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Why garages can't find technicians any more, and why it isn't a recruitment problem

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Why garages can’t find technicians any more, and why it isn’t a recruitment problem

Staffing is the biggest challenge in the independent sector. But it isn't really a recruitment problem. It's the bill arriving for fifty years of charging too little.

Andy Savva · 20 October 2026

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