Show Notes
Have you ever considered the full potential of your front of house offering? John Batten of Auto IQ joins us in this latest episode to offer a teaser of his talk that he'll be presenting at The Blend next month on how your front of house team can add big numbers to your bottom line.
There's also big news this week, the Blend Award finalists have been named! One of our judges, Hayley Pells, joins us on the podcast to chat about this year's remarkable influx of top-tier entries.
The Blend takes place on the 7th October, 2023 at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham. Organised by community-driven garage management software Garage Hive, The Blend is open to all garage owners in the UK and Ireland. The aim of the day is to provide garage owners and managers with practical strategies and ideas they can implement to improve their businesses.
The Blend Podcast is produced by Autotech Communications.
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