General
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Maintaining Standards
Although we are known for supplying and servicing garages and their workshop equipment, many people are not aware of the role our business plays in supporting essential public services. This week we are carrying out planned preventative maintenance and equipment calibrations in MoD and emergency services workshops. These service providers...
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Helping to bring Christmas Cheer to the People of Morpeth
We are pleased to once again support the Rotary Club of Morpeth's Christmas Appeal by sponsoring their 'Tree of Light'. This is the fourth year that the Rotary Club has worked alongside the Sanderson Arcade in the busy market town of Morpeth, where our business is located, who generously provide...
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We're Recruiting!
Yes, that's right, we are looking to add to our engineering team. Gott Technical Services has been leading the Garage Equipment supply and maintenance market for 38 years and we are continuing to gain new clients as well as maintaining long-standing relationships with existing customers. Many new opportunities are opening...
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Good Luck Emily!
Emily, pictured (left) as one of our Gott Girls in 2009 Good luck to Co Durham's British Ski Cross Champion Emily Sarsfield who is competing in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics after years of hard work & dedication. We were pleased to get to know Emily when she worked with...
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Gott's Mad Charity Heroes
As part of our 35th year celebrations we are continuing to encourage people to raise money for charity. Our team have got right behind this initiative and the latest activity has seen members of the office staff create and wear hats and hold an Alice in Wonderland style 'Mad Hatter's... -
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MOT CENTRES
The DfT have now finalised the public Consultation for the acceptance of the 18th edition of the In-Service Exhaust Emission Standards including the intention to no longer produce a hard copy and to change the frequency of future updates to biennial. From the 1st August the Road Traffic Act will... -
We're Helping To Raise Money For Charity With Our New Offer Leaflet
Special offers on Garage Equipment from Gott Technical Services We have just launched our latest edition of our Superdeals garage equipment special offer leaflet and with this special edition we are donating money to Cancer Research UK. For a limited period, for every lift, wheel balancer or tyre changer ordered on finance... -
Engineers Wanted!
We are looking for new engineers to join our team of garage equipment specialists. We require engineers to install, repair and maintain our range of products including vehicle lifts, and MOT test equipment including brake testers, headlamp testers, gas analysers and smoke meters. Previous experience of Garage Equipment products would be... -
No MOT For Classic Cars
The Government has announced that from 18th November 2012 owners of vehicles made before 1960 will not have to have their vehicles MOT'd. The Government claims that while cars more than 52 years old account for 0.6% of the cars on our roads they are involved in only 0.03% of... -
MOT Success
Last week we received the fantastic news that Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced they were going to drop the review of the MOT test frequency and keep the test as it is now. She stated that the Government will retain the existing frequency of MoT tests (cars will be tested after... -
New Campaign Launched To Defend Annual MOT Testing.
Road safety, motoring and industry groups join forces to press new Transport Secretary to rule out reducing MOT frequency New Campaign "proMOTe" is launched today, 27th October 2011 More than 250 additional road deaths and more than 2,200 additional serious injuries every year if annual safety tests ended Fewer tests... -
Higher Speed Limits but Fewer Safety Tests!!!
Last week Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced that the Government is to consult on raising the national speed limit on motorways from 70 to 80 mph. The Government plans to launch a full public consultation on the issue later this year with a view to implementing any changes in early... -
We Are Recruiting!
Gott Technical Services Are Recruiting Sales People Can you sell? Do you know the vehicle workshop market? If so, we may have an interesting proposition for you! We are currently looking for sales people to join our successful company to promote our range of products throughout the North of England... -
MOT System In Crisis?
So say What Car? magazine whose 'secret shoppers' recently visited 6 garages up and down the country with a six year old Vauxhall Corsa that the RAC had inspected and rated as an MOT failure. What Car? report that there was a lot of disparity between the findings at each... -
Which? say MOTs every two years would be a safety disaster
Consumer group Which? have a discussion page on their website and recently they launched a discussion about the Government's proposal to extend the frequency of the UK's MOT test. The discussion, launched by Dave Evans, states that in his opinion: 'It’s certain to lead to a reduction in the safety of...