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Tyre Bay Direct Goes Online

Tyre Bay Direct Ltd is adding to its growing mail order business by launching an online store. The forward thinking company says it is one of the first businesses in its sector to be able to deliver tyre consumables direct to the customer through an e-commerce shop. Tyre shops, garages and servicing departments can now browse the range of products on offer and place their orders online at leisure. The site caters for both the larger and smaller customer with transparent pricing, bulk buy offers and selected special offers on a regular basis.

5th December 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Autodata Forges Partnership with Trading Standards

Autodata has entered into a partnership with the Trading Standards Institute to supply information to its members. Autodata is providing Trading Standards officers with access to its CD1 service information to assist them in identifying and prosecuting the minority of rogue operators that remain in the industry.

This partnership forms part of Autodata’s ongoing commitment to improve standards in the garage industry and prevent the few rogue operators tarnishing the image of the industry as a whole. This initiative is part of a concerted effort to drive up industry standards and goes alongside its relationship with the Retail Motor Industry Federation and support of the Institute of the Motor Industry’s ATA scheme.

30th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

AA Sale or Floatation Could Raise £3 billion

The AA, Britain’s largest motoring organisation, could soon be sold or floated on the stock market. According to one Mail on Sunday report, accountants PriceWaterhouseCoopers have been compiling a financial report that could help sell the AA to investors or buyers. The report says private equity owners CVC and Permira wanted to raise £3 billion for the 15 million-member business. They bought the AA from British Gas owner Centrica in July 2004 for £1.7 billion.

27th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Kitemark Take-up Increasing

The Kitemark Garage Services scheme – for servicing and repair of vehicles (PAS80) – has become the first to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). UKAS is the sole national accreditation body recognised by Government to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organisations – such as BSI – that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services. To achieve UKAS accreditation, BSI had to pass a rigorous audit to demonstrate its competence, impartiality and performance capability.

22nd November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Car Dealers Losing Share of Service Market

Industry research shows vehicle manufacturers’ dealer networks are losing share of the lucrative new car service and repair market to independent garages. The Trend Tracker report on the UK car service and repair market shows that franchised dealers’ traditional near-monopoly of servicing and repairs of cars under manufacturer’s warranty is declining. In 2002, the European Commission introduced legislation to make the car service and repair market more competitive by opening up the market to independent garages and the research shows that car dealers’ share of the lucrative service and repair market for cars under four years old has fallen from 67 per cent of all services and repairs in 2003/04, to 65 per cent in 2005/06.

2nd November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Independent Garages Lose Ground to Fast-Fits in Car Repair

The latest Castrol Business Services Car Repair Trend Tracker shows that independent garages account for 47 per cent of all work carried out on cars in the UK, while franchised main dealers account for 25 per cent and fast-fit outlets, 9 per cent. But independent garages are revealed to be losing share to fast-fit outlets, with franchised dealers holding steady, when data from the report’s 2005/06 survey is compared with the previous 2003/04 survey period.

1st November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Wins British Gas Contract

Kwik-Fit will now perform tyre safety checks on around 10,000 British Gas light commercial vehicles as a part of the new three-year solus fast-fit contract won by Kwik-Fit Fleet. The contract, one of the largest won by Kwik-Fit Fleet, will see mobile technicians at the UK’s largest independent fast-fit company undertake quarterly tyre wear and tear checks on all vehicles, to assist British Gas comply with its at-work driving duty of care responsibilities.

31st October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

ADL Takes Automotive Kitemark to Independent Garages

In a move that will likely help efforts to avoid the effects of a “Super Complaint” in the automotive service market, Automotive Distributors Limited (ADL) has announced its full support of BSI Product Services’ Kitemark scheme and is actively encouraging garages to embrace the PAS80 standard. More than 180 installers have already applied to Kitemark scheme through ADL.

Although it is a lengthy process, there are currently 30 Kitemark garages, with another 20 achieving the standard imminently. In addition to this, there are currently 500 applications/enquiries being processed. This is a vast improvement on the 11 that held the Kitemark in July.

21st September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Wins London Central Contract

Michelin has won a tyre contract with London Central, a division of the Go-Ahead Group, which operates 600 buses in south east and central London from depots in Bexleyheath, Camberwell, New Cross and Peckham. The contract sees London Central switch to a three year ‘pence per mile’ contract, similar to the agreement Michelin already has with London General, a separate division of the Go-Ahead Group, comprising a fleet of 700 vehicles in south west and central London.

13th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Offers Vehicle Servicing and MoTs to Fleets

Fleets can now get their company cars and light commercial vehicles serviced and MoT’d at Kwik-Fit centres. Around 230 of Kwik-Fit’s nationwide network of 670 centres are now equipped to undertake interim and full services on all-makes of vehicles and 250 centres will also be capable of undertaking MoTs by the end of 2006. Following the completion of a long-time retail pilot, Kwik-Fit is now extending its servicing and MoT capability to all fleets.

16th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Amerityre Gets New President

(Akron/Tire Review) Kenneth C. Johnsen has been named president of Amerityre Corp., effective 7 August. Richard Steinke, chairman and founder, made the announcement. Steinke, who had been serving as both president and CEO, will continue to serve as chairman and CEO, while Johnsen will assume executive responsibilities. Johnsen had been a member of the company’s board of directors since October 2005.

10th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Autopromotec 2007 – The Emphasis is on Maintenance

Over the years Autopromotec has established itself as one of, if not the, most important international exhibition of products, garage equipment and servicing. The 22nd show will be held in the Bologna Trade Fair Centre from 23 – 27 May 2007 and will feature all vehicle repairing and maintenance sectors: from garage equipment and products, to testing lines, diagnostic tools, tyres, spare parts, gas station and car wash equipment, tyre retreading and engine reconditioning materials and plants, multi-purpose equipment, car servicing, official and independent service networks.

19th April 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Another Award for Kwik-Fit Fleet

Kwik-Fit Fleet has been named “Best Fast-Fit Company” by weekly fleet industry newspaper Fleet News at a prestigious awards ceremony held recently at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. This is the second accolade for the company this year, having taken first prize in the Fleet Excellence Awards – voted for by the fleet professionals who read Fleet Week and Fleet Management – for an unprecedented 13th year in succession.

24th March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Tecalemit Steers You in the Right Direction

Tecalemit has a range of play detectors for cars, LGVs and HGVs. The DE 9002 Car and LGV Play Detector with pneumatically driven plates is suitable for testing steering and suspension component wear on cars and LGVs up to a gross axle weight of 2500Kg.

The unit, which allows movement in two directions and partial turn and has a low voltage hand lamp and controls has been designed for use on inspection pits and, subject to approval of lift manufacturers, 4 post lifts, scissor and parallelogram lifts. A recessed option is available.

23rd February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Adds A to Z Tire to Dealer Network

(Akron/Tire Review) Marangoni Tread North America (MTNA) has added A to Z Tire in Amarillo, Texas, to its network of Ringtread plants. A to Z Tyre is a fourth-generation, family-owned commercial tyre dealership with 21 locations in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Montana. In 1999, A to Z Tire installed its first Ringtread system in its San Antonio location and began servicing the south, central and north Texas markets.

23rd February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors