Testing a vehicle’s braking performance is an important road safety aspect of the annual test and periodic maintenance inspections. As part of a Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV – motor vehicles & trailers) annual test, DVSA carries out a roller brake test according to the ISO brake testing standard (21069). full story can be read @ […]

MOT Testing guide for test stations How the MOT scheme is administered and the rules for authorised examiners, testers and testing different types of vehicles. Change made: Appendix 8: Disciplinary procedures – Update to section 8.1 Include reference to prosecution. Update to section 8.9 and 8.10Include new minor errors for “Candidate unable to answer a […]

The government have updated the guidance on UKCA to give enhanced guidance on the requirements and time lines, use the below link to view the latest guidance on the .gov website. Using the UKCA marking – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) If any members have question / concerns please contact the association and we will assist in getting […]

Congratulations to the following members whose engineers have achieved GEA accreditation during June and July 2022: GEA Accredited Engineers Lift Engineers: Bullworthy Ltd JHM Butt & Co Ltd Calibration and Consultancy (CCS) UK Ltd DMF (Wakefield) Ltd GEMCO Service ISN Europe Ltd Liftmaster Ltd Snap-On Diagnostics UK Straightset Ltd Tecalemit Garage Equipment Ltd Techplus MOT […]

HSE Motor Vehicle Repair eBulletin: Fatal accidents while working on incorrectly supported vehicles (govdelivery.com)  

GEA Annual Dinner, 7 June 2022, Windmill Village Hotel, Coventry A great evening was had by all! We raised a total of £1000.00 which was donated to BEN – Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund. A big thank you to all who attended for supporting the vital work of this charity.  

Congratulations to the following members who’s engineers have successfully completed the GEA accreditation program in April / May 2022. Lift engineers Autoquip Garage equipment ltd Autoparts Garage equipment Boston garage equipment Butts (JHM) & Co ltd Automative tools and supplies ISN Garage assist Caltec Ltd Tecalemit Garage equipment Gemco Services MOT engineers Butts (JHM) & […]

The European Garage Equipment Association news letter june 2022 EGEA News  

Carglass have released a press release on its action against some OEM’s over the access to the OBD port in vehicles, full detail can be read using the below link. The GEA / EGEA are fully supporting Carglass in this action https://gea.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Press-Release-Security_Gateway_Carglass-Design.pdf  

Frankfurt 13th – 17th September 2022 Press release  

Have 9 more shows planned for 2022. Read the full press release on where and when they will be occurring. Press release  

The DVSA have published their business plan for the coming period 2022 -2023 read the full report on the .gov website by following this link. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency business plan, 2022 to 2023 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  

The DVSA have released the blog on the MOT industry, this time focusing on the fraud, full detail can be read using the below link MOT fraud, a risk to road safety – Moving On (blog.gov.uk)  

  The Garage equipment association are 100% against the governments recent proposal to extend the MOT testing period to 24 months after the first MOT, as this could increase the potential of serious accidents on the roads and increased breakdown of vehicles which could cause traffic delays and further congestion on the already busy road […]

Annual reporting and tasks Below is a reminder of task that need to be completed at the end of the tax year Payroll – annual reporting and tasks https://www.gov.uk/payroll-annual-reporting Running payroll https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll Guide to form P60 https://www.gov.uk/paye-forms-p45-p60-p11d/p60 Get form P60 for your employees https://www.gov.uk/get-paye-forms-p45-p60 Download HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools https://www.gov.uk/basic-paye-tools Rates and thresholds for employers […]

full details can be found using this link to the Safety Gate for dangerous non-food products (europa.eu)  

Congratulations to the following members who’s engineers have successfully completed the GEA accreditation program in March 2022.   Autoquip (GB) Garage Equipment Ltd, (Autoquip (GB) Garage Equipment Ltd ) Lift engineers Bullworthy, ( Bullworthy Garage Equipment) Lift Engineer Garafit Services Ltd (Garafit) Lift engineer Gemco Services Ltd (Gemco) Lift engineer Liftmaster, (Liftmaster Garage Equipment ) Sales consultants and lift engineers Tecalemit […]