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Kwik-Fit Ad to Feature KITT

Before Baywatch and a questionable singing career, David Hasselhoff was best known as Michael Knight, the character he played in the early 1980s US series Knight Rider. Yet – and while we don’t wish to hassle the Hoff – the real star of the show was KITT, knight’s intelligent Pontiac Trans Am. This black car is fondly remembered by many who grew up in the 80s, and more than a few people will be thrilled to hear that KITT is making its television comeback in an advertising campaign for Kwik-Fit.

9th April 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone’s Yasukawa: MotoGP “a Very Important Platform”

The 2009 MotoGP season was the first for Bridgestone as the series’ Official Tyre Supplier. Looking back on the season in a question and answer session, Bridgestone Motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa explained the importance of MotoGP to other areas of the company’s business, why Bridgestone misses tyre-based competition in the sport, and the new challenges that come with being exclusive supplier. Rather than supporting seven teams and a total of thirteen riders as was the case at the end of last year, Bridgestone supplied tyres and provided support to every team and rider on the grid. In total there were five race-winners, including the first MotoGP win for Andrea Dovizioso and the first on Bridgestone tyres for Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, and eleven different riders finished on the podium. The World Championship was won by Valentino Rossi and the Fiat Yamaha Team at the Malaysian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the season.

25th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Business Booming at Fort Dunlop

Dunlop says that business is booming at its Fort Dunlop motorsport factory. Currently the plant is turning out 200,000 bespoke racing car and motorcycle tyres per annum, and victories achieved on the factory’s tyres, including last year’s Le Man and Isle of Man TT, mean that the 300 staff at Fort Dunlop are being kept very busy indeed.

8th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bike Tyrestore Not Just Tyres for Bikes

Bike Tyrestore, as the company name more than suggests, predominately participates in the motorcycle tyre sector, supplying dealers and customers with quality products for two-wheeled machines. However vehicles with four wheels are not entirely spurned by the Birmingham based company – Bike Tyrestore also keeps quad bike users on (or off) the road with a healthy range of ATV tyres.

1st September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Hofmann Megaplan Enlarges Field Support

Hofmann Megaplan has recently made two additions to its field support team.

Rob Tomkins has joined in the capacity of Training & Technical Support, carrying out installation and training to customers to an advanced level. He has spent nine years in the tyre industry, having previously been a tyre fitter and progressing to Branch Manager with Just Tyres.

14th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyrespot Changes Logo, Joins Pirelli in Rally Promo

Tyrespot – the north-eastern England tyre retail and fitting business – has unveiled its new corporate image at the company’s depot in Washington, Tyne and Wear. In the ensuing months, the new “Autocentre” brand will adorn each of the company’s retail sites, in an attempt to draw attention to its tagline, “More Than Just Tyres”.

2nd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyre Golf Day

The (Alternative) TWG was set up about 10 years ago by Martin Stiles of Victoria Tyres and the members used to meet once a year down in Marlow to discuss the state of the trade and to have a good Christmas ‘blow out’.

The last meeting was about three years ago due to Martin leaving the trade, since when the group has been reformed by the committee of Andy Baron (Iverson Tyres) and Paul Ruddock (Stapletons).
The format is a golf and social event afterwards, twice a year and players are by invitation only.
There are around 25 in the group and 16 met for the first golf day in April at Staverton Park Golf Course. The 16 were:

9th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Moves to New Basingstoke Premises

Just Tyres, the UK’s leading Independent tyre retailer has moved its Basingstoke branch from Worting Road to brand new premises at the Brunel Centre, Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke. The new branch avoids congestion and has free customer parking spaces. Inside, there is a comfortable area for customers to sit, magazines to read, and toilet facilities on hand – although Just Tyres’s promise to have most work completed in 30 minutes means customers won’t be there for long!

13th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Opens New Branch in Buckinghamshire

With its head office in Milton Keynes and five successful branches in the county already, it is no surprise that Just Tyres has decided to open a new centre in Buckingham, the county town itself. The branch opened during the last week of August, and has quickly established itself in the locality, following a high profile advertising campaign in the local press. At the same time, the company, working in association with several tyre manufacturers and the local radio station, ran a number plate bingo competition and gave a prize of a set of tyres away every day during the first week of September.

