Professional Motor Mechanic

How Does the AA Help it’s Garages to Generate More Business?

|Date: January 24, 2018

How Does the AA Help it’s Garages to Generate More Business?

In a market that is saturated with companies offering financial incentives to attract prospective custome ...

In a market that is saturated with companies offering financial incentives to attract prospective customers, the AA says it is constantly striving to find innovative new ways to help its member garage ...

January 24, 2018
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Can we Replace the Profit We’re Losing on MOTs?

|Date: January 23, 2018

Can we Replace the Profit We’re Losing on MOTs?

With the MOT market becoming increasingly saturated, the MoT Club suggests that garages could be doing mo ...

With the MOT market becoming increasingly saturated, the MoT Club suggests that garages could be doing more in order to make up for the shortfall in MOT revenue. ...

January 23, 2018
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Under Inspection

|Date: October 24, 2017

Under Inspection

What is a DVSA Vehicle Examiner looking for when they visit an MOT testing station? ...

What is a DVSA Vehicle Examiner looking for when they visit an MOT testing station? ...

October 24, 2017
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Attracting New Customers

|Date: October 09, 2017

Attracting New Customers

How can garages and service centres attract new MOT customers? ...

How can garages and service centres attract new MOT customers? ...

October 09, 2017
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How to Fit an Exact Fit Rear Blade

|Date: July 05, 2017

How to Fit an Exact Fit Rear Blade

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube ch ...

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube channel. Exact Rear Fit Blade. The videos include common issues technicians or consumers have in ...

July 05, 2017
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How to Fit a Force Blade Pinch Tab Button Arm

|Date: June 28, 2017

How to Fit a Force Blade Pinch Tab Button Arm

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube ch ...

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube channel. The videos include common issues technicians or consumers have in fitting particular wip ...

June 28, 2017
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Wiper Blade Fitment Videos

|Date: June 14, 2017

Wiper Blade Fitment Videos

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube ch ...

TRICO has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step fitting videos for technicians on their own YouTube channel. The videos include common issues technicians or consumers have in fitting particular wip ...

June 14, 2017
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Why Fitting a New Cat Doesn’t Always Fix the Real Issue

|Date: February 20, 2017

Why Fitting a New Cat Doesn’t Always Fix the Real Issue

Are you masking the problem? Stuart Still, Technical Trainer, EEC has the answers. Why are the new vehicl ...

Are you masking the problem? Stuart Still, Technical Trainer, EEC has the answers. Why are the new vehicle emissions regulations getting tougher? I thought they were designed to reduce pollution but, ...

February 20, 2017
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How to fit TPMS sensors

|Date: August 09, 2016

How to fit TPMS sensors

Mobiletron UK replaces problem components in six easy steps. ...

Mobiletron UK replaces problem components in six easy steps. ...

August 09, 2016
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Bosch helps to close the gap for MOT training

|Date: May 03, 2016

Bosch helps to close the gap for MOT training

Technicians looking to become MOT testers have found it more difficult to achieve the qualifications they ...

Technicians looking to become MOT testers have found it more difficult to achieve the qualifications they need. ...

May 03, 2016
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Garage owners and testers imprisoned for carrying out fraudulent MOTs

|Date: May 02, 2016

Garage owners and testers imprisoned for carrying out fraudulent MOTs

Following a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) investigation, the garage owners and two MO ...

Following a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) investigation, the garage owners and two MOT testers have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently issue MOT certificates. Shorab Jadu ...

May 02, 2016
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Teenage Cancer Trust set to receive thousands from MOT initiative

|Date: January 03, 2016

Teenage Cancer Trust set to receive thousands from MOT initiative

Didcot based Scotlands Ash Garage has revealed that for every MOT it undertakes during 2016, it will dona ...

Didcot based Scotlands Ash Garage has revealed that for every MOT it undertakes during 2016, it will donate £1 to the Teenage Cancer Trust, with the grand total expected to top more than £2000. ...

January 03, 2016
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Online MOT testing service successfully delivers 10 million tests

|Date: December 23, 2015

Online MOT testing service successfully delivers 10 million tests

MOT garages across the country have carried out over 10 million MOT tests using DVSA’s new online MOT tes ...

MOT garages across the country have carried out over 10 million MOT tests using DVSA’s new online MOT testing service since its launch on June 26 2015. The new service allows more flexibility for gara ...

December 23, 2015
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RMI to open MOT training centre

|Date: December 17, 2015

RMI to open MOT training centre

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is opening a new training centre in the midlands next spring t ...

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is opening a new training centre in the midlands next spring to act as a leading industry resource for MOT tester training. The DVSA is taking a new approach ...

December 17, 2015
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IMI to deliver MOT testing qualifications

|Date: November 24, 2015

IMI to deliver MOT testing qualifications

IMI, the awarding organisation for automotive qualifications, will be delivering new qualifications for D ...

IMI, the awarding organisation for automotive qualifications, will be delivering new qualifications for DVSA MOT Testers and MOT Managers and continual assessment process across their network of IMI t ...

November 24, 2015
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