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GARAGES are taking a hit on profits as well as customer safety says dealer management experts Pinewood. This week’s Which? survey into car garages has indicated some low safety standards at garages, says Pinewood. However, this is directly leading to missed profit opportunities too! Any garage undertaking a good vehicle health check would have found [...]

MOTOR Codes has won the approval of Which? after its garages found 20% more secret faults. The scheme has only been running for 2 years but has already outperformed normal garages. Motor Codes garages found 60 percent of faults, almost up there with the leading garages of the Bosch Car Service affiliation scheme (its garages [...]

WHICH? has accused car garages of ‘shocking levels of incompetence’ following a recent secret survey. The consumer association recently conducted a big undercover investigation – which found 9 in 10 garages assessed missed a potentially dangerous fault. It also found 39 percent of garages are charging for something that WASN’T supplied. This has led Which? [...]

VILLAGE Motor Company says that business has doubled since it won the BSI Kitemark four years ago. The car garage in Wallasey was one of the UK’s first car dealers to be awarded the Kitemark, after strict vetting that assessed quality and customer service areas of the business. These included: •    Customer service •    Customer [...]