14th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Opens A New Depot In St Neots

Retail chain Just Tyres confirmed its commitment to expand last month when it opened a new Centre in St Neots. It is the fourth new Just Tyres branch to open this year, and now consolidates the company’s presence in Cambridgeshire.

24th October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Opens Another Branch

Just Tyres is to open a new branch in Leeds – their third of 2006. The company is pursuing a rapid expansion programme this year, and more openings are said to be planned for the near future. Geographically, the company has consolidated its presence in Surrey and Yorkshire, but it also branched out into Cambridgeshire in May and is due to open another depot in the county very soon.

4th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Opens Huntingdon Outlet

Following the successful launch of the company’s Aldershot branch, Just Tyres has now opened its first outlet in Cambridgeshire. The Huntingdon branch opened its doors on Good Friday, and is already reporting buoyant sales. Being new to the area, Just Tyres has been very active promoting the business focusing mainly on its transparent pricing policy and promise to sell nothing but tyres to customers. In addition, they have been offering customers free tyre checks, balancing and tracking, and given away a range of prizes to both to ‘lucky customers’ and prize draw winners, which is all reported to have helped drive people through the doors.

18th April 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Just Tyres Opens Aldershot Branch

When Just Tyres re-launched after a management buyout at the end of 2001, managing director Ian Grant’s main objective was to consolidate its position in the marketplace, but he never ruled out expansion in the future. April 2005 saw the first new opening, in Tonbridge, and now a new branch has opened in Aldershot, with more openings to follow.

13th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

ContiNetwork: The only truly independent tyre service network

Recent years have seen the commercial truck tyre market move in favour of the Independent dealer. Where previously the fleet sector was dominated by the Equities – ATS Euromaster, Motorway/Hi-Q, National, and Central – the divestment and rationalisation that has taken place over the last five years has enabled the Independents to become a significant player. In fact, at a recent market trends presentation, Continental Tyres estimated that the Independents are now responsible for nearly 50 per cent of all tyres being sold to the market.

Supplying tyres to the truck fleet market, however, is big business and it takes a professional approach backed by a major manufacturer to get anywhere in the fleet business. Not only that, it takes a national, and ever increasingly, international approach to the market. That makes life difficult for the Independent dealer who cannot realistically deal with fleet business in all corners of the UK, never mind offer European cover.

The solution for the Independent is to join a tyre services network that can handle the approach to the national fleets and through its members offer national, or even international cover for fleet customers.

ContiNetwork, set up several years ago by Continental following its divestiture of National Tyres, is one such service network and forms Continental’s primary route to market for commercial tyre sales and service. Interestingly, Continental is now the only service provider to concentrate its distribution solely on the Independent network. Something that is of great importance to the Independent dealer who could often find himself competing against a service provider’s own Equity for the same business yet at different prices.

ContiNetwork has since established itself as one of the leading Independent networks and, according to Continental, services more national fleet business than any other Independent network. With 49 member companies – so-called ContiNetwork Partners – with some 200 tyre depots covering the whole of mainland Britain, its members are in a position to be able to deal with Continental’s national and regional fleets alongside their own contracts.

The package ContiNetwork gives its members is more than just tyres. There has to be a competitive product certainly, but ContiNetwork works to develop relationships and build confidence with its members.

21st May 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Buy-Out At Just Tyres

On 10th November it was announced that 38 Just Tyre outlets had been sold to a team which includes three Just Tyres managers. Major shareholder in the buy-out is Ian Grant, who was Chief Executive of the Just Tyres Holdings group. The purchase price was not revealed, but it is understood that around 100 jobs have been secured by the deal. The group called in the Administrative Receiver in mid-October and 40 Just Tyres outlets were closed immediately. A further 12 were closed last week, leaving the most profitable 38 depots in the chain. Ian Grant said he was “encouraged” by discussions with suppliers.

28th December 2001/by Tyrepress Editors