Reply To: MOT extension will have “huge impact” on independent garages, warns IGA

[Belinda Teasdale]

I totally agree with all of the above. We are a 4 person garage so social distancing is easy to adhere to.
Our customer’s normally drop their car’s off and go for a walk, so it’s not as if they are all huddled in a waiting room standing together.
We have hand sanitizer and alcoholic wipes in place for surface’s and customers car’s, and our front counter is quite high so social distancing is not a problem. We only accept card payments now and work very hard at following all the government rules.
Our business has definitely taken a nose dive and our phones have stopped ringing, I don’t know how we are going to get through this as a small business.