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NETE Promotes Dedicated Staff

North Eastern Tyres and Exhausts (NETE) has appointed a new depot general manager at its Middlessbrough depot and a new retail manager in Goole. Darren Boreland, 29, from West Cornforth, has been promoted from reception manager, a position he has held for the past 18 months, to general manager at the Middlesbrough depot.

Boreland’s new role will see him oversee the running of the Middlesbrough depot as well as continuing to implement the company’s ethos of providing first class customer service. Commenting on his promotion, Boreland said: “I am really pleased to be given this opportunity as North Eastern Tyres really is a car care specialist with a difference. I am looking forward to not only meeting company goals but exceeding them, in order for the company to continue its rapid growth.”

13th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Reports: EU Legislation Will Kill Budget Tyres

New EU regulations could lead to “type approval” of tyre specifications on CO2 emissions, effectively pushing out economy options that perform lower than the premium brands in this respect. According to an Auto Express, new EU rules aimed at cutting CO2 emissions could mean that drivers are forced to spend hundreds of pounds more to get the most fuel efficient tyres, increasing the so-called OE pull-through effect and therefore premium brand sales. Auto Express states that if the proposals go ahead, drivers who have purchased new or used cars that come with CO2 reducing low-energy rubber tyres would need to replace these with the same type or face failing their MOT.

21st January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Matalan Partners With Nationwide Autocentres

Matalan has partnered with Nationwide Autocentres in a new affinity scheme, negotiated through the “if” agency. The scheme offers Matalan cardholders 20 per cent off an MOT, 15 per cent of a service or 10 per cent off mechanical repairs to their vehicle. What is more, every Matalan cardholder who takes their vehicle to a Nationwide Autocentre will receive a free Powermaxx fuel cleaning package worth £20.

4th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Maha Reports a Successful Year with the Trade Group

Maha UK reports that 2007 has proven to be a very successful year in terms of its relationship with the Trade Group, and has increased the partnership sales to the Group’s garage equipment arm by at least 50 per cent over 2006. The Cambridgeshire based dealer sells most of its MOT and ATL bays through the Trade Group and their car brake testers. The Trade Group, a national organisation of garage equipment specialists and installers, have premises positioned throughout the UK, providing the advantage of a personalised local service combined with a countrywide sales and service network.

Maha UK is proud of its success over the past decade and beyond in offering a quality product and back up facilities it believes to be second to none; this is also true for the Trade Group. The partnership between the two began in 1998 and has steadily grown over the years to become a strong force in the UK garage equipment industry. Gus Gregory, managing director of Maha UK, says, “The success of Maha UK is not only due to the quality of the product but the also the excellence of the personnel in the Trade Group.”

21st November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Reports £831 million Sales in 2006

Kwik-Fit’s 2006 accounts show the company achieved turnover of £830.9 million (up 4.4 per cent) during its full year since being sold to PAI. EBITDA increased to £100 million in 2006, up 6.6 per cent year-on-year. In August 2005 CVC Capital Partners sold Kwik-Fit to PAI for around £800 million, despite reported bidding from a Bridgestone/Mitsubishi partnership.

According to reports, the group traded in line with expectations during the early part of 2007 with growth in sales boosted by new services like MOT testing in the UK and fleet business in continental Europe.

There are also said to be plans to open 50 new outlets across Europe. In addition, the company is expected to upgrade its estate in the UK, France and Holland with significant capital investment.

9th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Prosol Aid To One-Man MOT Testing

Prosol UK has introduced an improved convex mirror into its range, which the company says will be a great help to one-man MOT testing. The mirror enables a tester to view both the front and rear lights from the vehicle without the need for a third party and they are mounted in pairs – one to the front of the bay and one to the rear. The mirrors are 400mm in diameter and finished with a black plastic trim.

The improvement centres around the new rugged fixing and mounting brackets, complete with fixings, which are constructed from metal and are hinged to allow for adjustment of the viewing angles.

2nd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

MOT Approval For Beissbarth Test Lane

Beissbarth UK has won approval of its 600 series automatic test lane (ATL) for use in the MOT testing of vehicles. Philip Hodges, Beissbarth UK’s managing director, says he regards this new development as part of their ongoing process of providing the very latest technology to assist in the MOT, which is such a part of everyday motoring requirements and garage revenue.

He added: “The Beissbarth ATL 600 brake tester is capable of testing – as an option – vehicles with the Haldex Clutch as used by VAG and others and which is becoming a feature of many of the four wheel drive off-road vehicles.

2nd November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Winter Tyres Get the Cold Shoulder in New Zealand

Public perception of cold weather tyres in New Zealand has been dealt another blow, with the country’s leading motor industry organisation, the Motor Trade Association, again calling for a ban to be placed upon the importation of cars fitted with cold weather tyres, more commonly known in New Zealand as snow tyres. The association has also proposed denying a warrant of fitness – the 6-monthly New Zealand equivalent to the MOT – to any vehicle fitted with cold weather tyres outside the cold season and away from “colder regions of the country.” Demands for such measures have been repeated throughout this year following the occurrence of two well-publicised fatal accidents involving vehicles fitted with a combination of summer and winter tyres, and this negative attention appears to have overshadowed the benefits that correctly fitted winter tyres may bring to motorists.

