• Research reveals range of labour rates
    • 06/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has revealed the discrepancy between garage labour rates around the country. According to What Car?, the cheapest areas charge as little as £47 per hour and the priciest £141. It researched the labour rates of 279 independent garages across the UK, looking at hourly labour rates to compare prices [...]
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  • EV services cheaper and quicker
    • 04/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has found that servicing an electric vehicle is about 22% cheaper than an average internal combustion engine. Much of these savings are a result of reduced labour times, which are about 33% shorter for EVs compared to ICE cars. This is according to Fleet Assist and based on the 850,000 fleet cars and [...]
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  • Costs tops parts as primary challenge
    • 13/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Increasing operational costs is the biggest concern for 79% of independent repairers and dealer workshops, ahead of disruption to the supply chain. This is according to a poll by The Motor Ombudsman. It found that the same proportion of respondents also stated that their bottom line had been particularly [...]
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