Business telecoms for garages and mot centres.Built for workshops.
MOT centres, repair garages and bodyshops need phones that survive bay noise, AI that captures bookings while you're under a bonnet, and CCTV for vehicle security overnight.
What we hear from garages and mot centres every week.
Industry-specific pains we've heard a hundred times. If any feel familiar, the fix is straightforward.
"We miss bookings while under bonnets."
Customer ringing about an MOT slot while you're elbow-deep in an engine. AI receptionist handles it without dropping a spanner.
"Workshop noise drowns out phone calls."
Air tools, lifts, hammering — customer can't hear you, you can't hear them. Modern headsets and call quality fix it.
"Overnight security is a worry."
Vehicles on the forecourt, tools in the workshop. Proper CCTV with mobile alerts means you sleep through Sunday nights.
"Customers want SMS reminders for MOT."
Manual reminder calls eat into your workshop time. Automated SMS reminders pay for themselves in week one.
"Reception is on the front desk."
Service desk is also the phone, also the till. AI takes the routine bookings so front desk handles in-person customers properly.
"WiFi is needed for diagnostics and parts orders."
Modern diagnostic kit talks to cloud APIs. Parts ordering needs reliable connection. Cheap WiFi causes downtime.
What we usually install for garages and mot centres.
Every business is different — but these are the services that come up most often. Mix and match as you need.
AI Receptionist for garages
AI voice agent trained on your business. Books appointments, captures leads, qualifies enquiries — 24/7.
VoIP Phone Systems for garages
Call recording, IVR, mobile apps, multi-site routing and AI handling — all in one cloud system.
CCTV and Security for garages
Professional 4K systems with mobile app access, smart alerts, business-grade recording and remote monitoring. Supplied, installed and supported by Telexico Security.
SMS Marketing Platform for garages
SMS still has 98% open rates. Use Telexico SMS for marketing, two-way conversations, automated reminders and lead nurture.
Business Broadband for garages
Full fibre, leased lines and 4G/5G failover. Real SLAs. Real UK support. Real upload speeds.
What you actually get from Telexico.
Honest about scope. No aggressive sales tactics, no surprise renewal jumps, no tier-1 call-centre triage. Real UK engineers, transparent pricing, one provider relationship across the stack.
UK-based provider
Wolverhampton-headquartered. Engineers cover the West Midlands daily; UK-wide install via our partner network. Real UK engineer support, UK data residency, UK contractual relationship — not US-routed SaaS.
Real engineer support
When you call Telexico, you reach someone who can actually fix things. Response SLA backed by real engineering capacity rather than call-centre headcount. Named account manager for ongoing customers.
Free infrastructure review
Every engagement starts with a no-obligation audit of your current setup. Honest recommendation — sometimes that's "stay with your current provider after negotiation." We'd rather be honest than oversell.
Transparent pricing
What you sign for is what you pay — including renewal. No teaser pricing that jumps 30-100% at year two. No mid-contract CPI shock. Predictable multi-year cost from day one.
One provider, one platform
Broadband, hosted VoIP, business WiFi, AI Receptionist, 4G/5G failover, CCTV consolidated onto one Telexico relationship. Single bill, single support number, single engineer when something needs attention.
Migration project-managed
Switching to Telexico isn't DIY. We handle contract audit, notice timing, ordering, parallel running, cutover, old-provider close-out. Customer-visible disruption typically measured in minutes.
Simpler telecoms. Fewer suppliers. Real support.
Send us your current setup. We'll show you where we can simplify, consolidate or reduce cost — no rigid pricing, no hard sell.
AI receptionist answers 24/7, captures the lead and sends it straight to your team.
Broadband, phones, AI, WiFi, failover and CCTV — one bill, one UK team.
We design around your team, your hours and your customers — not a generic package.
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Built around Garages.
Send us how your Garages operation currently runs — phones, broadband, WiFi, AI handling. We'll review what you have today and tailor what fits. No hard sell, no fixed-package pressure.
