Bridgestone has taken its inflatable exhibition stand to the Warwickshire countryside for three days, where 129,000 visited Ragley Hall, Alcester to see around 900 exhibits at the CLA Game Fair Show. Featuring farming, shooting, fishing, archery and craft stands, the manufacturer says it presented a good opportunity to show off its tyres, including motorcycle, passenger car, all-weather and 4×4 ranges.
Leicester’s Sandeep Chudasama beat thousands of bikers across Europe to meet MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi in a Bridgestone promotion. He won the prize in the manufacturer’s ‘Mission Rossi’ tyre sales competition after purchasing a set of Battlax Sport Touring T30 tyres online from the Bike Tyres dealer in Leeds, after which he was automatically entered into the Mission Rossi giveaway. He flew out to Sachsenring, Germany for the latest round of the MotoGP championship with Bike Tyres’ centre manager Lance Jessop.
Pro-Align has trained Team UK Auto Tech’s Alex Knight on the Hunter Elite TD imaging aligner in readiness for World Skills Leipzig 2013. Pro-Align trainer Barry Sumner helped Knight familiarise himself with the Hunter imaging aligner with QuickGrip targets, which will be the featured alignment equipment at World Skills Leipzig, extending his alignment knowledge. Knight commented, “My previous wheel alignment experience has been rather limited, so today was invaluable. The Hunter is so quick, easy to use, and far better than anything else I have used in the past.”
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BEN, the automotive industry charity, has won £13,000-worth of free PR support through Automotive PR's #tweetcharity competition. The competition, which ran exclusively on Twitter – from nominations to voting – reached more than 650,000 users, with hundreds of tweets for the shortlisted charities, including from television presenter Mike Brewer, the official Twitter feeds of Help for Heroes and Best Western Hotels, as well as from famous racing drivers Derek Bell MBE, the five-times Le Mans winner, and Ben Collins, formerly ‘The Stig' on the BBC's Top Gear.
A wonderful opportunity has come BEN's way in the form of a competition '#tweetcharity' which is being run by Automotive PR, leading motor industry PR business, to mark their milestone of reaching 13,000 followers on Twitter. The prize is for Automotive PR to provide a charity with £13,000 worth of free consultancy.
Automotive PR asked the automotive industry to suggest a deserving charity with links to the motor industry and five charities have been shortlisted and BEN is amongst the nominees.
West Midlands based Truck Tyre Solutions (TTS) returned to the CV Show 2013, having made its debut at the event last year. TTS said its main objective was to showcase its services in a fully responsive roadside service facility for truck tyres and promote the company's extensive range of quality commercial tyres covering all market sectors. It emphasised the Firenza range; Carl Falconer – sales director at TTS opined that it is a good mid-range tyre which offers a comprehensive size and pattern option for most trucks and trailers.
Kirkby Tyres has hailed the recent appearance of its Double Coin exclusive brand at the CV Show in Birmingham as “an overwhelming success”. According to the company, Kirkby Tyres has been the UK and Irish sole importer of Double Coin for more than 20 years was said to have been pleased to participate in the 2013 CV Show.
The Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA) has offered to submit evidence to the European Commission on alleged anti-competitive pricing tactics in the UK fuel market. In a letter to Alexander Italianer, Head of DG Competition at the European Commission in Brussels, Brian Madderson, PRA Chairman, addressed the current EU oil price fixing investigation and offered the PRA's assistance in this important inquiry.
The Road Haulage Association delighted to learn that a formal investigation into the issue of oil price fixing is finally under way. Commenting, RHA Chief Executive Geoff Dunning: "Since the original fuel protests way back in 2000, we have been of the opinion that there should be far more transparency among the oil companies. Yet every time we raised the issue our concerns were dismissed out of hand.
Barbon Manor and Harewood Hill will play host to the Avon Tyres MSA British Hillclimb Championship this weekend 11-12 May, as the grass-roots championship arrives at its first of two split-venue race weekends of 2013. The Cumbria hill of Barbon Manor is the venue for competition on Saturday, with racers then travelling to the longest venue on the championship calendar – Harewood Hill – for Sunday’s action.
Armagh motorcyclist David Hoy will meet nine-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi after he became the winner of Bridgestone’s European ‘Mission Rossi’ competition. The 46 year-old will fly out to the Netherlands for the Assen round of the MotoGP championship, where he will receive VIP passes, accommodation, and a private meet and greet with the Italian legend.
Avon Motorsport has taken its place alongside Pirelli as one of two tyre companies sponsoring the Time Attack series in 2013. At the first event of the year at Cadwell Park Avon tyres were used to claim the overall fastest lap, a new Time Attack lap record in qualifying, and second place overall in the intensely close Pro Class final, thanks to the Mitsubishi Evo of Gareth Lloyd. Time Attack organiser, Andy Barnes praised Avon for recognising the potential of the championship, and the good fit with the brand’s products provided by the series.
Yokohama will begin its 2013 UK motorsport season at Silverstone, when four different series will utilise the Japanese brand as control tyres. The first round of the new BRDC Formula 4 series will be joined by the Aerial Atom Cup, the Sports 2000 series and Caterham Graduates.
A Kidderminster motorist has been named the winner of Bridgestone’s national competition to win a new £8,000 Volkswagen Up! hatchback. Lynne Wilson was automatically entered into the draw when she purchased a set of Bridgestone tyres from her local National Tyres and Autocare centre in Worcester Road – only to forget all about it.
In addition to unveiling its Alphatread retread range at the Commercial Vehicle Show, Hankook will also host the world premiere of its latest truck tyre solution – one it says will “fill the gap between medium and long haul.” Other CV Show highlights for Hankook include a stand visit from the Northampton Saints Rugby Club and a competition to win VIP tickets to the Europa League Semi Final.
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