Good Garage Scheme launches energy savings drive

Release Date: 4th January 2010 Good Garage Scheme launches energy savings drive Members of the UK-wide Good Garage Scheme are being given the chance to slash their utilities bills to help reduce overheads. The Forté-backed scheme has linked up with Utility Watch, the UK’s fastest growing energy consultant, to provide Good Garage Scheme members with corporate buying power on commercial gas and electricity contracts. The offer to garages will be launched nationally this month following a successful trial in the Portsmouth area. It will mean that members could potentially save between 20 per cent and 35 per cent on current market prices. Benefits include: • Guaranteed best price from energy suppliers • Free consultation and energy procurement with no obligation • Free contract checker • Quotes returned in 36 hours Utility Watch will take Good Garage Scheme members’ business to several market providers and use its buying power to ensure they get the best price available. It is the latest benefit to be offered to members by the Good Garage Scheme www.goodgaragescheme.com Lance Pearson, Utility Watch Operations Director, said: “Of the 30 people we contacted during the trial period 68 per cent had no idea when their contracts were due to expire, opening them up to potentially huge price rises.” Anndi Sheppard, Good Garage Scheme Marketing Manager, said: “The Good Garage Scheme has a strong track record of offering members a host of benefits to help their businesses thrive. The offer with Utility Watch continues this tradition and we hope our members will reap the rewards of reducing their energy bills to help run their businesses as efficiently as possible.” Other benefits enjoyed by Good Garage Scheme members include national TV and radio advertising, the introduction of bespoke health and safety procedures for garages and an exclusive deal with the RAC to offer 40 per cent discounted breakdown cover for customers and potential customers who visit the Good Garage Scheme website. With a link to the RAC website on www.goodgaragescheme.com visitors can find out more about the offer and then return to the Good Garage Scheme site to search for member garages in their area to carry out work. An App has also been launched for motorists to download free for iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch, enabling them to find their nearest Good Garage Scheme member garage if they are away from home and run into difficulties with their vehicles. In addition the Good Garage Scheme offers its members a free graphic design service, including logos and literature, free legal support, discounted insurance and a discounted parts washer and waste disposal service. Anndi Sheppard, Good Garage Scheme Marketing Manager, said: “Thousands of Good Garage Scheme members already enjoy a number of benefits we offer and reducing energy bills will be an attractive proposition to many of them. We are looking forward to helping our membership even more as we move forwards in 2011 by delivering further benefits.” Launched by Forté four years ago, the Good Garage Scheme’s membership comprises of independent garages and workshops where customers are assured of service excellence. Now widely accepted as a mark of quality for independent garages across the UK, Good Garage Scheme garages are recognised as providing exceptional service to their customers based on a rigorously monitored mandatory code of practice. Customers looking for their nearest Good Garage can quickly locate one using the easy-to-use search facility on the Good Garage Scheme website. – ENDS – Editor’s note:- The Good Garage Scheme was set up as a self-regulatory body for independent workshops and MOT centres throughout the UK to ensure the best industry standards are maintained by its members. It has more than 3,000 members who adhere to a strict Code of Conduct and offer an Industry Standard Service. Good Garage Scheme members: • Adhere to a strict Code of Conduct and pledge to have their customers’ best interests at heart • Must agree what work needs doing with their customers before it is carried out • Work to an Industry Standard Service checklist • Must supply each customer with a feedback card allowing them to give their views on service directly to the Good Garage Scheme, which operates a stringent complaints procedure For further information, please contact: Anndi Sheppard, Good Garage Scheme, on tel: 024 7647 2649 or at marketing@goodgaragescheme.co.uk or Gary Lillistone, Bridge PR 024 7652 0025, email: garyl@bridgepr.co.uk.

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