News

28/06/2017

The Premier League Darts sponsorship 2017 by Approved Garages came to an end in May, and we’ve had some excellent results with the campaigns that were initiated on the back of this partnership. One particularly interesting campaign we launched this year was the ‘Garage Nickname’ competition.

12/06/2017

UK sales of new cars with an automatic transmission has increased by 55% in the last four years and request for automatic gearboxes is rising 300% quicker than the total market growth.

08/06/2017

Car sales dropped to 186,265 vehicles in May, with a 14% fall in demand to consumers and a 5.3% drop in fleet business registrations, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

John Twomey

07/06/2017

Norwich Road Garage

Lowestoft

The website is handy for me because it gives me all the good garages with reviews. The garage I went to looks after my business fleet and always ensure my vehicle are kept up to date with MOT and service reminders. Delighted with my win too.

Peter Williams

07/06/2017

R-Tec Motor Centre

Swansea

After a recommendation and a highly successful visit to R-Tec in Gorseinon, Swansea where they immediately diagnosed and resolved the fault on my Saab in time for summer, I then received a fantastic phone call from Saima informing me I'd been chosen to receive £100 Love2Shop vouchers....still smiling!

05/06/2017

If you’re driving any distance this summer you may well find yourself enjoying an expensive half hour or so in one of the UK’s network of motorway service stations, drinking coffee and buying petrol that – by simple virtue of their proximity to a major trunk route – cost more than gold.

05/06/2017

Crescent Motors in Burton hosted an evening in its workshop to help expand women’s confidence for taking their cars to a garage. Crescent Motors managing director, Steve Tallett said: “It is a fact of life that a lot of women don’t seem to know about their cars. “A lot of men are the same, but they won’t admit it.

24/04/2017

The law around #speeding comes into effect today with higher penalty charges. From 24 April 2017, a new higher penalty for speeding has been announced. Fines for motorists caught going well over the speed limit will start from 150% of their weekly income, going up from the existing level of 100%.

18/04/2017

You really can trust your vehicle to one of our 500 plus garage members across the UK. Here’s why:

Mrs A Terry

07/04/2017

Autocare Centre Chepstow

Chepstow

I really can't fault my whole dealing with Approved garages website, from finding the garage to the end service, where the garage even gave me my car parts back to see how they were affected. Recommend!