Equipment Services PLC: The Yorkshire name in garage equipment

Ten years of quiet growth have brought this Bradford firm to a leading position in the automotive equipment market.

Equipment Services is a Bradford-based garage equipment supplier specialising in the fast-fit sector. The business was founded in 1993 as a garage equipment service and maintenance operation. As the business developed the then partners decided that since there was a potential volume to be attained by the business they would make the move into selling equipment and latterly to become importers and sole distributors of garage equipment wherever the opportunity arose.

As the stature of the company grew so too did the service contracts, amongst which could be counted Charlie Browns, Chessington Tyres, F1 Auto Centres, Kwik-Fit and Nationwide Autocentres. The business grew on these contracts and in spring 2003, Equipment Services became a UK PLC. The company now has five directors, John Prout is the managing director, Carl Allenson the sales and marketing director responsible for all sales operations and marketing the company. Paul Duckworth the service director looks after the service operation and Andrew Marshall the field operations director is responsible for ongoing training, development and quality in the field. The financial director is B.S. Panesar whom has a wealth of business and financial knowledge has recently been named by Natwest entrepreneur of the year 2003.

In the space of five years Equipment Services has committed to volume and through its sole distribution contracts with Teco, tyre changers and wheel balancing equipment, Parise compressors and OMA vehicle lifts. The company offers a full equipment range under its own Equip brand and also has a full range of reconditioned and used garage equipment to meet all requirements.

The head office in Bradford has a fully fitted showroom and training centre with a comprehensive range of fully operational equipment always on display for both sales and training purposes.

Equipment Services also offer a range of service options on three main levels. There is a nationwide service division responding to call outs to service and repair equipment wherever it may be in the UK at the beck and call of the trade at large. Secondly there is a preventative maintenance division carrying out preventative maintenance work under contract, and thirdly there is the nationwide installation division that undertakes anything from installing a single tyre changer through to complete garage design and fitting out services.

Equipment Services also offer a comprehensive project management facility from initial measurements and drawings through to commissioning equipment. The company has a great deal of experience in working with the vehicle inspectorate and installing and calibrating equipment to VI standards and will readily undertake class 1,2,4,5 and 7 full MoT bay installation to turnkey standard.