16th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Maywood Releases a Fox

Maywood has introduced an addition to its range of wheel alignment scissor lifts. The Fox is a four-tonne electro-hydraulic full length platform scissor lift. It has been brought into the range as a result of requests from Maywood’s key distributors who wanted a less expensive but just as accurate lift for wheel alignment.

The Fox’s features include automatic locking valve, wheel stops and double bolted base. Platform length is 4800 mm but 4200 mm is also available. In a modified version this lift can be used for MOT class 4 and is also approved for one man testing (ATL). This version includes hydraulic play detectors and bearing type captive radius plates.

19th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Launches New-Look Website and Text Services

Kwik-Fit, Britain’s number one fleet and retail fast-fit specialist, has launched new-look fleet and retail websites and a locate-a-centre text service. Kwik-fit.com details the independent fast-fit chain’s service and gives comprehensive information on tyre safety and reducing your transport carbon footprint through the company’s ‘Go Green’ initiative.

The site also provides an online MoT and service booking facility so drivers can take advantage of the two of the most recent additions to Kwik-Fit’s plethora of services. In fact, Kwik Fit is now the country’s largest chain of car servicing specialists and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency-approved MoT testing centres.

Additionally a ‘Tyre Search’ facility on both the company’s fleet and retail sites enables fleet operators and drivers to book an appointment at their local Kwik Fit centre or with Kwik Fit Mobile to fit tyres on their car or van.

13th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

National Starts Tyres Refurbishment Programme

National Tyres and Autocare has embarked on a refurbishment programme for a number of branches across the country. The refurbishment will see investment into branch exteriors and signage, and the upgrading of branch interiors. This follows on from National’s recent investment in MOT centres and a brakes programme which was rolled out last year to all branches as part of National’s development strategy for the company. The company remains silent about £100 million auction for ownership of the company that began two month’s ago.

Tony Neill, Managing Director for Retail commented “We are constantly striving to offer customers the best possible service and by investing in our branches we can ensure that anyone visiting National will receive a consistently first-rate and professional service experience from all of our branches.”

10th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

VOSA Uses MOT Symbol to Strengthen Brand

VOSA is strengthening its brand by the addition of the MOT three triangles to the current brand. The phased introduction of the new brand identity began on 3 September 2007. Stephen Tetlow, CEO for VOSA said: “The MOT three triangles is a well recognised brand, which is used across all MOT test stations and increasingly used by other organisations to symbolise reassuring checks on standards. Capitalising on the use of the three triangles will help a wider audience to recognise VOSA and will help reinforce the role it plays in improving road safety.” In order to reinforce VOSA’s message there will also be a strapline used on written material “Saving lives, safer roads, cutting crime, protecting the environment.”

5th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Nationwide Autocentres Open Branch in Gateshead

Nationwide Autocentres, the UK’s largest independent chain of car servicing and repair centres, has opened a purpose built centre in Gateshead. The new centre is located in Retail World, Team Valley, and is able to service and repair all makes and models of vehicles, including prestige marques and fleet vehicles. It will be officially opened in August with a raft of special offers for local residents to enjoy, details of which will be announced shortly.

Nationwide Autocentres, the car repairer of the year 2007, a position held by the company four times in the last five years, is also the UK’s only AA approved service, MOT and car repair specialist. The AA will independently audit the centre every 6 months to maintain its “AA Approved Service Centre” status.

Commenting on the new centre, Duncan Wilkes, CEO of Nationwide Autocentres, said: “The new Gatshead centre is an exciting development for us. We currently operate over 200 service and repair centres in the UK and hope to have increased this to 230 by the end of the year. The new Gateshead Centre will be the flagship of our new centres and its opening marks an exciting period of expansion for us.”

4th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Art Cars Roll on Toyo

Toyo Tires latest association shows the company’s artistic side. Turner-prize nominated artist Andy Saunders decided to take his well honed welding rod to an unsuspecting Citroen 2CV and totally redesign it in the style of the artist Picasso. With asymetric styling, misshapen panels and Picasso’s trademarked misplaced ‘facial features’ the 2CV remains fully road legal, sporting a brand new set of TOYO 310’s to keep the MOT tester happy!

The car was unveiled as part of Toyo’s impressive stand at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. Launched to a mass of tabloid and broadsheet publicity, the car has also been booked up for a run of TV appearances. So what’s next for the Poole based artist? “I might do a Monet-deo or perhaps a Transit Van-Gogh,” he quipped. “In fact that one’s easy…I’ll just cut a door off!” For more of Andy’s amazing work visit http://www.andysaunderskustoms.com/.

9th August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit’s Green Emphasis

Kwik-Fit, Europe’s largest independent fast-fit company, has been at the forefront of ensuring that tyres collected from its centres are reprocessed for many years. As the company’s range of services has extended in recent years to embrace brake replacement and vehicle servicing and MoT work, so Kwik-Fit has worked with waste management companies to dispose of all waste products.

More than five million tyres and almost 40,000 tons of tyre casings are removed from cars and vans annually by Kwik-Fit. Some tyre casings are remoulded and others, along with tyres, are shredded or crumbed. The resulting material is used as: fuel in the cement industry, in landfill engineering projects, as surfaces at sports and equestrian centres and playground, to make carpet underlay and roof tiles and in producing portable rail crossings. The steel cord in casings is extracted and re-used in steel making.

7th August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors