Professional Motor Mechanic

The 2026 UK Garage & Bodyshop Event line-up

|Date: June 05, 2026

The 2026 UK Garage & Bodyshop Event line-up

The UK Garage & Bodyshop Event has revealed an expanded and enhanced line-up of features and dedicate ...

The UK Garage & Bodyshop Event has revealed an expanded and enhanced line-up of features and dedicated hubs for its 2026 show. The programme is designed to support skills development, business gro ...

June 05, 2026
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Laser Tools launch new apprentice scheme

|Date: June 04, 2026

Laser Tools launch new apprentice scheme

Some people crack open a bottle of bubbly on their fiftieth birthday – the team at Laser Tools decided in ...

Some people crack open a bottle of bubbly on their fiftieth birthday – the team at Laser Tools decided instead to launch a new apprentice scheme. Anyone who has been to the Laser Tools premises in Wa ...

June 04, 2026
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Track tested products for the workshop

|Date: May 13, 2026

Track tested products for the workshop

Automotive parts supplier Automotive Brands outlines the journey its products make from the race paddock ...

Automotive parts supplier Automotive Brands outlines the journey its products make from the race paddock to the workshop. At the centre of the automotive industry, the value of a supplier goes far be ...

May 13, 2026
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Schaeffler’s REPXPERT conference is back

|Date: May 12, 2026

Schaeffler’s REPXPERT conference is back

Following last year’s successful conference, Schaeffler has decided to go for round two with a star-studd ...

Following last year’s successful conference, Schaeffler has decided to go for round two with a star-studded line-up. Schaeffler has announced the hosts of its four breakout rooms at the REPXPERT Con ...

May 12, 2026
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Best practice when it comes to air flow sensors

|Date: April 16, 2026

Best practice when it comes to air flow sensors

Edd from Uckfield Motor Services looks at some best practice advice when it comes to mass air flow sensor ...

Edd from Uckfield Motor Services looks at some best practice advice when it comes to mass air flow sensors with Elta Automotive. So mass air flow sensors basically do what it says on a tin. They detec ...

April 16, 2026
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What’s at risk when you expand your garage?

|Date: April 14, 2026

What’s at risk when you expand your garage?

Longtime workshop professional Dan got in touch with PMM recently to express his dismay at workshops expa ...

Longtime workshop professional Dan got in touch with PMM recently to express his dismay at workshops expanding at the expense of the values upon which they were founded. For most people, a garage is ...

April 14, 2026
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J Day Engineering: “Very few garages are doing alignment properly at the moment”

|Date: April 13, 2026

J Day Engineering: “Very few garages are doing alignment properly at the moment”

PMM reporter Alex Wells heads out to Somerset to visit J Day Engineering to see whether, when it comes to ...

PMM reporter Alex Wells heads out to Somerset to visit J Day Engineering to see whether, when it comes to workshop innovation at least, the West really is best. ADAS is a massive missed opportunity fo ...

April 13, 2026
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The pros and cons of retrofitting LED bulbs

|Date: April 10, 2026

The pros and cons of retrofitting LED bulbs

PMM hits the byways and highways of Surrey on a wintry evening with Ring-OSRAM’s lighting marketing manag ...

PMM hits the byways and highways of Surrey on a wintry evening with Ring-OSRAM’s lighting marketing manager Terri Clark to discuss the brand’s Nightbreaker 220 range and the pros and cons of retrofitt ...

April 10, 2026
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Mechanex North returns to Harrogate this May

|Date: April 09, 2026

Mechanex North returns to Harrogate this May

Mechanex North returns to Harrogate this May with a new and improved live technical area for technicians ...

Mechanex North returns to Harrogate this May with a new and improved live technical area for technicians to take advantage of. What would the ideal trade show look like to you? If you could choose, ...

April 09, 2026
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Growing opportunities for entrants in the aftermarket

|Date: March 11, 2026

Growing opportunities for entrants in the aftermarket

In the Aftermarket Voices series of articles, Niterra UK’s marketing manager Becca Knight reflects on som ...

In the Aftermarket Voices series of articles, Niterra UK’s marketing manager Becca Knight reflects on some of the conversations she’s had while co-hosting The Spark Inside podcast. In this instalment, ...

March 11, 2026
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Building a loyal customer base with PW Auto Repairs

|Date: March 09, 2026

Building a loyal customer base with PW Auto Repairs

You may have caught our recent news article about one Lincolnshire garage’s struggles to get their appren ...

You may have caught our recent news article about one Lincolnshire garage’s struggles to get their apprentice enrolled at college (spoiler: they succeeded), or you may have caught Director Diana Whett ...

March 09, 2026
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AJ Fleetcare is proving family way is the best way

|Date: February 10, 2026

AJ Fleetcare is proving family way is the best way

PMM went up to Leeds recently to visit AJ Fleetcare, an award-winning garage which is proving that someti ...

PMM went up to Leeds recently to visit AJ Fleetcare, an award-winning garage which is proving that sometimes the family way is the best way. After meeting at Mechanex last year for the first time, AJ ...

February 10, 2026
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