Our history

Phoenix Auto Services was established in 1995 by Graham Farmer, initially working from his parents' driveway butGraham soon realised that he needed proper premises. Graham rented his first workshop in a small shared unit in The Dean, Alresford where he remained for 5 years gradually building a solid customer base.

Phoenix Auto Services expanded in the year 2000 and the business moved to larger premises at The Huxley Centre, also in The Dean, for the next 5 years. It was whilst at these premises, Graham employed Martin as a ‘Saturday boy’ and once Martin left school he undertook an apprenticeship. Martin is still part of the team today and has now become fully qualified.

In 2005 Graham felt it was time to expand the business again in order to have his own MOT centre. It was during this busy period, Kim joined the team and helped with the move to the new temporary premises at Prospect Commercial Park. Having a female mechanic on board immediately put a lot of our female customers at ease.

Phoenix spent a year in a temporary unit whilst its purpose-built premises were in the making. It was a tough year with limited space for a thriving business, but we coped. The support of our loyal customers, trudging through a muddy building site to bring their cars to us, was a major contribution to our survival.

Finally in April 2006, Phoenix was able to move into its brand new premises, complete with MOT Centre, ready to offer our customers much more including tyres and exhausts as well as the normal servicing. We were amazed and delighted at the reception we received by local residents and we were soon run off our feet. Within a matter of weeks Graham welcomed Paul to the busy team who brought with him a wealth of experience. Last but certainly not least, our newest member of staff is Josh who joined us at the end of 2006. Josh is currently working on an apprenticeship.