TechMan working with BookMyGarage
TechMan showed its new collaboration with BookMyGarage.com at the company’s recent return to Automechanika Birmingham. In addition, TechMan exhibited its latest updates to its popular garage management system, with the latest integrations including a new advanced tyre search.
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Eurorepar opens 4 centres in Lincolnshire
Four towns across Lincolnshire have welcomed new Eurorepar Car Service centres in recent months as the independent garage network expand its UK-wide representation.
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Transaid announces 2024 Cycle Kenya Challenge
Transaid is returning to Africa for its 11th cycle challenge on the continent and is calling on keen riders to take part in a six-day, 474km ride across majestic Kenya – where Transaid is currently undertaking a major project funded by the FIA Foundation. Taking place from 4 – 13 October 2024, the international development organisation invites riders from across the transport and logistics industry on this one-of-a-kind adventure, where they’ll travel from Nyeri at the foothills of Mount Kenya to Lake Victoria – all on two wheels.
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Tanvic Tyres completes 3-day truck tyre training course delivered by Michelin
All of Tanvic Tyres’ 25 technicians have received National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) Category One Accreditation following the company’s bespoke three-day training programme, delivered by the Michelin Training and Information Centre (MTIC). The independent business said the course would boost its staff’s career development and improve the service levels it delivers to customers. The course was delivered at the Tanvic Tyres depot in Newark, near Nottingham.
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Vaculug supports ‘major OTR growth’ with new sales manager appointment
Vaculug has appointed Darren Lea as its new OTR sales manager. Lea joins the off the road tyre team with the Lincolnshire tyre retreading and distribution firm’s specialist division celebrating “double-digit growth” and a record start to 2023. It states that several new contract wins have ushered in “major growth in the off the road (OTR) tyre sector.”
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TMD Friction expands into new territories with brake relining accreditation
PartsXpert Wijlhuizen BV Arnhem is the first company on the mainland of Europe to receive the commercial vehicle brake relining accreditation from TMD Friction, with other countries following soon, including Romania, Poland and additional countries as TMD Friction continues to provide customers with high levels of support across a global basis.
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Toyo Tyres UK presents new Open Country A/T III
Toyo has introduced its Open Country A/T III to the UK market, stating that it is “ready for anything road surfaces and weather conditions can throw at it.”
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General Tires supports BBL slam-dunk competition
At the start of May, General Tire helped the British Basketball League reach new heights, literally. At the top of London’s iconic O2 arena, Leicester Riders star Blake ‘The Showman’ Bowman took the limelight, recreating eight iconic dunks – one for each team in the post-season.
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40% of drivers can’t check tread depth – eBay
Over a third of UK drivers (40%) cannot confidently carry out a tyre tread check, according to new research by automotive marketplace eBay. The research, commissioned by eBay UK and conducted by Toluna, surveyed 2020 total respondents with driver’s licences carried out by Toluna in April 2023, found that more than half (53%) of 18 – 34-year-olds don’t know how to check that their tyre tread is within the legal limit. Apparently, older generations also lack confidence when it comes to tread depth checks, with more than a third of 35-54 year-olds revealing the same knowledge gap.
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Automotive vacancy rate hits a new high
Institute of the Motor Industry warns that the motor industry faces a systemic crisis unless perceptions change about career opportunities.
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Pirelli wins Jaguar Land Rover ‘Supplier of Excellence’ Award
Pirelli has been honoured as a winner at the prestigious Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Supplier of Excellence Awards. The ceremony, held in the UK at The Grove in Hertfordshire and hosted by television personality Gabby Logan, took place for the seventh year to celebrate the exceptional achievements of suppliers and their extraordinary contribution to JLR’s business over the course of the last year.
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Editorial: Dawn of a new era
As the June edition of Tyres & Accessories went to press, the UK celebrated the coronation of a new monarch. Tyres & Accessories marked the occasion too, as this special coronation edition demonstrates from its cover celebratory onwards. And, if NTDA HQ’s announcement about taking coronation day off to celebrate, paired with the association’s encouragement that tyre retailers from across the UK should do the same is anything to go by, we certainly werent the only ones.
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May van sales buoyant as supply pressures ease
The number of UK light commercial vehicles (LCVs) registered in the UK grew by 15.3 per cent in May compared with last year, reaching 25,359 units, according to the latest SMMT figures. It represents the fifth consecutive month of rising deliveries as the market rebounds from a tough 2022 as supply chain challenges continue to ease, although registrations remain -13.0 per cent below the pre-pandemic 2019 level.
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Tenth month of growth for UK new car market
The UK new car market has posted its longest uninterrupted period of expansion for eight years, as registrations grew 16.7 per cent in May to reach 145,204 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The performance marks 10 consecutive months of growth, although registrations remain -21.0 per cent below pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
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Pro-Align now under sole ownership
Following the retirement of two of its founding directors, Paul and Kathryn Beaurain - who retire after more than 30 years, Pro-Align is now under sole ownership. Established in 1990, husband and wife paring Paul and Kathryn Beaurain founded Pro-Align alongside Philip Wylie, who will continue as the company’s sole owner, utilising his extensive automotive industry and investment banking experience.
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