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Bosch Car Service partners with Elite Garages across Southern England

Bosch Car Service partners with Elite Garages across Southern England
  • New partnership expands the Bosch Car Service network to more than 350 garages across the UK and Ireland
  • Elite Garages is largest independent garage group to join the Bosch Car Service UK network, with all 16 of its branches joining BCS
  • Bosch Car Service focuses on quality and affordability for consumers

Denham – Bosch Car Service has partnered with Elite Garages to extend its network to more than 350 locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Bosch Car Service is a network of independent garages that deliver high quality vehicle servicing, maintenance, and repairs for all makes and models.

Bosch Car Service offers a full range of services and ensures affordable quality that consumers can trust. All garages that are a part of the network commit to a strict Code of Practice that is recognised by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

Elite Garages is one of the south’s leading independent tyre, MOT and car service operators and it employs around 300 people. With this partnership, Elite benefit from Bosch Car Service’s global reputation. BCS support independent garages at all levels of their daily operation, from Bosch quality parts and cutting-edge workshop equipment to helping improve the efficiency of everyday processes. Every detail is taken care of, right down to external signage, business stationery and marketing initiatives. Elite Garages ensures every customer receives an outstanding experience.

As well as 16 vehicle repair centres, Elite Garages operates nine petrol stations, 10 convenience stores, a major tyre wholesale business and a rental property business.

David Lomas, the head of Bosch Car Service at Bosch UK & Ireland, said: “Everyone at Bosch Car Service is looking forward to working with our new partners at Elite Garages. Like all the partners in our network, Elite Garages provide expert advice, repairs and service and they have a long history of running a successful company. We have more than 350 Bosch Car Service locations across the UK and Ireland and we’re excited to expand that to include Elite Garages’ network across southern and south east England.”

Richard Whittemore, Managing Director at Elite Garages, said: “We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with Bosch Car Service, which provides a professional workshop concept, business support and a premium national brand. We visited the Bosch Car Service stand at the UK Garage and Bodyshop event in 2022 and the concept sounded very interesting. We had several meetings, and it became clear that the BCS programme would be mutually beneficial for our businesses. We can build on our well-known family business in partnership with Bosch. As our company continues to grow, we knew it was the right time to partner with another well-established premium automotive brand.”

Kelsie Whittemore, Elite Garages Management, said: “We wanted to partner with a premium brand like Bosch who have the trust, confidence, training and equipment expertise to support our business. And we also wanted to have ability to use the Bosch corporate training programmes to support with staff recruitment and retention. The other key focus areas within Bosch are their expertise in Electric and Hybrid vehicles and also the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).”

The Bosch Car Service network began in 1921 and it now has more than 15,000 authorised workshops in 150 countries around the world.

This year Bosch is celebrating 125 years since it began operating in the United Kingdom. The founder of the company, Robert Bosch, opened a sales office in London in 1898 and the UK was the first country he entered as his company rapidly spread throughout the world after being established in Stuttgart, Germany.

For more information about Bosch Car Service and to see the full list of locations in the UK and Ireland, visit: https://www.boschcarservice.com/gb/en

For more information about Bosch UK’s 125th anniversary, please visit: https://www.bosch.co.uk/news-and-stories/news/bosch-uk-celebrates-landmark-125th-anniversary/

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About Bosch
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 420,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2022). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 88.4 billion euros in 2022. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 128 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 85,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 44,000 are software engineers.

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust.

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