Point S has unveiled a brand new web site (point-s.co.uk) which offers additional benefits to members and is designed to make it quicker and easier for motorists to book a tyre change online.
Developed in response to members’ feedback about the previous version, the new Point S website is designed to offer a simpler, more user-friendly layout. It will also harness the power of social media, with links to the Point S Twitter feed and Facebook page, ensuring that member businesses are promoted to the widest possible audience.
Micheldever shortlisted for national customer experience award
Micheldever Tyre’s retail division Protyre, has been shortlisted as a finalist in UK Customer Experience Awards 2014. Now if their fifth year, the awards celebrate and reward excellence in customer experience and support organisations and businesses that wish to promote an exceptional customer experience. Protyre is the fifth largest tyre retailer in the UK.
Goodyear Dunlop reports that demand for its winter tyres from Police forces across the UK increase by nearly 30 per cent between 2012 and 2013. The increase suggests there is an increasing appetite for more reliable and predictable performance during winter months according to Kiran Panchal, Goodyear Dunlop Fleet Key Account Manager.
‘Scrap old diesels and save lives’ says RAC Foundation
Taking Britains oldest and most polluting diesel cars off the roads could save lives, the Government is being told. The RAC Foundation believes that by offering financial incentives, some of the 30,000 people believed killed each year by dirty air in the UK could be saved.
Autoparts UK has launched a brand-new website (www.workshopexpert.co.uk) to promote its ‘Workshop Expert Online’ management software to independent garages. Workshop Expert Online is a web-based tool that allows garages to complete key business functions that will help their business to run smoothly. Functions include accountancy tasks, managing workshop schedules, vehicle look up, parts ordering and customer relationship management (CRM).
ATS Euromaster is investing nearly £1 million in its van MoT facilities to service more light commercial vehicle (LCV) customers An additional 15 centres will offer Class VII MoTs. The service is already available at 49 centres nationwide. ATS Euromaster also offers Class IV MoTs for car-derived vans at 147 of its locations.
Vacu-Lug is supplying Kress Slab Carriers, which make up the heavy end of its customer’s 70-strong vehicle fleet operating from a steel works in Wales. Operating around the clock, the Kress Carriers transport steel slabs within the steel production plant which, together with its sister plant, elsewhere in Wales is capable of producing upwards of 5 million tonnes of steel slab per annum.
According to the company, the Kress Carriers are fitted with front, 37.25-35 and rear, 4000 x57 Yokohama tyres, each of which is supported by a ‘cradle-to-grave’ inspection and reporting process carried out by Vacu-Lug.
Digital Radio UK has revealed that 55 per cent of new cars now come with digital radio as standard in April 2014, according to CAP/SMMT, up from 37.2 per cent in April 2013 and just 3.6 per cent four years ago (April 2010).
A team of 12 cyclists from Michelin’s Commercial, solutions and manufacturing departments in the UK are making final preparations for one of their toughest cycling challenges yet when they take on the first two stages of the Tour de France Grand Départ 2014. Swapping their business suits for padded lycra shorts, the team will attempt to ride 391 km over three days between 6 – 8 June in aid of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS). The route, from Leeds to Harrogate, and then York to Sheffield, will see them climb more than 22,000 ft – the equivalent of nearing the summit of Mount Everest, or climbing Ben Nevis five times.
Income generated by UK car exports more than doubled over the last decade, according to data collated by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Exports totalled £12 billion in 2004, but rose to £24.8 billion in 2013. During the same period the average wholesale value of each exported car rose from £10,200 (2004) to £20,640 (2013).
At the organisation’s International Automotive Summit in Canary Wharf on 11 June, SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes also revealed that, alongside rising manufacturing volumes, the income surge is largely attributable to the shift to building higher-quality models across the country.
As a long standing exhibitor, UK based international tyre wholesaler Treadsetters – part of the TIA Group were joined at this years event by German partners TIA GmbH with the specific objective of showcasing the groups increasingly successful Torque brand.
Hämmerling appoints Philip White Tyres as UK and Eire Athos distributor
Paderborn, Germany-based, Hämmerling - The Tyre Company GmbH, has signed a distributor agreement with Irish company Philip White Tyres Ltd. This family-owned company is now the exclusive distributor of Athos truck tyres in the UK and Ireland with immediate effect. This newly-signed agreement with Philip White Tyres Ltd is aimed at achieving further growth of Hämmerling - The Tyre Company GmbH in the UK tyre market.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Dunlop BluResponse tyre are Which? Best Buys
Goodyear Dunlop is celebrating two Which? Best Buy recommendations after its Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance and Dunlop Sport BluResponse, in size 195/65 R15 V, each received the endorsement.
The Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance was one of the most highly rated tyres, with its wet handling, dry and wet braking and fuel economy being particularly commended.
The Dunlop Sport BluResponse was recognised for its wet and dry handling, fuel economy and particularly braking in the dry, stopping a full 7.5 metres before the worst tyre in the test.
Exol Lubricants has announced its sponsorship of Droitwich Golf Club. The company has previously sponsored rugby union team Worcester Warriors in its drive to support Midlands based sports clubs and associations, underpinning its continued investment in the Midlands. Exol will unveil a new £2.5million head office and production site in the area.
Autoparts UK has expanded its range of exhausts with AirFlo Emission Systems. AirFlo joins Padtech, Disctech and Ultratec in a line-up of aftermarket premium exhaust brands exclusively available through the expanding Autoparts UK network.
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