A NEW service aims to provide online service bookings for fleets at almost every franchised garage in the country.

Andrew Jameson, founder of www.motortradedirectory.com, said: 'Service managers can allocate resources more efficiently, cutting peak-time pressures of phone calls and personal visits.

'We charge garages £5 per booking and it is free to the customer.

'The small fee is easily offset by efficiency savings and customer service level improvements.'