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Bridgestone Americas receives WHC award

US-based organisation the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) has awarded Bridgestone Americas’ director of environmental affairs, Tim Bent, its President’s Award. This is only the eighth time the award has been presented during the WHC’s 24-year history, and Bridgestone shares that it was given in honour of Bent’s “outstanding contribution to preserving and protecting the environment for future generations, while leading the commitment of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and its employees worldwide on projects demonstrating contemporary approaches to environmental stewardship and conservation education at corporate sites worldwide.”

3rd July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

BEN announces Summer Fete details

Automotive industry charity, BEN has announced details of its Summer Fete activities at its Birch Hill and Lynwood Care Centres. On 30 June 2012, more than 200 vintage and classic vehicles will start a 20 mile Rally Tour from Ascot Racecourse travelling via Windsor Great Park on their way to Lynwood Care Centre, where they will be on display from 12:30. Meanwhile on Sunday, 1 July 2012 Birch Hill’s Summer Fete will take place between 14:00 and 16:00 within the grounds of the Care Centre in Norham.

22nd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Over one million drivers aged over 80

The number of drivers over the age of 80 in the UK has now topped one million according to information obtained by the Institute of Advanced Motorists following a freedom of information request to the DVLA at the end of January.

14th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

TomTom introduces telematics-based car insurance

If you have no objections to having your driving behaviour constantly monitored, then prepare to be rewarded with a potentially lower insurance premium. Satnav company Tomtom has entered the insurance market through a partnership with insurance broker Motaquote and is providing the technology behind a new insurance product, Fair Play Insurance, which bases premiums on driving behaviour.

9th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Vintage Tyres gears up for half-century celebrations

This year Vintage Tyres itself reaches a healthily vintage age – during 2012 the Beaulieu-based company, which claims to be the first firm in the world to set up as a dedicated supplier of older and specialist vehicles, celebrates 50 years in the business. To mark its half-century, Vintage Tyres will run a number of events throughout the year, including May’s Vintage Tyres New Forest Classic Car Run, and the company says customers can also take advantage of special offers during this anniversary year.

6th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin NA honoured for “exemplary policies” toward older workers

Every year the American Association of Retired Persons – AARP for short – lists its top fifty employers for workers over fifty. In 2011 Michelin North America once again made the top fifty – the fifth time it has been recognised in this way by the AARP.

29th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Axle Group gain place in Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250

Axle Group Holdings, the Glasgow group comprising the tyre retailer National Tyres and Autocare and wholesaler Viking International has been ranked in the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 league table. Chairman Alan Revie began his career as a tyre fitter with National Tyres and Autocare at the age of 17. He became a branch manager just two years later before developing his career in the industry and then returning in 2001 to buy the business.

16th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Hofmann promotes alignment scrappage scheme

Hofmann has launched a scrappage allowance promotion, which enables workshops to gain up to £500 for their old wheel aligner, tyre changer or wheel balancer when purchasing a new Hofmann undercar product. The promotion runs until 31 December, and is exclusively available via Unipart Garage Equipment Services, Hofmann’s UK-wide distributor partner.

19th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

BTCC attracting growing TV audience

Good news for the title sponsor and other supporters – official figures show the number of viewers tuning into watch the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – the BTCC to its friends – has grown an average of 43 per cent this year. The British Audience Research Board gained this statistic from an analysis of viewer activity during the first seven rounds of the current season versus the first seven rounds of 2010; this latest figure shows a growing interest in the ITV coverage – after the first three rounds the year-on-year increase was only 36 per cent.

29th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Guides costing Michelin 15 million euros a year

Michelin’s tyre business is experiencing strong growth, yet an article published by the Financial Times indicates that the French company’s guide business – which accounts for less than one per cent of Michelin’s total annual sales – is losing more than 15 million euros a year. Cost cutting measures have already been taken as a result of this, including the business unit’s relocation from Paris’ prestigious 7th arrondissement, a stone’s throw from the Hôtel des Invalides, to an address outside the city. Yet the company appears unsure how best to approach the 111-year old institution.

20th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook young driver takes to the circuit at Ypres

Last year’s Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Rally Championship ‘Young Driver of the Year’ Award was contested by more than 30 competitors, and at the end of 2010 Jonny Leonard was declared the winner, entitling him to compete, all expenses paid, in an international event during 2011. The event selected was round five of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Belgium’s Ypres Rally, which took place between June 23 and 25.

6th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Stertil Koni launches lift scrappage scheme

At the recent CV show, leading vehicle lift manufacturer Stertil Koni launched a unique, 'no quibble' scrappage scheme for commercial vehicle lifts. Under the scheme, users can replace any of their old commercial vehicle lifting equipment and receive a guaranteed minimum of £3,000 in part exchange against a new set of lifts. Applicable to the UK mainland, the Stertil Koni Scrappage Scheme allowance covers all part-exchanges of commercial vehicle lifts (regardless of make, age or condition), when purchasing a model from the company's range of cabled (ST1082S) or wireless (ST1082FWF) hydraulic mobile column lifts.

16th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti introduces ‘age-friendly’ factory programme

Germany, like many western nations, has an aging population. This creates challenges for employers wishing to retain their skilled workforce in operating environments that require physical strength and endurance. Continental AG is one such employer, and to tackle this situation it studied the workplaces of 25,000 of its employees within Germany with a view to adapting the jobs carried out to the varying needs of its staff. After completing this study Conti introduced what it calls the “workplace traffic light”, a system of identifying workplaces that are suitable for workers of any age (green), those in need of improvement (amber) and workplaces that are not age-diverse (red). One of these three colour designations has been given to each workplace following a profiling that includes the physical strain involved, concentration requirements, lighting conditions, noise, vibrations, draughts and temperatures. Continental reports that a total of 25 to 30 per cent of the industrial jobs at its sites within Germany are undergoing a redesign to enhance their suitability for older workers.

31st January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Wiper Blades on 1/3 of UK Cars Defective, says Kwik-Fit

In the annoying sound stakes, it jostles for pole position with fingernails scraped across the blackboard. For thousands of motorists, all too many a winter journey is accompanied by the cacophony of wipers making their squealing progress back and forth across the windscreen, jarring our aural sensibilities while leaving us with a smeared field of vision. Yet Kwik-Fit rightly points out that this is a torture of our own choosing – the fast fit network’s research shows that one in three British motorists are driving with defective windscreen wipers blades and 56 per cent of us don’t check this easily and affordably replaceable item from one year to the next.

17th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Calendar 2011 – A Journey into Mythology

They’ve become an endangered species of late, but in a not too distant past scarcely a garage or workshop wall lacked a photo calendar featuring skin aplenty. Typically gifted by a garage or fast fit supplier, the girls in each annual edition smiled down on customers and appreciative mechanics alike throughout the year. Pirelli’s calendar can also trace its ancestry back to this staunchly heterosexual ‘girly calendar’ era – indeed, Pirelli states the original idea behind the calendar was to “simply to create a great gift to motivate the sales force.”

1st December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors