2020 Q2 (Apr - Jun)

The following is a list of all new Garage Hive features, updates and system improvements:

28th June 2020

  • Access to documents from the vehicle list/card factbox added.
  • Customer details added to vehicle list/card factbox.
  • Reason code added to VI-Estimate and Estimate list.
  • My Tasks Tomorrow feature added for easy clocking.
  • Non-inventory items removed from items to return report.
  • Access to vehicle history from Vehicle Inspections added.
  • Item card vendor no. now updated when a vendor no. is added to a jobsheet for purchase orders.
  • Clocking onto multiple jobs prevented unless allowed.
  • Email templates added with preview capability before sending.
  • Added email signatures taken from company information.
  • Bank Import: Added Bank of Ireland bank import.
  • Contact Details: Saved when a customer updates information via self check-in.
  • Vehicle Deletion: You can no longer delete a vehicle associated with an item.
  • Terminology Update: Updated the terminology on the summary report inline with Power BI.
  • Sage Data Export: Added the ability to export Sage data to different departments.
  • Payments/Refunds: Added a simplified way to make payments/refunds to cash receipt journals.


29th May 2020

  • Added Payment Sense Integration.
  • Added “Pay By Garage Link”, allowing you to send an SMS or Email from a jobsheet requesting payment online.
  • Added Starling Bank Import.
  • Added send booking reminder action from jobsheet.
  • Added the ability to remove certain service types from receiving booking reminders.
  • Added Document Statistics to Estimate and VI Estimates.
  • Added the ability to set a minimum item margin for Jobsheets, Estimates and VI-Estimates per service type.

30th April 2020

  • Self-check-in feature: Customers can check in using a link on their booking reminder.
  • Contact details: Added Contact Name, Booking Date, and Booking Time to printed jobsheets.


20th April 2020

  • Item retail price: Ability to add an item retail price from a purchase order.
  • Update item card: Ability to update an item card's retail price from a jobsheet.
  • Bulk update: Ability to bulk update MOT information by VRM.
  • COVID-19 features: Added Pre-extended MOT expiry date to vehicle cards.


5th April 2020

  • Print part numbers: Ability to print part numbers on sales invoices.
  • Booking confirmations: Automatically send booking confirmations.
  • Payment terms: Added payment terms to printed/emailed sales invoices.


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