Resources for workshops
Guides, tips and news on running a more efficient workshop.
Workshop tips
Do you actually make money on that job? Reports that show your real margin
Turnover is not profit. Garageflow captures the price and cost of every line at the moment of sale and shows your real margin — by period, labour vs. parts, per technician.
10 July 2026
Workshop tips
Bays, mechanics and time off: the end of double-booking
Two cars on the same lift at the same hour, the mechanic on holiday, the shop closed for a bank holiday — a calendar that actually checks before it books.
21 June 2026
Workshop tips
Estimate approval your customers can do from their phone
Send the estimate by email or SMS, the customer verifies with a code and taps Accept. No more verbal approvals that evaporate by invoice day.
7 June 2026
Workshop tips
5 ways a workshop saves time with Garageflow
Conflict-checked scheduling, estimates approved online, stock that deducts itself, invoicing without retyping and reports that email themselves — five automations that give you your hours back.
22 May 2026
Workshop tips
From WhatsApp bookings to an online calendar
WhatsApp isn't a booking system: promises scroll away, the diary lives in one person's pocket and double-bookings surface Monday morning. Here's the way out.
17 May 2026
Workshop tips
MOT reminders that actually bring customers back
Every car you service has an MOT date — a guaranteed reason to come back. Track it, remind on time by SMS or email, and measure who returns.
10 May 2026
Workshop tips
Parts inventory: how to kill phantom stock
The spreadsheet says three in stock, the shelf says none. Phantom stock costs you stalled jobs and rush orders — here's how live inventory kills it.
30 April 2026