Guarantee Options Group is launching the Prep4Less programme amidst steep rise in restore prices. Analysis from WSG revealed a 15% improve in the price of used automotive restore payments over the previous yr, rising to a mean of £528.05 (up from £458.57 in 2023).
Provide chain disruptions attributable to the worldwide elements scarcity and labour charges applied by repairers to counteract rising operational prices have led to this.
Darren Smith, Head of Prep4Less added: “Prep4Less is the primary of its type within the motor business on this scale.
“By leveraging WSG’s business experience, unique provider partnerships and buying energy, sellers can make the most of enormous price financial savings throughout a number of prep classes, including tens of 1000’s of kilos to their backside strains yearly.
“Access to the programme is completely free for WSG dealers. What’s more, it’s incredibly simple to use – dealers simply share their requirements via a consultation with a WSG prep agent, and we’ll connect them with the relevant partner(s) who will source the parts for them.”
The programme goals to assist sellers be extra aggressive with on-line retailers and huge automotive supermarkets.
WSG findings had been based mostly on a pattern of 10,000 automotive guarantee claims paid by the agency between October 2023 and December 2024 throughout 20 of the UK’s quantity automobile producers.
