Rising costs pose biggest challenge for vehicle repairers in 2024

By |2024-01-09T15:33:00+00:00January 9th, 2024|Aftermarket and workshop, Dealer Insights, News|

This mirrored the findings about the principal hurdles encountered in 2023, where 53% of businesses had witnessed customers avoid bringing their car in, so as to reduce the level of spend on their vehicles due to the widely-reported cost of living crisis. Echoing the difficulty with recruiting additional technicians by 56% of repairers when questioned about the main factors that put them to the test last year, a greater proportion (58%) expressed the same concern when looking ahead to the next 12 months in 2024, as qualified and skilled mechanics remain an increasingly sought-after resource in the labour market.

Fleet SMR remains robust, despite ongoing recruitment issues

By |2022-02-08T09:38:52+00:00February 8th, 2022|Aftermarket and workshop, News|

In a nationwide survey of garages within Fleet Assist’s network, results have shown that fleet customer demand is returning to the sector, although it is not yet fully recovered from pre-pandemic levels. As a result of the recovery, 72% of garages which had scaled-back their service provisions, such as collection and delivery of vehicles due to COVID, are now looking to re-introduce these during 2022.

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