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Equipe Tyre & Autocare saves money with meters

A business with multiple sites located across North West England, Equipe Tyre & Autocare is now seeing the benefit of monitoring energy usage. The idea is simple. If you can save energy you can save money. However, according to the company, getting on top of energy bills across all of its sites before the installation of smart meters was difficult; poor billing was a significant problem with meters being read infrequently. This led to over-estimated and costly bills being received. Equipe wanted a solution that would enable them to monitor usage, reduce the amount of energy wasted and most importantly ensured accurate billing for all of its premises.

7th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

February car sales down but private registrations rise

"Although the new car market was down last month, it is positive to see an increase in private registrations highlighting that consumers are slowly coming back to the market." said Sue Robinson, Director of the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers across the UK, commenting on the SMMT’s new car registration figures.

6th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Point S enters the Baltic region

Estonia has become the first Baltic country to join the point S organisation. The network will be represented in Estonia by Rehvid24, which has set up Punkt S Eesti, a specially dedicated company for this project. Point S Development describes Tallinn-based as being “a major player on the Estonian tyre market having retail, wholesale and fleet operations.”

6th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Brityrex confirms free technical seminar topics

ECI International, the organiser of Brityrex, has confirmed that a series of technical seminars and demonstrations by industry experts will take place for visitors to Brityrex International 2012 in Manchester this October, providing a practical, hands-on environment. Organised by the National Tyre Distributors Association in conjunction with the Tyre Industry Federation, seminar topics will include: tyre pressure monitoring systems, tyre labelling legislation, the new tyre repair standard, BSAU159G, returning tyres under complaint and other highly topical issues at the three-day exhibition on 9-11 October, 2012.

29th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ technicians pass ATA Diagnostic assessment

HiQ is aiming to “reassure customers that they are receiving the best technical and professional service,” according to fast fit manager, Stuart Carr, and to that end it is encouraging its technicians to complete Automotive Technician Accreditation training. Now two of its technicians at the Berwick upon Tweed and Blyth franchises have completed the Level 3 ATA Diagnostic assessment – the first in the network to achieve this level, regulated by the Institute of Motor Industry. Paul Dugid of HiQ Berwick upon Tweed and John Parker of HiQ Blyth are now registered as diagnostic technicians through the programme.

28th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Despite market slump, manufacturers supplying outstanding products

The UK replacement motorcycle tyre market has been in the doldrums for a couple of years now, which is a shame because, as Bike Tyrestore managing director Peter Smith opines, this past year has been punctuated by outstanding products from all manufacturers. And despite the promise of key new introductions, such as the Bridgestone Battlax Hypersport S20, Smith notes that opinions are mixed as to which way the market will go in 2012.

27th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli, Tyrespot promo winners visit Milan

Two Tyrespot customers have enjoyed an all expenses paid trip to Milan, thanks to a joint promotion run with Pirelli. Graham and Sheila Patterson from Chester-le-Street, County Durham won the prize, including flights, hotel, transfers and tickets to Pirelli-sponsored Inter Milan, having entered the competition by buying Pirelli’s premium tyres at the largest independent tyre supplier in North East England.

24th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Canadian Tire makes 4 retail management changes

Canadian Tire Corp has mad four new appointments as it alters its core retail operations, reports Tire Review. All of the appointments are effective on 5 March. Marco Marrone, who joined the company in 2009 as executive vice president and CFO, was promoted to COO of Canadian Tire Retail.

24th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

2012 Motor Codes Garage of the Year voting opens

Consumer voting for the 2012 Motor Codes Garage of the Year opened today (Friday 24 February) with a four-page special published in The Sun. The award has changed slightly in 2012, with the addition of award categories reflecting large and small garages. Motor Codes has also gained support from a headline competition sponsor, Havoline.

24th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ launches £500k advertising campaign

Fast fit retailer, HiQ has announced that it will invest £500,000 into a national advertising campaign, re-entering mainstream advertising as a network after an eight-year absence. The network made “a conscious and strategic decision” to delay this scale of mainstream advertising in order to develop the full HiQ Franchise programme say company sources, with investment funnelled into customer service initiatives and training. The newly announced spending will be part of a seven figure investment in HiQ Programmes in 2012.

24th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New local accounts manager at National Fleet

National Fleet has appointed James Barrington as local account telesales manager. Barrington took on the role late last year which involves him developing relationships with a number of key accounts, promoting products and services to ensure that customer needs are met and the highest level of customer service is achieved.

22nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Diesel price hits record high

Bad news for hauliers, as the price of diesel has hit a record high having rocketed by 10 pence per litre (ppl) in just 12 months – an inflation-busting 7 per cent rise – reports RMI Petrol.

The increase leaves diesel at 143.05 pence per litre (ppl), a level that could derail Government plans to curb inflation, is a disaster for motorists, and puts the livelihoods of hundreds of fuel retailers at further risk says RMI Petrol Chairman Brian Madderson.

21st February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Ashton Tyres the latest to introduce Cameo

Cam Systems’ Cameo suite will provide the platform for Wigan car and commercial tyre operator Ashton Tyres’ retail operation. The company says adopting the system will aid the expansion of the operation currently taking place, having completed a new building to house its commercial operation adjacent to its existing site. Director John Philbin sought advice from industry peers on software systems to suit his purposes: “Everyone I spoke to recommended Cameo. “Cam Systems is constantly developing the platform and is the market leader in innovation in the industry. The efficiencies Cameo delivers will enable our team to be more productive and we will save on hard costs.”

16th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster launches £320,000 Brighton service centre

ATS Euromaster will launch its new high-tech service centre in Brighton on 24-25 February. Previously a car showroom, the UK’s second-largest tyre retailer has spent around £320,000 renovating the site over the past six months. During the launch weekend, visitors to the Church Road centre will offer a range of exclusive discounts and promotions, including four Michelin tyres at a 50 per cent discount for the first five purchasers, the chance to try a state of the art Formula One simulator, and to see the Lotus Evora – a 162mph British GT racing car, which will be parked on the forecourt.

15th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Reifen Gundlach sold to Pon Group

The Japanese trading company behind both Kwik-Fit and Stapleton’s here in the UK (Itochu) sold Reifen Gundlach (Raubach) to Dutch group Pon effective 1 January 2012. In a news article published at reifenpresse.de last month, Gundlach CEO Gebhard Jansen confirmed the news to Tyres & Accessories' sister magazine Neue Reifenzeitung by phone. No further details of the transaction have yet been made public.

14th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors