Higher minimum-wage requirements, energy costs and tax burdens are putting the squeeze on businesses
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Car tax traps, repairs and green parts fuel scrap boom
Your old Ford Focus could be worth its weight in gold to scrappers, whose business is in rude health – but also faces legislative threats
Exclusive visit to T10 Automotive's "game changing" new Chichester site
Firm says new base will fill a much-needed training gap on the south coast
ICE phase-out "ambiguity" risks garages missing "increasingly profitable" EV opportunity
Garages delaying EV investment are missing out on a big opportunity
Aftermarket alarm over 'sledgehammer' crackdown on ghost plates
Blanket calls for a ban on 4D plates miss the point of the 'ghost plate' problem, say aftermarket leaders
Number of 'barely legal' tyres doubles on UK roads
Findings come as part of a new tyre check which involved a study of 58,000 random vehicles
Missed MOTs cost the trade
No-shows on MOTs are a problem for garages, but how best to fix it?
TPS unveils new Ipswich site - and CAT goes behind the scenes
CAT is given an exclusive look behind the scenes at new "phenomenal" site
"Ambiguous" 2025 Budget offers "little real world support" for automotive
Budget brings changes to apprenticeship funding and clarity on EV taxation, but little support for the trade
'Fake always breaks' – but garages struggle to identify counterfeit parts
Increasingly convincing fakes leave well-intentioned garages facing a hurdle in providing authentic parts