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TecAlliance checklists designed to help workshops optimise tyre changing process

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Despite the fact that here in the UK and Ireland there is not a culture of changing from summer to winter tyres at the end of the season, tyre related problems do increase during the colder, wetter months. In order to help workshops to be ready to tackle these potential issues, TecAlliance has developed a tyre change checklist that provides optimal support and offers customers maximum transparency. Another important issue is the installation and configuration of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), for which it now offers even more comprehensive information.

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Electric vehicles cost 23 per cent less to maintain than petrols, says Cap HPI

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Electric vehicles cost an average 23 per cent less to service and maintain over three years/60,000 miles than petrol models, research from Cap HPI has found.

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Repxpert team supports long-standing Schaeffler customer

Repxpert Alistair Mason recently piloted one of Schaeffler’s technical support vehicles to Oldfields Garage in Leominster, a workshop that has been fitting Schaeffler products successfully for a number of years, in order to provide some training to its dedicated team of technicians.

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Tyre businesses need to keep pace with megatrends – GiPA UK

Quentin Le Hetet, general manager of GiPA UK, presented a whistle-stop tour of current global automotive megatrends at the Tyre Industry Conference 2018, focusing on why tyre businesses need to keep on top of developments, despite the challenge posed by the pace of change.

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Schaeffler presents ‘garage of the future’ at Automechanika Frankfurt

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Schaeffler has presented a variety of innovative mixed and augmented reality exhibits at Automechanika Frankfurt 2018, all designed to complement the show’s theme of ‘Tomorrow’s Service and Mobility’.

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UK’s largest online car repair marketplace secures £4m investment

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The UK’s largest online car repair marketplace has secured £4 million from investors including Shell Ventures, Sir Trevor Chinn, Active Partners and Venrex Investment Management.

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Garage of the year winner announced

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Automechanika Birmingham, in partnership with Garage Wire, has named Hillclimb Garage as ‘Garage of the Year’ for 2018, with the High Wycombe-based workshop picking up the prize of £1000.

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Servicesure garage wins prestigious Scotlands Business Award

Servicesure Autocentre – The Parts Alliance’s garage programme – has been well-represented in this year’s Scotlands Business Awards, this time by Kinnons Garage in the Aberdeen regional ceremony.

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Brake pad manufacturer Allied Nippon launches football-inspired promotional campaign

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Premier League match tickets, Sony PS4 consoles and exclusive Allied Nippon footballs are the headline prizes up for grabs, as Allied Nippon gears up for this summer’s festival of football with a promotional campaign aimed at garage technicians.

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AA Guide Price: the ‘life saving’ tool for busy garages

AA Garage Guide, the online search and booking site for MOTs, servicing and repairs that puts quality first, says that its new Guide Price tool is already helping to make the garages in their network more efficient, saving them time and money by not having to quote on jobs.

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AA Garage Guide’s tow-in network gives patrols peace of mind

AA Garage Guide, the online search and booking site for MOTs, servicing and repairs has recently launched a tow-in network. Designed as a companion for its expert patrols, helping to ensure customer’s vehicles are serviced by the best local garages, most of the Garage Guide’s 5,000-strong network can be accessed through patrols’ hand held devices, allowing them to search the database of tow-in garages for the most suitable site.

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20% productivity boost ‘because of TechMan’ says independent

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Long established and widely respected, Herefordshire-based Gerry Dovermans has reported a twenty per cent boost in productivity since it adopted TechMan, an innovative garage management system.

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The Parts Alliance’s South West Show attracts 500

The Parts Alliance’s South West Garage and Workshop Show has returned for 2017 even ‘bigger and better’. Storm-like conditions failed to deter well over 500 garage owners and mechanics from visiting Sandy Park, home to English Premiership side Exeter Chiefs, on the evening of Thursday 19 October. The event hosted garage customers invited by the nine Parts Alliance branches in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall – including the recently opened Midsomer Norton Branch.

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TechMan saves time, increases efficiency for Jim Steel Garage

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TechMan says new customer Jim Steel Garage has already realised big benefits after going live in August with the garage management system. Led by Kevin Steel and his son Sam, the family run Beeston-based business offers MOTs, servicing and repairs for all makes of vehicle. Formerly a Unipart Car Centre, the business had been reviewing new management systems for several months until a visit from national sales manager Leo Freebairn led to them trying a demo site and opting to go with TechMan.

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AutoCare network now numbers 600 garages

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Parent Company, Groupauto has announced that their garage network, ‘AutoCare’ has reached 600 garages – making them the largest independent garage programme in the UK.

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