With Chinese brands becoming an increasingly significant part of the UK car parc, we find out what’s being done to help independents maintain these vehicles
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View all storiesTotalEnergies Lubricants and Alltrucks renew partnership
A Europe-wide extension of the two firms' existing partnership agreement should benefit commercial vehicle workshops
Why Stellantis is still investing in the independent sector
Neil Gibbs, the head of the OEM’s new joint venture, talks to us about the challenges and the opportunities
Are independents garages in trouble?
Why mounting problems mean independent garages could soon disappear from Britain's towns and cities
Garage fined over illegal exhaust modification
DVSA warns it will continue to target businesses who flout the law
Industry calls for MOT test fee rise
Independent Garages Association leads calls to increase current cap from unsustainable level
Industry unites to tackle dangerous rise in part-worn tyres
New campaign warns that part-worn tyres represent a dangerous false economy for motorists and a growing concern for garages
GSF Car Parts “challenging the status quo” in polarised aftermarket
CEO Steve Horne on the emergence of a two-speed sector as operators weigh up the cost of investment
GSF TechFest: Coventry show highlights very best of the industry
All the highlights from GSF's juggernaut aftermarket show in Coventry
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Five of the top 10 cars with the lowest inaugural MOT pass rates last year were electric – is a healthy repair business brewing?
Mobile repairers: meet those blazing new trails within the repair sector
Growing cohort says it offers "a different level of visibility, transparency and trust"
Independent garages report 30% efficiency uptick thanks to AI
Workshops are using the flexibility gained to offer customers more slots – something that franchised dealers are struggling to match