31:54 these podcasts and the Garage Hive community is truly amazing. I felt alone before GH, and wouldn’t still be working in our family garage without it. I don’t think the garage would have survived without it!

Really enjoyed that one , top job guys 💪👌

Alex , everyone goes through what you experience with wanting to throw the towel in every day , if you don’t have any bad days you’ll never know what a good one is , keep the faith and speak out like you have and you will find the way , you are not alone Alex

Wow , what a podcast , so much to take from this , more power to you David , I wish you all the best in business and your personal life

Really great story! Thanks guys!

Well done Alex and your team. Looks like a great company to work for and definitely transparent for your customers

Now that’s a proper centre. Loved the pigeon holes keeping everything tidy and together. You’re both very natural in front of the camera too. Slick work chaps 😎

That garage looks a lovely place to work

Love 🫶 this. How do you keep it so clean.

Absolutely brilliant first one guys , and Alex what an amazing set up ! Can’t wait to see many more great places being showcased!

Love this, can't wait to see more. I think the perfect set up in five years time will be a MOT centre with basic EV servicing (brakes, fluids and filters) alongside a tyre centre.

After spending 3 days training with you recently at the Little Tennis Street branch, I can say it’s a great place to be! The staff are all welcoming and friendly 😊

Would love to have you 3 and andy savva come to where I work and sort it out

What was that app / website on the right hand side at 8:48 please

This Martin chap is due a few beers - without knowing the figures involved even it sounds like he recognised this young man’s talents very early and they have both ended up benefiting massively from this. And all that knowledge and experience early on has led to a fantastic second site. Long may it continue! 👏

Another inspirational and informative interview! It’s lovely to hear such a successful story. Looking forward to the next one!

If she brought that much value to a 3 depot business. Imagine how much value she could bring to you or anyone with as many branches as you Alex - you’ll be starting a recruitment business before long (if you haven’t already) - very interesting and inspiring person 🥇

I’m finding this discussion very interesting and when I’m on in a few weeks I’m hoping to discuss some of it.

Maybe I've gone too far... My business is called Tyre Mann but my wife is on the front counter and my daughter is with me fitting in the workshop... I'm the only man in the business and sometimes I'm just there to referee the clashing of heads!!! 😂😂 A lot of my female customers are very much put at ease just having a female check their tyre pressures or fitting their tyres however, a lot of men (especially of the older generation) seem to think they're unable to do the job properly so I make a point of reinforcing decisions made by my wife and daughter a lot. If that's what they've told a customer, I'm confident that as long as their reasons are sound, I would never undermine them!!

I do my best to listen to the podcasts, but this one was totally different, I actually heard what Tina said. It’s inspiring to see how other people ride this journey of life and learning. Love it ❤🎉

Truly amazing, well done Tina you are an inspiration.

I don’t work in or own a garage, I’m not even involved in the motor trade yet, but that will change soon as I start as a car trader. I found this podcast really interesting and Tina was a fantastic guest. I’m already looking into some of the things she mentioned. A podcast just on data is right up my street so hope to see her on again soon! ❤

brilliant, Alex... i hope you've stopped the evenings! this is my last one after this podcast!

Open and honest!!! I think it touched many of us and hit close to home.. I think it’s a similar story for most business owners and I love the shit sandwich analogy. I personally call it a “Bullshit minefield” as you never know what’s going to go off next. Great pod lads 🔧 🚗

This one has been special and has resonated a lot with me. I am currently in kidney failure and am on dialysis 3 afternoons a week. Our business is a small tyre shop with just my wife and me and occasionally, my eldest daughter when I'm not feeling well, she comes and helps with the fitting. We are keeping it small and manageable because we don't know what the future looks like at the moment but at 5pm, we stop working and it's all about family time! We try and do whatever we can together as I only have so much energy each day. However, there was a period before I started dialysis that I nearly had to give it all up because I was so ill and having my own garage was a dream of mine that I wasn't ready to give up on. The business was on it's knees and even though it's doing okay now, we're not out of the woods yet but saving my business has absolutely saved my mental health and has helped me massively with everything I'm going through. So yes, find time for family as it's very important but my business is my 3rd child and I'll devote just as much time to that as it deserves too.

Great talk lads,my wife and I adopted our granddaughter 2 years back and now work comes second for us, I work 4 days a week,45weeks per year and now after watching this I want to push it further,5 am out of bed will be next. Thanks all

Amazing Podcast, well done David for the openness and honesty around some truly tough topics that many people in our industry face

I live in the Isle of Man but originally from Leicester so completely agree... It's a cob!!! 😂😂

very interesing this one!

Best one yet. - great guest covered a large range of topics - how about LKQ adopting garage industry trends and linking labour for their warranty claims to the average on there. 🏆

Great guest, very informative. Shame about the hairline

INCREDIBLE STORY. Thanks for sharing your story and journey. New workshop looks amazing 😝

Thanks, Gents. Really enjoyed this one.

Well done guys. Looking forward to the "your garage" series. I finally go the opportunity to start my own tyre garage about 8 years ago now and it was always a dream of mine to have my own garage and do my own thing. It's just my wife and myself as owner/operators and it's only small but it's mine!! It hasn't been easy, last year I got diagnosed with kidney failure and now I'm having to work around dialysis 3 afternoons a week but we're making it work and I'm still enjoying being my own boss and offering the best customer service we can and trying to make the industry a more trustworthy place!!

I’m on a course at the moment and these podcasts have been so helpful to help me look at strategies and the future planning of the business. Hearing from fellow garage owners and other relevant knowledge people in the industry with perspectives and data is so inspiring and insightful. Thanks for helping me do my homework 👌🙌

Really informative and thought provoking episode, thank you!

What are u saying can't understand you

I did a post about me and the kids litter picking around the area and it got more engagement than any other post! Thanks for another great post guys

I’ve just stumbled across this pod cast series and it’s brilliant!!! Great story and very humbling 🚗 🔧

What a story and what a guy Scott is! Loved this one lads and no subtitles required here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wow the best one yet and what a guy 👏🏻 listening to that was an extremely similar story to how my journey was apart from I jumped ship around the time he cracked on and turned it round, honestly an incredible listen that

Another great episode! Love hearing from other garage owners with similar challenges and how they overcome them to become successful!

Be interested to hear your thoughts on marketing outside of the digital world. Rural garages where the demographic isn't necessarily on Tictoc or Insta and maybe older, for instance. Getting people to engage locally. Was hoping to hear your opinions on all types of marketing, not just digital. Also, hearing any negatives of your digital marketing, being hacked (which I've experienced) potentially losing everyrhing digital. Healthy screen time, negative comments etc We are doing FB and Insta as a garage. I think there's more to this than socials IMHO Decent listening though, keep it up.

Great looking reception 👌🏼

😆 Love the food analogy. Very true 👏🏼

Wicked idea 👏🏼

This is a great idea. Well done to you all. When I set my company up back in 2018 I was warned by a few people in the know that the auto industry can be quite a harsh place for one reason or another and that alone would make it hard for me to succed. They werent wrong, but I'm still going 🙏🏼 Still trying my best to grow a company doing something that MOST people dont even realise is a thing haha! My garage is simply my little Citroen Berlingo 🙈 Look forward to more from you guys 👍🏼 Oh and MTV Cribs...I remember that. Does that make me old? 😆

Great idea. As a new garage owner myself 2 months. Looking forward to this

Enjoyed that even though it just reinforced everything I know I need to do better. I will rewatch it when I've not been on a week long bender to get the finer points 😂 Keep up the good work 😘

Great episode 💪 made me think about our social media content.