Melksham Motor Spares raises £7,500 following 50th anniversary trade show
Automotive parts distributor, Melksham Motor Spares, has raised £7,500 for good causes, thanks to a charity raffle held at their 50th Anniversary Trade Show on 14 June. The raffle raised £5,800, with the grand total boosted to £7,500 by a £1,700 donation from the South West based distributor.
Continue ReadingGreenpeace anti-diesel campaigners hold blockade at Volkswagen UK HQ
Greenpeace anti-diesel campaigners held a peaceful protest aimed at blocking Volkswagen staff from entering the company’s head office in Milton Keynes on 20 August. Representatives from the organisation, which is demanding the manufacturer stops producing diesel cars, arrived at 7am and set up a ‘diesel pollution clinic’ outside the building’s entrance.
Continue ReadingDriveTec range extended as sales continue to grow
The Parts Alliance says it is continuing to see impressive sales growth across its DriveTec range. The trading group has invested heavily over the last 18 months in developing the product range, enhancing quality and updating packaging to ensure DriveTec delivers across all product categories on its promise of offering trade customers high quality products at a competitive price point.
Continue ReadingAutosupplies golf day ‘brings suppliers and customers closer together’
Autosupplies Chesterfield has held its annual supplier and customer golf day at Rufford Park Golf & Country Club, Newark. Growing in size since the inaugural event last year, more than 50 players took part in the four ball stableford tournament with an array of trophies for nearest the pin and longest drive given out to participants, along with the winning team and raffle prizes.
Continue ReadingMIRA wins Queens Award
MIRA Technology Park (MTP), one of the UK’s leading Enterprise Zones, has been presented a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of ‘International Trade’ for demonstrating consistent international revenue growth. The award ceremony, which took place at MTP, was attended by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Michael Kapur (OBE), and Vice Lord Lieutenant Colonel Murray Colville TD, who together delivered the Grant of Appointment and presented the award.
Continue ReadingTyreSafe: 13 out of 152 part worn dealers legal
Investigations by TyreSafe in partnership with Trading Standards over the past five years have revealed a staggering 139 of the 152 part worn outlets visited were selling illegal and unsafe tyres to unsuspecting motorists. That leaves just 13 dealers selling roadworthy tyres from inspections spanning from Scotland to London. TyreSafe and Trading Standards investigations highlighted that part worn retailers are either ignoring their responsibilities when selling tyres or do not have the required skill to serve motorists properly. During test purchases, some have fitted tyres with water in them to wheels, others have provided the wrong size of tyre, and the supply of examples with nails and other objects embedded in them is all too common.
Continue ReadingM&N Transport adopts Michelin Effitrailer solution
Wiltshire-based M&N Transport has taken on Michelin’s Effitrailer telematics system following a successful three-month trial on ten assets. The bulk haulier, which specialises in grain and aggregates, is now rolling out the system across 40 trailers – six of these are new builds and 34 are in the process of having it retrofitted.
Continue ReadingProFlow: OEM performance for the aftermarket
According to David Lewis, Mark Water Pumps Limited has always promoted OEM quality across its product range, and he considers the ’ProFlow’ range of automotive water pumps no exception. Mark Water Pumps acts as supplier to leading OEM manufacturers such as Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin and Volvo; plant manager Lewis believes ProFlow products provide this “OEM quality and performance for the aftermarket.”
Continue ReadingECP opens new regional hub, branches
Euro Car Parts has added a new regional hub to its UK network as well as two additional branches.
Continue ReadingApollo appoints Steve Miller as UK TBR sales manager
Apollo Tyres’ presence in the truck tyre sector has been bolstered by the appointment of Steve Miller as TBR sales manager, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience, having worked for Kumho on reintroducing the TBR range in the UK, Bridgestone as a national fleet manager (commercial) and Michelin as a sales manager.
Continue ReadingLiqui Moly joins IAAF
Liqui Moly, the well-known manufacturer of oils and additives, has joined the IAAF. According to the association, Liqui Moly will benefit from all the exclusive ‘member only’ services offered as part of the membership including merchandise and promotional workwear, lifestyle protection plans and fleet management solutions, as well as networking opportunities and supporting IAAF’s lobbying activities. Most recently, the proposed changes to the MOT test frequency which were scrapped followed months and months of intensive lobbying by IAAF.
Continue ReadingECP gets behind Your Car, Your Choice campaign
Euro Car Parts has lent its support to the Your Car, Your Choice campaign and offered its backing of motorists’ right to choose.
Continue ReadingDelticom relaunches Tyretest.com tyre review site
Delticom has re-launched its Tyretest.com sites following a design facelift. The customer review-based website has also been optimised for display on mobile end devices. Tyretest.com was launched in 2000. Since then, the portal has been expanded to over 20 countries. It now has more than 600,000 tyre and product reviews in its database.
Continue ReadingGoodyear opens new TruckForce hub in Southampton
Goodyear Tyres has opened a new 24-hour commercial support hub for its TruckForce network in Southampton. TruckForce’s network is made up of a combination of Goodyear Dunlop equity-owned hubs and independent service providers, offering crucial truck tyre servicing and breakdown assistance throughout the UK.
Continue ReadingSwarfega launches “Tough” gel
To celebrate Swarfega’s 70th birthday, the company has launched a new product to help tackle workshop skincare. “Tough Gel Moisturiser” is designed to be used as an after-work cream for general use to maintain the skin’s natural barrier function, and prevent skin drying out.
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