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Tag Archives: BSI Kitemark
Top Technician 2011
FOXY Choice welcomes any evidence of quality standards in garages that benefit motorists. Car mechanics who are prepared to enter rigorous trade awards like this one clearly see themselves as good enough to win. We think this should be celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in garage services
Tagged Aftermarket Magazine, ATA, BSI Kitemark, car mechanics, good garages, OFT fully approved Code, Top Technicians
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Electrician in York sees the light…
It’s good to see that Yorkshire Trading Standards has fined a tradesman nearly £2000 as a result of his passing himself off as a member of a trade association, implying professional conduct that wasn’t the case. I’d like to see … Continue reading
Posted in garage services, women drivers
Tagged ATA, BSI Kitemark, female friendly garages, FOXY Choice, NAPIT, OFT, Trade Associations, Yorkshire Trading Standards
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Essex women save time and money booking MOTs online
Female friendly garage Colbert Auto Services of Benfleet in Essex is offering local women drivers the opportunity to book their MOT online for just £45 representing a saving of some £8. Colbert’s Kevin Jones knows that more and more women … Continue reading
Posted in female friendly garages, garage services, women drivers
Tagged Benfleet, BSI Kitemark, Colbert Auto Services, Essex, female friendly garage, FOXY Choice
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Does the Motor Codes garage scheme encourage women drivers to pay over the odds in car dealerships?
Does the Motor Industry Service and Repair Code/garage market itself to women and encourage them to pay over the odds in car dealerships? Yes I think it does. For starters the Motor Codes website, blog and recent press releases state…. … Continue reading
Posted in car dealerships, garage services, marketing to women, women drivers
Tagged Bosch Car Service, BSI Kitemark, good garages, OFT, rip off garages, VBRA, women drivers
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FOXY garage services in Taunton
Our Head of Sales, Claire Boundy, lives near Taunton so it seemed like a good place to start our FOXY Lady Drivers Club foray into the West Country providing female friendly garage and motoring support services for women. We now … Continue reading
Posted in car dealerships, female friendly garages, garage services, women drivers
Tagged BSI Kitemark, Musgrove Park hospital, Taunton
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What can you expect for £75?
On behalf of the motorist and after so many years in the making, FOXY had hoped for a more demanding code of practice; one that aspired to greatness for a change, not just the same old minimum business standards including … Continue reading