What “verified” means here
Anyone can call themselves a specialist. A verified listing means someone from the register looked — and the same three steps apply in every country.
Credentials reviewed
Trading history, insurance certificates, tooling and diagnostic equipment, and where each technician trained. Nothing is listed as verified until that file is complete.
A live walk-through
The premises, on camera, against a fixed checklist — lifts and rigs, how cars are stored, work in progress. Never a folder of photographs sent in.
Re-checked every year
Verification expires on its anniversary. Staff changes, insurance renewals and any complaints from the year are reviewed. Fail it and the badge comes off.
What an inspection covers
The whole checklist, so a workshop can prepare for it and disagree with it before agreeing to any of it. The certificate names which sections were assessed.
Credentials, before any visit is booked
A file the register assembles and checks against independent sources. Nothing is listed as verified until it is complete.
- Registered entity
- The company number, checked against the register it claims — not taken from the website.
- Trading history
- How long the business has traded, and under what names.
- Custody insurance
- The per-vehicle limit while a car is in their care, and the insurer.
- Transport insurance
- The per-vehicle limit in transit, and whether they move cars themselves or subcontract, and to whom.
- Tooling and diagnostics
- The marque-specific equipment held, and whether it is current.
- Where each technician trained
- Named training, including time at the manufacturer where it is claimed.
- High-voltage qualification
- Required before any hybrid is worked on — Artura, P1, Speedtail.
The visit, on camera against a fixed checklist
A live walk-through, never a folder of photographs sent in. What is assessed depends on what the business actually does — see below.
- Premises
- The building, its security, and access control.
- Lifts and rigs
- What is installed, its condition, and its capacity.
- How cars are stored
- Where a car sits while it waits for parts, and the conditions it sits in.
- Work in progress
- Cars actually on the floor on the day — not a showcase.
- Road-test policy
- Who is permitted to drive a customer’s car, and when.
- Mileage recorded
- Whether the odometer is logged in and out.
- Parts policy
- Genuine, OEM or pattern — and whether old parts are returned.
- Subcontracting
- Whether work leaves the premises, and where it goes.
- Service record
- Whether the digital service history can be maintained.
- Deposit terms
- What is taken up front, and how.
Every year, on the anniversary
Verification expires. It is not a one-off certificate that ages quietly in a drawer.
- Staff changes
- Technicians who have left, and anyone new since the last visit.
- Insurance renewals
- Cover re-checked, not assumed to have continued.
- Complaints
- Anything raised with the register during the year.
- The outcome
- Pass and the badge carries a new date. Fail and it comes off.
Not every section applies to every business
A storage hall has no lifts to assess. The badge still means one thing everywhere — what flexes is which sections are checked, and the certificate says which those were.
| Section | Servicing / restoration | Inspection (PPI) | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading history, insurance | Yes | Yes | Yes — insured values matter more here than anywhere |
| Tooling and diagnostics | Yes | Yes | Not applicable |
| Technicians’ marque training | Yes | Yes | Handling and movement competence instead |
| Premises | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifts and rigs | Yes | Yes | Not applicable |
| How cars are stored | Yes | Not assessed | Yes — climate, security, access, fire suppression, the monthly routine |
| Work in progress | Cars on ramps | Reports, not cars | Cars in storage |
| Annual re-verification | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The ledger
A standard nobody has ever failed is not a standard. Every decision the register makes is published here, including the ones that cost it money.
Nothing here yet. The register has not completed a verification, and it will not show one before it has. The first decision — passed or declined — appears here on the day it is made.
What the badge does not mean
It is not a warranty on any individual job, not an endorsement of pricing, and not an affiliation with the manufacturer. It means the workshop is what it says it is — checked by us, on a date you can see.