety.co.uk i ...

Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Lucy Burnford and former Motors.co.uk CTO, Olli Astley, Motoriety.co.uk is claimed to be the first web-based platform that allows motorists to manage all aspects of car ...

February 12, 2015
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Our mate, your mate…… AutoMate

|Date: February 09, 2015

Our mate, your mate…… AutoMate

With the incredible pace of technology, especially in the fast moving world of automotive electronics and ...

With the incredible pace of technology, especially in the fast moving world of automotive electronics and mechanical systems, keeping trainees and staff up-to-date on current innovations and leading-e ...

February 09, 2015
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Filter quality – can you spot the differences?

|Date: January 13, 2015

Filter quality – can you spot the differences?

At the start of last year MANN- FILTER, a long-term voice of dissention against the steady influx of poor ...

At the start of last year MANN- FILTER, a long-term voice of dissention against the steady influx of poor quality filtration products that have made their way into the UK, decided to take matters into ...

January 13, 2015
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Why becoming a part of the Dipstix network can help garages to stand out from the crowd

|Date: December 18, 2014

Why becoming a part of the Dipstix network can help garages to stand out from the crowd

We catch up with founder, David Cederholm, to hear why becoming a part of the Dipstix network can help in ...

We catch up with founder, David Cederholm, to hear why becoming a part of the Dipstix network can help independent garages to stand out from the crowd.Launched into the market earlier this year, the a ...

December 18, 2014
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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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