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    Is it time to start MOT testing?

    Tecalemit’s Malc England asks whether it’s time you start MOT testing? Have you thought about installing ...

    Tecalemit’s Malc England asks whether it’s time you start MOT testing? Have you thought about installing your own in-house MOT testing? Have you been outsourcing your customers’ vehicles for MOT testi ...

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    Why vehicle lights should be an MOT focus

    With lights a key area of the MOT, OSRAM is urging workshops to ensure they do the ‘bright’ thing for the ...

    With lights a key area of the MOT, OSRAM is urging workshops to ensure they do the ‘bright’ thing for their customers. The dark nights mean good quality lighting is a must and it’s important that ever ...

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    Digital solutions for the MOT period

    Avia Autos’ Hayley Pells is conquering the paperwork mountain that accompanies the MOT period with the he ...

    Avia Autos’ Hayley Pells is conquering the paperwork mountain that accompanies the MOT period with the help of digital solutions. Reducing the amount of physical paperwork that any organisation genera ...

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    Putting a stop to MOT advisories

    According to Delphi Technologies, coated brake discs can help put a stop to MOT advisories. After three n ...

    According to Delphi Technologies, coated brake discs can help put a stop to MOT advisories. After three national lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic, cars have spent more time parked motionless ...

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    Steering and suspension MOT advice

    With MOT season upon us, we have asked FAI to share its knowledge and experience on a safety-critical are ...

    With MOT season upon us, we have asked FAI to share its knowledge and experience on a safety-critical area of the test. With over 20 years’ experience in supplying the aftermarket with steering and su ...

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    How MOTs present an opportunity for batteries

    The MOT is the perfect opportunity for workshop technicians to diagnose and maintain customers’ batteries ...

    The MOT is the perfect opportunity for workshop technicians to diagnose and maintain customers’ batteries. CTEK explains how workshops can capitalise on this encounter. Battery issues are becoming mor ...

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    A system to help with MOT demand

    With an effective garage management software (GMS) solution in place, coping with an upswing in MOT deman ...

    With an effective garage management software (GMS) solution in place, coping with an upswing in MOT demand can be made much simpler. MAM Software's Autowork Online system could be the platform to help ...

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    ISN launches Garage Assist

    ISN Europe recently announced the launch of its installation, service and repair branch, ISN Garage Assis ...

    ISN Europe recently announced the launch of its installation, service and repair branch, ISN Garage Assist. With MOT season soon upon us, PMM discovers how the service can help garages navigate the co ...

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    NTK warns garages to prepare for MOT season

    NTK, the vehicle electronics brand of NGK Spark Plugs, has urged garages to be prepared for a surge in de ...

    NTK, the vehicle electronics brand of NGK Spark Plugs, has urged garages to be prepared for a surge in demand for MOTs in March. During the first coronavirus lockdown last Spring vehicle owners were g ...

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    CCM navigates MOT season

    PMM hears from Tina Drayson, Operations Manager at CCM, about how the garage and MOT station has navigate ...

    PMM hears from Tina Drayson, Operations Manager at CCM, about how the garage and MOT station has navigated these past months, and what plans the business had in place to manage an MOT season like no o ...

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    Absolute Alignment explores profitability of aligners

    Absolute Alignment, a supplier of four-wheel alignment equipment, has recently seen an increase in the nu ...

    Absolute Alignment, a supplier of four-wheel alignment equipment, has recently seen an increase in the number of MOT test centres purchasing aligners in order to boost their profitability. MOT bays, w ...

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    CCM provides MOT advice

    PMM checks in with independent garage, CCM, to see what the team is up against in the lead up to MOT seas ...

    PMM checks in with independent garage, CCM, to see what the team is up against in the lead up to MOT season. Operations Manager Tina Drayson highlights the sticking points worth noting. Getting connec ...

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    Raising standards

    To find out more about the process of designing vehicle lifts, PMM speaks to Boston Equipment about its n ...

    To find out more about the process of designing vehicle lifts, PMM speaks to Boston Equipment about its new, smaller MOT lift that has been created in response to specific customer demands. In an indu ...

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    MOT gets connected

    In an industry where efficiency is crucial, the recent introduction of connected MOT equipment should com ...

    In an industry where efficiency is crucial, the recent introduction of connected MOT equipment should come as no surprise. But, who supplies this technology and what are its advantages? In addition to ...

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    Don’t let it go to waste

    Following last year’s updates to MOT regulations, MOT testers in England, Scotland and Wales now classify ...

    Following last year’s updates to MOT regulations, MOT testers in England, Scotland and Wales now classify faults under new defect categories. This has led to a large rise in MOT emissions test failure ...

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