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Demand for mobile mechanic services has grown in the past few years following the pandemic. Mobile bookings from retail customers via the BookMyGarage platform grew by more than a fifth (22%) in 2024 compared to 2023. It said in 2022, the demand from retail customers for a mobile mechanic was relatively low but as the pandemic boosted online services, demand ...

Vertu Motors has renewed its partnership with online aftersales booking platform SecretService, the franchise arm of BookMyGarage. Vertu Motors signed up with SecretService in 2019 to boost its aftersales bookings with motorists of older vehicles, who tend to opt for independent garage service providers. BookMyGarage CEO Douglas Rotberg said: “Our platform has helped to drive incremental business to the Vertu ...

Independent garages utilising BookMyGarage undertook £22.26 million worth of additional work from retail customers within three months. From September until the end of November 2024, BookMyGarage generated a substantial increase in business for independent garages. Motorists are using digital tools to meet vehicle ownership requirements. BookMyGarage chief marketing officer, Jessica Potts, said: “At BookMyGarage, we are heavily invested in driving ...

Two thirds (64%) of UK motorists are reducing their vehicle usage to cut fuel bills. According to new research by BookMyGarage.com, as well as using their cars less, nearly half (49%)2 of the 2,113 motorists surveyed are also driving more economically to save fuel. The survey comes as the UK is tipped to enter a recession in 2023. While the UK’s ...

BookMyGarage.com has announced the addition of mobile mechanics to its growing service offering. This comes as it found in its latest study that 68% of its customers would consider using the services of one. Motorists can now use the site to book to have their vehicle serviced or repaired from their home or workplace. Of those who have used a ...

A third of motorists say they are likely or very likely to either delay or skip having their vehicle serviced in the next 12 months because of the cost of living crisis. BookMyGarage.com reported that two thirds of UK motorists are concerned that their vehicle may require a repair at some point in the near future, which they can’t afford ...

Three-quarters of motorists are likely to check the MOT history of a used vehicle they are thinking about purchasing. A study by BookMyGarage.com shows that the majority of perspective buyers (78%) are also more likely to purchase a used vehicle that has a ‘good’ MOT history – a vehicle that hasn’t failed multiple tests in the past or had lots ...

BookMyGarage.com has launched its online EV Hub. Drivers are now able to compare instant local prices and book a service specifically for their electric vehicle (EV) through BookMyGarage.com. The new EV servicing price comparison capability  enables drivers to compare prices and choose a garage that is suitably qualified to work on EVs. Alongside the latest EV servicing comparison capability, BookMyGarage.com ...

BookMyGarage.com saw a 160% year-on-year increase in MOT bookings in April. The month performed better for garages compared to the same period last year when the DVSA issued an automatic six-month MOT extension in an effort to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The latest bookings data from the comparison site suggests a better than expected recovery has been made ...

April and May are expected to prove challenging for garages with significantly fewer MOTs now expiring in these months due to the MOT extension last year. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the DVSA by the UK’s leading MOT and service price comparison site, BookMyGarage.com, has revealed MOT test numbers collapsed by 79% last April and 61% in May. ...