More good news for British car manufacturers
New research published earlier this week shows cars built in Britain have among the highest rates of passing their MOT test first time. The Swindon-bu...
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‘Many thanks for your prompt work on the car today, also for the convenience of collection and delivery…
...as a new customer, I will certainly use your services again.'
This was emailed to us yesterday from a customer in Theale. We always appreciate peo...
We’ve been investing this week
We are continually investing in new equipment, and this week we bought both new Ford diagnostics and diesel high and low pressure pump equipment.
We ...
..and Simon gets a distinction
Our congratulations also to our 2nd year apprentice, Simon Harris, who passed his lubrication and cooling exam with distinction this week. Simon is ex...
Bobby wins!
Newbury College held their Annual Apprenticeship Awards Evening last night. A superb evening, attended by over 100 people, it aimed to celebrate the s...
Ben passes with merit
Congratulations to Ben, one of our senior mechanics, who's just passed his training on common rail system diagnostics with merit. Ben says ' I really ...
Thanks to Jonathan Corry of Pangbourne for this tweet
@PParishCouncil@pangbournehg just had fantastic service from @PRMotors1 #service #value #quality #Pangbourne
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Phones working perfectly now – here are our new direct dial numbers
Main switchboard, no change - 0118 984 4889
Rob Butler (workshop manager) - 0118 984 4897
Franny Mills (corporate matters and advertising) - 0118...
Apologies if our new telephone system installation has inconvenienced you.
We're in the process of installing a new phone system, and it's been a bit of a sorry tale to say the least. Hopefully, though, we're nearing the end ...
We worked on nearly 5,000 vehicles in 2013
..that's a 6.2% increase on 2012. The most popular make in our workshops was Ford, closely followed by VW and then Vauxhall. We can, and do, work on a...
We are shut from noon on Friday 20 December for the rest of the day
We are having our Christmas lunch tomorrow, and so the premises will be shut from noon for the rest of the day.
We re-open on Saturday 21 December at...
..and an Audi/VW specialist.
Following on from last weeks' blog, our workshop manager, Rob, has now been in his new post for 2 months. He says "I'm proud to be part of PR Motors....
Cost of motoring is headline news today
Plans to pilot fuel price comparison signs on major roads and freeze the cost of the MoT test have been announced by the government. The steps are par...
Thanks to Linda Fenwick for her feedback this week
I highly recommend this garage. I trust them to do a good job, for a fair price. They even went the extra mile to get my car serviced in time for me t...
We have a new MOT review from Mr Withers on Motorcodes
First time I have used PR Motors having seen advert for MOT in Tilehurst Directory, everything about them says customer service. From ease of booking ...
PR Motors congratulates the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the safe arrival of their son
and wishes them all well in the future.
We won!
Reading College awarded us the 'Most Supportive Employer' award this week. Needless to say we are delighted.
2 of our 3 apprentices are currently stu...
Our apprentices are being observed at work today
As part of the Motor Vehicle Technician qualification, apprentices have to be observed doing certain jobs in the workplace. Here's Bobby carrying out ...
Lorries over 5 tonnes
Due to the increasing backlog at Newbury testing station, we are ceasing to take bookings on lorries over 5 tonnes with immediate effect. We will of c...
New website launched!
Hopefully regular visitors to our website will like the new look we have now. It's not just been updated for style, though....we have the following fe...