Ed Speak

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Time to plan
Monday, 06 March 2023
We hope our readers are drying out after the rain and flooding that affected Auckland and many other centres.
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Welcome to 2023
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Hope all our readers, especially those in the Auckland area are okay and your family, staff, houses and businesses are all safe after the major flooding at Anniversary weekend.
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Staffing crisis
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
As I sat to write this final editorial for 2022 I had no idea what I might write about – by definition an editor’s biggest fear is a blank piece of paper waiting for your next editorial!
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Anniversary influx shows the health of the automotive repair sector
Monday, 31 October 2022
2022 seems to be a year of anniversaries for a whole range of businesses involved in the supply and the repair side of the repair industry.
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Motorsports Bonanza
Monday, 03 October 2022
By the time you read this New Zealand will have completed an amazing month of Motorsport helping make up the deficit in petrol fumes for the sports addicts!
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Economic uncertainty is usually a positive for repairers
Tuesday, 06 September 2022
Having published Motor Equipment News for over 20 years, we have seen a few economic cycles come and go. We have also seen that repairers tend to get busier when economic times are not so good.
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Time to train
Saturday, 30 July 2022
This month we look at training, which is in the news due to both the current integration of MITO into the new Te Pūkenga structure which incorporates MITO, BCITO, Competenz and Connexis, and becaus
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Reputation and the customer experience
Monday, 04 July 2022
Our Business Torque article this month is from Mat Wylie where he highlights the importance of building your business’s reputation both online and off – well worth a read.
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Is it over and out or just a false dawn?
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
So back to Orange traffic light setting, case numbers are falling, vaccine mandates abandoned in most areas and people are venturing out from their foxholes.
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Batteries and safety
Monday, 02 May 2022
This issue we have a battery feature.  Safety working with batteries, even the traditional lead acid kind has been a somewhat overlooked issue due to their commonality – familiarity breeds contempt
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Detecitve Work
Monday, 04 April 2022
Although I am not a trained technician – rather an enthusiastic amateur when it comes to working on cars – and was brought up in the days when points and condensors were about as technical as car e
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Too smart
Saturday, 05 March 2022
AI, VR, The Metaverse, self-driving, over the air updates – Alexa, where will it all end!
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Ed Speak: New Year – let’s tiptoe in!
Tuesday, 08 February 2022
New Year – let’s tiptoe in! Do you get the feeling that after the optimism heading into 2021 that it had to be better than 2020 there is a bit more – let’s just tiptoe into 2022 and see what is...
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Holiday Mode
Tuesday, 02 November 2021
Christmas is coming and it could be a bit weird this year, who knows if some parts of the country will still be lockdown and unable to travel outside their area.
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Looking after you and your staff’s mental health
Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Repeated lockdowns and then the after lockdown significant catch-up workloads for customers who missed services and WOF’s during lockdowns can take its toll on your team.
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FROM THE EDITOR
Wednesday, 08 September 2021
Another month and another theme in the stuff we are receiving and hearing from the industry. This month it is staff/training and apprentices.
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Green hydrogen
Wednesday, 04 August 2021
This month we have had at least five press releases around hydrogen vehicles cross our desk (well our screen as they all come via email these days!) With most of the talk in mainstream media (and f
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Can I get chips with that?
Monday, 05 July 2021
You have probably heard of the worldwide chip shortage – the ones that go in cars, computers, etc, not the ones you eat! So why is this such an issue and will it affect your business?
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Belonging
Friday, 04 June 2021
I was recently asked to write a short piece for a newsletter of an organisation I belong to (Global Women) titled belonging Belonging – noun – ​the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a parti
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Future-proofing your business
Future-proofing your business
Monday, 03 May 2021
During our discussions with Audi for last month’s EV servicing story, it was interesting to hear that their franchise dealers are already changing their servicing business model to future-proof aga
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