Under One Umbrella – Motorway And Hi-Q

When Goodyear acquired the European operations of Dunlop, there was speculation about what would happen to the two manufacturers’ UK equity chains, Hi-Q and MotorWay. From May 1st, the two groups will be under the control of one person, Paul Harrell, the MD of MotorWay, who has been appointed General Manager, Retail Operations UK. Chris Kisby, the recently-appointed Director of Retail at Hi-Q, will move to Goodyear Europe in an as-yet-unspecified role.

Reporting directly to Goodyear MD Steve MacDonald, Paul Harrell will be looking at the structure of both companies and assessing any possibilities for integration. He stressed that the two brands will be kept totally separate and there are no plans to form one, larger equity chain. MotorWay operates from 149 centres in the UK and has around 150 car mobile fitting vans and over 300 mobile truck fitting vans.