Garages asked to encourage customers to bring MOT test forward in bid to help manage autumn rush

DVSA releases new graphics, social media posts and an email template for testing stations

Garages asked to encourage customers to bring MOT test forward in bid to help manage autumn rush
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The DVSA has updated its ‘MOT toolkit for garages’ to help mitigate increasing testing demand this autumn.

Testing stations are once again being urged to encourage motorists to book MOTs sooner rather than later in a bid to manage increased demand.

The updated ‘toolkit’ includes new graphics, social media posts and an email template.

A DVSA a spoksperson said: “MOT demand during the autumn will be higher for garages and motorists.

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“Following on from our Beat the Rush campaign in 2020, we want to support MOT garages again during the busier months of the year.

“To do this, we’ve updated the toolkit you can use to reach out to customers and encourage them to book their MOT in now.”

The ‘beat the rush’ campaign originated last year following the Covid six-month MOT extension.

In the DVSA’s recently published fourth annual review, the campaign was among a number of its “achievements” highlighted in the report.

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The report read: “We worked with stakeholders to design the Beat the Rush campaign to help smooth the demand for MOT testing when exemptions ended.

“We created a toolkit of resources for garages to help them communicate with their own customers, and successfully promoted the campaign via our own social media, DVSA direct emails and our Matters of Testing blog.”

Have you noticed increased MOT demand this year? Share your comments and experiences below.

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    The DVSA has updated its ‘MOT toolkit for garages’ to help mitigate increasing testing demand this autumn. Testing stations are once again being urged
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    Neil Skuse
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    Major cock up from day one- DVSA should have extended the mot program for 12 months-not 6 months as they did-simply not enough mot slots across the uk to book all these vehicle into August to March.
    Even when we have carried out the mot the wait is two weeks plus to book in for repairs.

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    Paul
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    Totally agree it was 12 months or not at all we simply cant cope with the volume of MOTS we having to rob staff off other jobs to do them and then not having enough staff to repair them.

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