Garage owner's sleepover plan to help NHS workers By Andrew Picken

BBC Scotland News Published duration 28 March Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic

image caption Alan Knox at Knox Brothers garage

A mechanic has vowed to sleep in a campervan at his garage so he can continue to service the vehicles of key workers.

Knox Brothers garage owner Alan Knox has already sent his nine-strong workforce home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

His garage is next to Hairmyres hospital in East Kilbride and the 45-year-old says staying at the site will allow to work through any outstanding jobs and protect his own family.

'Uncertainty for everyone'

He said: “I felt it was right to send the staff home, but we’ve got a lot of doctors and nurses’ cars booked in already so I will work through those jobs myself.

“I’ve also got a lot of retired medics who use the garage and they’re getting called up too.

“Given we’re so close to the hospital, I thought it was important we tried and stayed open given the uncertainty for everyone on the frontline.”