The complete communications stack for garages & MOT centres
A garage's phone is its pipeline — bookings, parts, recovery, "is my car ready?" — and the connection now carries diagnostics, the booking system and card payments. Here's the full stack and the job each piece does on a forecourt:
| Service | What it does for a garage |
|---|---|
| Business broadband | Reliable connectivity for diagnostics platforms, booking systems and card machines — with 4G failover so a dug-up cable never stops you taking payment. |
| Garage phone systems | Ring the office, then the workshop handset, then the owner's mobile — so a customer booking an MOT never hears ringing-out because everyone's under a car. |
| AI receptionist | Answers with oily-hands immunity: books MOTs and services into real slots, takes "car's making a noise" details, and texts you the summary — 24/7. |
| Workshop WiFi | Coverage that reaches the ramps and the yard, with diagnostics and payments on a separate, protected network from any customer WiFi. |
| CCTV | Forecourt, workshop and key-drop coverage — protection for customer vehicles in your care, viewable from your phone at 2am when the alarm company calls. |
| Customer SMS | "Your car's ready", "MOT due in 30 days", service reminders — the texts that keep your customers yours. |
How guest WiFi turns into booked MOTs
This is the piece almost no garage has, and it compounds every month you run it. A customer waits for their car and joins your WiFi through our Telexico Connect splash page — which, for garages, captures one field competitors never think to ask for: the vehicle registration. The platform looks up the MOT expiry via DVLA automatically, and 30 days before it's due, the customer gets a text: "Your MOT on AB12 CDE is due on the 14th — reply BOOK or tap here." No staff time, no spreadsheet of due dates, no relying on the customer remembering which garage they used last year.
Do the workshop maths: every waiting customer captured is a future MOT reminder, every reminder is a booking your competitor doesn't get, and each MOT drags its usual friends along — the advisory work, the service, the tyres. Stack it with the ready-for-collection texts and a review request routed to Google while they're still pleased about the bill, and the WiFi in your waiting area quietly becomes the best salesperson you have. It works with the network kit we install, so it's one project: workshop coverage that reaches the ramps, and a waiting room that fills next month's diary.
Garages we've done this for
Real deployments, written up honestly — the before, the install, and the results:
Frequently asked questions
Why telecoms specifically for restaurants and takeaways?
Restaurants and takeaways need telecoms that survive Friday night rush: full booking lines, card machines under pressure, customers expecting instant WiFi, and AI that can handle calls when every server is in the weeds.
What services do you typically install for restaurants and takeaways?
The most common bundle includes the services in our package recommendations on this page. We build the right setup based on your specific operation.
How long does installation take?
Most restaurants and takeaways installs go live within 7-14 days. Larger multi-site setups can take 21-45 days. We give honest timelines during quoting.
Do you cover the whole UK?
Yes — we install nationwide. The West Midlands is our home turf so we have engineers on the road there daily, but we have restaurants and takeaways customers from Glasgow to Cornwall.
Can you integrate with our existing booking / EPOS / industry software?
Most likely yes. We support the major UK booking and EPOS platforms common to restaurants and takeaways. Tell us what you use and we'll confirm before quoting.
How does the AI receptionist book MOTs into our diary?
It's trained on your slot rules — MOT bay times, service durations, what can't be double-booked — and books directly into your calendar or booking system, then texts the customer a confirmation. Anything unusual gets summarised and sent to you rather than guessed at.
Can the phones ring in the workshop as well as the office?
Yes — calls ring the office first, then a rugged workshop handset, then a mobile, in whatever order suits you. The whole point is that a customer trying to give you money never hears ringing-out because everyone's under a car.
How do the MOT reminder texts get the expiry date?
When a customer joins your guest WiFi, the splash page captures their vehicle registration; the platform checks MOT status via DVLA lookup and schedules the reminder automatically — typically 30 days before expiry, worded and timed however you choose.
Will this work at a multi-branch garage or tyre group?
Yes — one phone system across branches with calls overflowing between sites, head-office reporting on answered and missed calls per branch, and centrally-run SMS campaigns with each site keeping its own customer data.
What happens to the card machine if the broadband goes down?
With 4G failover installed, it keeps taking payments — the failover kicks in automatically within moments of a line fault. For a garage, that single feature usually justifies itself the first time the street gets dug up.