Pedal power raises £75,000 for Transaid
Charitable volunteers from across the transport industry cycled to Brussels at the weekend, in a bid to raise £75,000 for Transaid. The 34-strong team had already raised £45,000 by the time they set off on the 340km ride on Friday (12 September) and are confident of reaching their fundraising target once the remaining sponsorship money […]
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NTDA highlights business opportunities at Brityrex
NTDA director Stefan Hay says next month’s Brityrex International in Manchester will be the business and social high point of the UK tyre industry calendar for 2014. The biennial, three-day show is the only dedicated trade-only exhibition that brings together UK and international suppliers of tyres, garage equipment, tools, consumables, IT and training services inside the UK.
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MINI milestones and investment
The continuing success story of the MINI brand was further underlined as the British manufacturer announced the production of its three millionth car since 2001, and its two millionth international export. Relaunched in 2001 under the stewardship of the BMW Group, the MINI brand has become one of the most popular in the automotive world.
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Apollo Tyres launches Manchester United ‘Apollo Challenges’ competition
The word to Louis van Gaal is that Manchester United must finish ‘no lower than third’ in the Premier League this year, and should the recently-appointed manager meet this expectation it will be a marked turnaround of last season’s fortunes. Sponsors, such as tyre makers Federal, Multistrada and Apollo Tyres – the latter official partner for the club in 69 countries – also stand to benefit from a better year on-field.
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MAM cloud-based solutions adopted by more than 1,000 UK users
More than 1,000 end users from the tyre, automotive parts and vertical distribution industries are now utilising MAM Software Group’s cloud-hosted business management solutions, the company reports. Growth has been particularly strong of late, and MAM says that over the last 12 months, 75 per cent of new customers in the United Kingdom have chosen the Software as a Service (SaaS) option over the traditional licensing and delivery model; key reasons given for choosing cloud hosting are simplified IT maintenance, security and scalability.
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Andrew Page adds ex-Unipart Automotive staff to sales team, relaunches Mega Wisebuys
Workshop equipment and automotive parts distributor Andrew Page is releasing an all-new Mega Wisebuys brochure. The company says it has teamed up with leading garage equipment manufacturers to develop the brochure, which features exclusive sales promotions and special offers. Containing information on everything from hand tools through to capital equipment, Mega Wisebuys aims to help garages find the best products and deals available.
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Leading roadmarking firm extols the virtues of TPMS
With half a million pounds invested in a new state-of-the-art hydro-blasting machine based on a Scania 8x6 chassis, W J Roadmarkings wanted to take every measure to ensure nothing would disrupt its availability for work. Tyre failure was a major potential problem, especially as the vehicle would be working mainly on road construction sites and rural roads. To overcome this, the UK’s leading independent company in both laying down and erasing road markings fitted the Scania with a ContiPressureCheck tyre pressure monitoring system.
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Cheshire Police join TyreSafe
Cheshire’s police force has joined the county’s Fire and Rescue Service as a member of TyreSafe, months after the latter emergency service was made TyreSafe’s 2013 emergency services award winner. “We are delighted to welcome Cheshire Police on board and look forward to developing some highly effective initiatives with them,” comments Stuart Jackson, chairman, TyreSafe.
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Pirelli expands Carlisle warehouse
Pirelli has opened an expanded warehouse facility at its Carlisle factory. The move is part of a continued commitment by the company to make significant investment at the Dalston Road site. The new extension, built onto an existing unit, will provide much needed additional storage space for the premium SUV tyres that are manufactured there.
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