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HiQ survey suggests illegal tyres are rising

A survey conducted by HiQ suggests that one in two British motorists are risking thousands of pounds’ worth of fines and potential driving bans by making journeys on dangerously worn tyres. 42 per cent of cars surveyed had at least one illegal tyre, with major areas of concern in the Birmingham, north east and Cheshire areas of the UK. The results are significantly up from HiQ’s last audit in 2009, when 27 per cent of motorists were driving on illegal tyres. HiQ’s retail development manager Farrell Dolan said that the results proved that despite years of highlighting the danger of bare, worn tyres, the safety message is still not getting through, saying that now the company will alter the tyre safety message it transmits to its customers.

5th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Mike Wise to lead Delticom’s new online feet tyre business

Former Kwik-Fit Fleet boss Mike Wise has joined the largest online retailer in Europe, Delticom AG, to head up a new online fleet tyre business. Wise had a long and distinguished career in the tyre business and during his time as managing director of Kwik-Fit Fleet build up a commanding market share for the company in this sector.

2nd September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pro-Align announces second BTCC technical partnership

Days after the announcement of Pro-Align’s foray into the world of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, current points leader Mat Jackson’s Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST has now joined AmD Milltek Racing.com’s VW Golf in signing up the wheel alignment equipment distributor for the remaining four rounds of this years’ Championship. Jackson’s Focus will undergo several complete wheel alignment checks during the race weekend using state-of-the-art Hunter wheel alignment equipment supplied by Pro-Align. The team expects the process to improve its performance through fast and reliable measurements which in turn, will allow them to make accurate and repeatable adjustments and fine-tuning to the car’s set-up between races. When not racing, the car will also be given the total Hunter treatment at the Motorbase Performance headquarters in Kent.

1st September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Jet Wheel Tyre talks Hunter aligner revenue boost

The director of a three-branch garage is reporting a “sharp increase” in alignment revenue following the installation of Hunter’s latest aligners from UK distributor Pro-Align. The company said the accuracy and reliability of the premium machinery, the transparency the machines offer Jet Wheel Tyre’s customers and Pro-Align’s ability to fit the Hunter machinery into tight spaces were the most important factors in its selection of wheel aligners.

30th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Double Coin’s new look US website goes live

Double Coin Tires and China Manufacturers Alliance have launched a refreshed US market website. In addition to providing a wider viewing area and all-new tyre imagery, the updated www.doublecoin-us.com website features a resource centre where information and reference material can be downloaded plus a customer testimonial page.

19th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Micheldever Motor Codes web rating service

In what has been described as a tyre “industry first,” Micheldever Tyre Services/Protyre has applied the Motor Codes online customer ratings tool, displaying up-to-the-minute satisfaction scores and real-time motorist feedback across all 53 Protyre outlets.

Powered by data collected through the Motor Codes online survey – a measure of service satisfaction amongst customers of its garages throughout the UK – the ratings widget has been developed as part of a recent refresh of the car service and repair regulator’s website. It appears against all Motor Codes garages, clearly visible to motorists using its Garage Finder tool to search for a reliable business.

18th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon Distanzia tyres fitted to charity biker’s dream ride

Since Andrew Gordon was told that cancer had returned to his liver and was now inoperable following years of treatment, his love of biking and desire to help the hospital at which he has been treated have led to his plan to ride 5,000 miles around the coast of the UK. His Ride for Life aims to raise money for The Royal Marsden Hospital, London and tyre manufacturer Avon is clearly pleased that its tyres will be fitted to the Honda XLV1000 Varadero, on which he will complete epic journey. His website, www.andrewsrideout.co.uk is currently taking donations.

17th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Mytyres.co.uk stresses business-sense of winter tyre fitments

Delticom’s mytyres.co.uk website has suggested businesses can help staff, and secure reliable service throughout the winter, by fitting winter tyres. The website exemplifies the effect of fitting winter tyres from a major online supermarket grocery delivery service. Having fitted all its delivery van fleet with winter tyres the company told mytyres.co.uk that they had allowed its drivers to go to places and do things others cannot because of the conditions, in addition to improving its drivers’ safety, and that of other road users, with the additional grip and stability in snow or icy conditions achieved.

16th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

This year’s HiQ Grid Girl – could it be you?

Despite receiving no lack of talent, HiQ says those wishing to become the fast fit network’s official ‘Grid Girl’ still have a chance. If you are suitably qualified – to be in with a chance you must be at least 18 years old and, presumably, female – entries are still being taken at the hiqonline.co.uk website until August 30.

16th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Varta website designed to gives traders an edge

Johnson Controls believes it is now providing stockists with a competitive edge over rivals by making available all the materials needed to market their battery business to UK workshops, fleets and commercial operators, and motorcycle and marine specialists online.

15th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis takes to the ice in Norway

In a move to raise brand profile and product awareness in Norway, Maxxis has entered into a sponsorship deal with one of the country’s leading ice hockey clubs. The tyre maker’s Norwegian distributor, Gummi Centralen AS, has signed a two-year sponsorship agreement with the Frisk Asker Tigers. The club competes in GET, Norway’s premier ice hockey league, which it has won eight times.

11th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pro-Align contest offers Hunter aligner in 20th birthday celebration

UK distributor of Hunter’s wheel alignment and tyre balancing machinery Pro-Align celebrates 20 years in the business this October, and has been running a competition through its website to celebrate. Open for a few more weeks, the company is to give a Hunter Hawkeye ‘Special’ imaging aligner worth £9,000 to the winner. Paul Beaurain, founder and managing director, Pro-Align, said: “The response to the competition has been fantastic with almost 200 businesses entering so far.

4th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyrepac takes Nokian tyres to Singapore market

Tyrepac has become the exclusive distributor of Nokian tyres in Singapore. The deal will see Tyrepac retail the tyres exclusively online. According to a statement released by the company, Tyrepac will further promote Nokian tyres via a variety of marketing campaigns. The deal Tyrepac’s brand count to a total of 18 marques for its Singaporean customers.

4th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Out of touch with [super] highway reality?

Editorial/Comment

No I am not referring to the IT skills of the tyre business at large. To be fair, in recent years our industry has taken giant steps towards the optimization of its processes using computers and better use of the Internet to reach customers. Just look at the continuing proliferation of tyre information and retails sources online, not to mention the trade’s increasing presence on social networking sites and latterly the emergence of a number tyre price comparison sites. The, of course, there’s EDIWheel but that’s all another article (see October’s e-commerce feature for more on this). No, on this occasion I am talking about the UK government policy, metrocentricity and online tyre browsing – or rather the lack of it in Westminster.

1st August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

NTDA makes ‘Licence to Fit’ mandatory for members

The NTDA (National Tyre Distributors Association) has opted to make its “Licence to Fit” roadside technician accreditation scheme a requirement of membership.

The decision forms of the culmination of a process that began with the deaths of six vehicle recovery operators who were killed on Britain's motorways and hard shoulders in 1998. This prompted the AA and the RAC to fund the establishment of SURVIVE in March 1999. SURVIVE stands for Safe Use of Roadside Verges In Vehicular Emergencies and the purpose of the group was to promote the safety of people working or stopping on motorway hard shoulders and high-speed dual carriageways. The SURVIVE Group is a partnership between the Highways Agency, ACPO (the Association of Chief Police Officers), the breakdown/recovery industry and other service providers.

26th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors