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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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    DVSA provides MOT clarity

    With MOT season very much under way, the effects of the government’s extension are starting to hit home. ...

    With MOT season very much under way, the effects of the government’s extension are starting to hit home. To provide clarity, PMM, with the help of the DVSA, has consolidated some of the information th ...

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    Number of MOT tests for April revealed

    Motorway.co.uk has revealed that almost three-quarters of a million MOT tests were still carried out in A ...

    Motorway.co.uk has revealed that almost three-quarters of a million MOT tests were still carried out in April 2020, despite the six-month extension handed out by the Government due to the coronavirus ...

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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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    DVSA urges MOT Testers to complete training

    DVSA has urged MOT testers to complete their annual training and assessments to avoid facing suspension. ...

    DVSA has urged MOT testers to complete their annual training and assessments to avoid facing suspension. More than 50% of MOT testers have now completed their annual training and assessment, but with ...

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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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    Stress-free MOT

    In the October issue of PMM, we spoke to Zack Siddiqui, the man behind the new MOT booking platform, book ...

    In the October issue of PMM, we spoke to Zack Siddiqui, the man behind the new MOT booking platform, bookmot.com. This month, we’re taking an even closer look into what MOT centres will get when they ...

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    Direct from the DVSA

    PMM talks to the DVSA about the latest MOT news and updates that UK businesses should be aware of. New ru ...

    PMM talks to the DVSA about the latest MOT news and updates that UK businesses should be aware of. New rules: the results In the first year of the new MOT, more than 31 million vehicles took a test wi ...

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    Why emissions matter

    Vehicle emissions are subject to intense scrutiny, but BM Catalysts’ Commercial Director, Mark Blinston, ...

    Vehicle emissions are subject to intense scrutiny, but BM Catalysts’ Commercial Director, Mark Blinston, believes that the standards are still falling short. Carbon dioxide accounts for 81% of the UK’ ...

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    DVSA urges drivers to check vehicles

    The DVSA has urged drivers to check their vehicles before taking to the roads this Christmas. Figures hav ...

    The DVSA has urged drivers to check their vehicles before taking to the roads this Christmas. Figures have reportedly shown almost 50,000 cars were late for their MOT test last December which were cla ...

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    MOT garages increasingly funded by merchant cash advances

    365 Business Finance has revealed that MOT garages are among the top 10 business categories taking up mer ...

    365 Business Finance has revealed that MOT garages are among the top 10 business categories taking up merchant cash advances to expand. According to the direct lender, MOT garages feature eighth in th ...

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    DVSA announces connected equipment updates

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said that MOT garages will soon see the benefits of mo ...

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said that MOT garages will soon see the benefits of more equipment that connects directly to the MOT testing service. From 1 February 2020, anyone bu ...

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