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[ Industry advisory · Automotive ]
Commercial advisory for modern automotive businesses.
Automotive businesses become operationally complex quickly. Labour, parts, equipment and overhead all move at once — and margin disappears in the gaps. We work with mechanics, smash repairers, performance workshops and specialist operators who want their business run on real numbers.
[ What we hear, again and again ]
The pressures inside automotive & workshop businesses.
None of these are signs of a poorly-run business. They're signs that the financial relationship around the business hasn't kept up.
- 01Labour recovery rates set years ago and never recalibrated
- 02Parts margin quietly compressed by supplier pricing and discounting
- 03Workshop utilisation disconnected from staffing and bay capacity
- 04Equipment investment made on demand rather than payback
- 05Cashflow stretched between WIP, insurance work and customer payment
[ How we work ]
What strategic support actually looks like.
- 01
Labour recovery and workshop utilisation tracked monthly, by technician
- 02
Job-level profitability reviewed across service mix and customer type
- 03
Parts margin and supplier economics revisited each quarter
- 04
Capex and equipment decisions framed against real payback
- 05
Structure designed for multi-bay, multi-site and specialist growth
[ The numbers that matter ]
What good operators in this industry actually watch.
Not a long list — the handful of numbers that, watched consistently, change how the business is run.
01
Labour recovery rate
Hours sold vs hours paid, by technician
02
Workshop utilisation
Productive bay hours vs available capacity
03
Gross profit margin
Across labour, parts and sublet
04
Inventory turnover
Parts and consumables holding vs usage
05
Average job profitability
By job type, customer and channel
- 01
Monthly labour recovery, utilisation and margin review
- 02
Quarterly capacity, equipment and pricing conversation
- 03
Half-yearly tax, structure and asset planning
- 04
Annual long-term strategy — multi-site, specialist growth and succession
[ The honest line ]
Automotive businesses that scale calmly are the ones that know their workshop economics cold. We help operators get there — and stay there.
[ The next conversation ]
Run the workshop on real numbers.
Bring the messy stuff. The numbers, the pressures, the decisions you've been putting off. The first conversation is structured, candid and obligation-free.