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 retrofitting LED bulbs.  Terri, tell us about the new Nightbreaker 220 bulbs.  When we launched them they were the first 220 per cent brighter bulbs launched in the UK and across Europe. They’re 20 per cent whiter and give drivers a 150m longer ...

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PMM visited the IMI recently to chat to Emma Carrigy, head of research, careers and inclusion. Emma is behind the organisation’s statistical reports and in this episode she goes into great depths about what the automotive aftermarket looks like currently and what it needs to look like in the future.  Let’s start with what looks like a simple question: How many garages are there in the aftermarket?  ...

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In this month’s episode of the PMM Podcast, host Kieran Nee sat down with MOT Juice’s training content creator, Dave Long, to follow up on a recent news story we ran on photo evidence coming to the MOT. Hi Dave, could you tell us a bit about the trial? “Essentially the DVSA are trialling taking ...

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In the latest episode of the Professional Motor Mechanic Podcast, PMM’s Editor Kieran Nee interviews the automotive aftermarket’s numbers man – Quentin Le Hetet, Country Director UK at GiPA. Since the pandemic and to now as we’re navigating the depths of the cost-of-living crisis, it can often feel like garages are barely keeping their heads ...

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In this month’s episode of the PMM Podcast, PMM’s News & Product’s editor Freya Coleman visits the woman behind Womanic – Louise Baker. Louise has used her experience running a successful workshop to promote the trade to women and has even appeared on TV to spread her message about how the automotive workshop is the ...

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The latest episode of the PMM Podcast is here and this month is all about Industry Insights, recorded live at Automechanika UK! Aftermarket trade shows offer the perfect opportunity to catch up with leading figures in the industry. In this latest episode, the PMM team brings you three great interviews from the recent Automechanika UK ...

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The latest episode of the PMM Podcast has been released and this month the team visited an NHS workshop to discover the advantages and challenges they face. You might imagine your workshop has little in common with the Make Ready Centres across the country which keep the NHS’s fleet of vehicles up and running, ready ...

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If you’re concerned about the latest MOT proposals from the government, you need to listen to the latest episode of the PMM Podcast. Cars have never been so advanced, with ADAS and autonomous driving increasingly taking care of road safety and modern engines maximising emissions efficiency. What’s more, cars communicate with their drivers in ways ...

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PMM has announced the launch of episode seven of its podcast which will take a look at the future of mobility in the aftermarket. In this episode we visit the aftermarket trade show Mechanex, and get five of the UK’s most well-known commentators on stage to share their thoughts and expertise on where mobility could, and should, ...

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