the flashing oil light has come on.i,m gonna book it in to my local garage for an oil filter change.how likely is it they will be able to reset the light? were in keighley but no local fiat dealer.

depending on what diagnostic machine your local garage has they may be able to reset the degredation light.
does your car have DPF?
have you checked the oil via the dipstick to make sure its not went below the minimum?