Tim will be Speaking at The Garage Hive Blend Conference 2023

Tuesday 22nd August 2023

Tim will be talking about the topic of planning and working with the end game in mind, what decisions you can make earlier in the business to help work towards your exit goal – whenever or whatever that may be!

“We’ve been using the Garage Hive System to run our business Since August 2020. I’m delighted to have been asked to present at The Blend, because the Garage Hive Community represent some of the best independent garages throughout the UK & Ireland.” said Tim. “If you own or run a garage and are keen to find out more about how other garages operate and continuously try to improve, you should really be there!”

About the Blend 2023:

Garage Hive has organised The Blend 2023 on the 7th of October to gather garage owners and key decision-makers of garage businesses in Birmingham to learn about the garage management software and to expand their views on how to manage their business in the best way possible, as well as to network and build connections between each other to exchange experiences and create a supportive community within the automotive industry.

The conference (9.30 am – 5.45 pm) is filled with many sessions delivered by expert speakers like business development and technical training coach John Batten, HR Specialist Jennifer Webb, Andy Crook industry practitioner, Andy Hamilton from Euro Car Parts, Simon Gurney from Castrol and Mark Strain from GSF Car Parts, fellow garage owners Tim Benson, Matt Cleevely, Tom Cocokings, Alex Lindley with Garage Industry Trends and garage management software experts.

There will be an expo area with known brands like The Race Group and Castrol, 1 Tec Auto Hub, GSF Car parts, Pagid, Micheldever, Vostel, Pichler Tools, Autotech Training, Autogem, Diagnostic Connections and AutoIQ.

You can book your tickets here: The Blend | Garage Hive’s Conference

Oldfields Takes Award for Best Independent Garage Specialists for 2022

Wednesday 31st August 2022

We are delighted to announce that we have won the SME News “Best Independent Garage Specialists – Herefordshire” for 2022. We’ve had this under wraps until we were officially allowed to reveal this news. The official press release is available is below!

“SME News Magazine has announced the winners of the 2022 Midlands Enterprise Awards.

Now running for five consecutive years, the Midlands Enterprise programme is created to acknowledge and award those SMEs of all different sizes covering a range of businesses and industries that are based within the Midlands. The region is often described as the beating heart of the British industry and is a strong force in opening new avenues and business opportunities to most SMEs. The aim of the programme like every year is to recognise the best SME businesses and give them the exposure that they rightly deserve.

Awards Coordinator Holly Blackwood commented on the success of this year’s programme: “It has been a delight and an honour to organise this year’s edition of the Midlands Enterprise Awards. As always we have endeavoured to highlight those that businesses and individuals who are redefining their respective industries in the region, and acting as pacesetters. I offer my sincere congratulations to all of those who have been listed among the winners and hope you all have a fantastic rest of the year ahead.”

SME News prides itself on the validity of its awards and winners. The awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend those most deserving for their ingenuity and hard work, distinguishing them from their competitors and proving them worthy of recognition.

To learn more about our award winners and to gain insight into the working practices of the “best of the best”, please visit the SME News website (https://www.sme-news.co.uk/awards/midlands-enterprise-awards/) where you can access the winners supplement.”

Tim from Oldfields said “It’s great for the team to receive this award. We strive to make sure we have the best service experience for our customers and recognition like this helps to validate what we are doing. We’ll continue to offer the best service possible going forwards!”

Oldfields Garage Services (2022 Winner: Midlands Enterprise Awards) – SME News (sme-news.co.uk)

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Air Conditioning Service & Diagnostics

Sunday 1st May 2022

We’ve recently added the Newer type, R1234YF Air conditioning gas to our on-site services in time for the warmer weather. We are now able to service re-gas R134A and R1234YF systems.

Whilst we were doing so we took the opportunity to invest in our Air Con Diagnostic capability. To carry out Air Conditioning regas on vehicles, all garages and Air Con centres need to be qualified to handle gas safely and require the F-Gas Certification. Oldfields have taken this a step further and our team are now qualified in Air Conditioning Diagnostics, meaning we now specialise in carrying out correct investigation and testing to get to the root cause of Air Con faults and leaks. We don’t just refill the system if there is problem, stopping our customers from potentially wasting money on re-gassing!

Our air conditioning pricing is as follows*:

Regas for R134A systems (old type gas, up to £500 grams) £79.99 inc vat
Regas for R1234YF systems (newer type gas, up to 500 grams) £145.80 inc vat
Air Con Diagnostic Assessment £95.00 inc vat

If you’d like to book your vehicle in with us, you can do it online here…

*Pricing correct as of 1st May 2022

DPF Doctor Network

Tuesday 1st June 2021

We’ve been accredited members of the DPF Doctor network since July 2020.

Being Leominster’s exclusive DPF Doctor member we benefit from being part of the UKs leading network of DPF specialists gaining industry leading training and access to the proven DPF assessment process, identifying the root cause of vehicle DPF issues to provide and accurate first time fix.

Click here to find your nearest Accredited The DPF Doctor network member.