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What should the labour rate actually be?
Market-rate signals for your postcode, parts-margin recovery, recommended rate band.
/ Snap suite · Garage · MOT · Auto repair · Free
GarageSnap, Labour rate + MOT margin clear.
GarageSnap is the free UK decision-support app for independent garages and MOT testing stations. Set the right labour rate, model MOT margin, surface the workshop-loading patterns that are bleeding profit, and stay compliant with DVSA changes, built for owner-managed garages of 1-12 bays.
FREE
Garage margin + labour-rate calculator
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Built by ATTOH Digital · UK SME-focused
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Built by ATTOH Digital · UK SME-focused
/ Free tool · Used-vehicle VAT margin scheme
What VAT do you actually owe on this sale?
Selling a second-hand vehicle bought from a private seller? GarageSnap shows VAT under the Margin Scheme versus standard VAT, so you see what you keep. Instant, in your browser.
Local estimate
VAT Margin Scheme (HMRC Notice 718): VAT is charged only on the margin at 1/6 (20%), and is nil if you sell at a loss. Eligible for second-hand vehicles bought from a non-VAT-registered seller; you cannot reclaim input VAT and must keep a stock book. Estimate, not advice.
VAT due (Margin Scheme)
£0
Gross margin£0
VAT if standard-rated£0
Saved via Margin Scheme£0
Net profit after VAT£0
/ What this app answers
Three questions, one app.
Every Snap is scoped to one operator decision. GarageSnap answers three sub-questions that, together, give you the call you needed to make on garage · mot · auto repair this week.
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Is the MOT line losing money?
Real margin per MOT after consumables, technician time, retest economics.
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Where is workshop time leaking?
Loading patterns, hold-overs, parts-wait wastage.
/ Who this is for
Built for the operators who actually have to decide.
Owner-managed UK independent garages, MOT stations (Class IV / VII), and mobile mechanics who set their own labour rate and absorb consumable + technician costs themselves.
/ How it works · 4 steps
From question to answer in under 10 minutes.
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Tell us about the workshop
Bay count, MOT class, technician headcount, postcode.
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GarageSnap runs the model
Market labour rates, MOT class economics, parts-margin recovery, workshop loading.
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Get the dashboard
Labour-rate recommendation, MOT P&L by class, top 3 leak fixes.
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Implement or escalate
Inline rate-change templates; escalation pack for franchised-network owners.
/ How it compares
Where Garage Hive runs the workshop, GarageSnap makes the call first.
Garage Hive is a paid per-user platform (on Microsoft Business Central) you run the workshop on. GarageSnap is the pricing, EV and approval read before that.
Garage Hive
- A paid per-user platform, from £145/mo plus Microsoft licensing
- Account setup and the whole workshop to migrate
- Built to run jobs, not to make the call
GarageSnap
- Free, no login, no account
- Built on UK labour rates, VAT margin and EV-readiness
- Sits in front and routes you to a human
Set the rate, check VAT margin and EV-readiness free, before you adopt a per-user workshop platform.
/ FAQ · before you ask
What people ask before they use GarageSnap.
01 How current is the market rate data? +
Postcode-level rate signals are refreshed monthly against published independent and franchised rates.
02 Does it handle MOT class differences? +
Yes, Class IV, V (large vehicles) and VII (heavy goods) have separate margin models.
03 Will it suggest customer-facing price increases? +
It surfaces the gap between your current rate and the recommended rate. The price-change conversation with customers is yours to run.
04 What about EV servicing economics? +
EV-specific tooling, technician training and lower mechanical-wear are modelled in a dedicated panel.
Ready to ship your own Snap?
GarageSnap is one of 22 free Snap apps. If your sector is not on the list, we will build one, scoped, shipped, supervised, in 4 to 8 weeks. Same engineering core, same source-freshness CI, your decision priced against the outcome it produces.