News

12/08/2015

Three weeks and more into the holidays and you may be stuck for ways to keep the kids entertained already. But don’t worry, if you’re a car-mad family read on and we’ll help you make the most of what’s left of the summer.

10/08/2015

When David and Liz McKenzie, owners of McKenzies Garage in Matlock, handed over a cheque for £2000 to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance this week they did so with a profound sense of gratitude.

28/07/2015

If the rain is getting you down you can at least take heart from the knowledge that some eccentric British summer pastimes are in no way diminished by inclement weather. Bog snorkelling is one, and cheese rolling another.  And to those we can add the annual motorcycle Hill Climb at Sorrell Sykes Farm in West Burton, North Yorkshire on Wednesday July 29.

28/07/2015

Despite the sometimes unseasonal weather it’s turning into a vintage summer for Staffordshire-based service and repair garage Crescent Motoring Services, which has just picked up its second major award in the space of a month.

27/07/2015

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.

22/07/2015

Approved Garages-sponsored fighter Gavin McDonnell will defend his European Super Bantamweight title against Jeremy Parodi at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on September 5.

17/07/2015

School’s out for summer! The holidays are here! The kids need entertaining for the next seven weeks!

09/07/2015

Approved Garages believes that any attempt to extend the deadline before a car’s first MOT from three to four years should be firmly rejected, after Chancellor George Osborne announced the proposal in yesterday’s Summer Budget.

08/07/2015

Approved Garages – the nationwide network of trusted independent garages – has recorded its most successful six months to date in terms of customer reviews, new figures show.

02/07/2015

Approved Garages and AutoCare member Crescent Motoring from Burton on Trent in Staffordshire has scooped the prestigious Motor Codes Garage of the Year award for the second year in succession.