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NETE under ‘organisation and structural review’

Middlesbrough-based North Eastern Tyre and Exhausts (NETE) is conducting an “organisational and structural review” just a couple of months after being bought by Stapleton’s Tyre Services. While local newspapers dramatically reported that “the fate of 360 staff hangs in the balance” and the firm refused to rule out redundancies, one spokesperson told Tyres & Accessories that no decisions have yet been made and the review is focusing on the efficiency of support roles within the newly-acquired company. T&A understands that sales and logistics positions are not currently being looked at.

21st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Grouptyre subcontracts Tyrespot to provide north-east service

Grouptyre has announced that it will subcontract its wholesale distribution operation in the north-east of England to wholesaler-retailer Tyrespot, taking the place of North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts (NETE), which departed the network of independent wholesalers last year when it was sold to Stapleton’s. Tyrespot, based in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, operates its wholesale operation from four locations in the region, with a stockholding capacity of more than 60,000 tyres, covering premium, mid-range and budget brands. Grouptyre’s managing director Karl Naylor states that the partnership will reaffirm the wholesaler’s presence across the region.

21st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Treadsetters mentioned in HSBC annual report

Remember how Telford-based tyre wholesale operation Treadsetters beat over 1600 other businesses to the finals of HSBC’s business thinking awards at the end of last year? The firm were regional winners securing a prize of £115,000 reaching the last 18 in the finals in Hong Kong. They may not have won the final overall, but making it to the short list of just 17 companies for the bank’s “International Insights” event in Hong Kong on 5 December is said to have opened up a number of other opportunities. Getting more than a page of coverage in the once of the world’s best-known banks’ annual report isn’t a bad thing either.

Treadsetters features in a full-page photo collage on page 14 of HSBC’s annual report with a short text describing the firm as an example of “creating export opportunities” on the following page. “The journey that [Treadsetters’] tyres make exemplifies the connections that criss-cross the global economy.”

14th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Cam Systems launches webinar presentation series

Tyre industry software specialist Cam Systems has announced the launch of its new webinar presentation series aimed at providing customers with information and advice on areas such as electronic ordering, Workshop Scheduler, rebates management and purchase invoice/GIN matching. Managed through e-commerce extensions to its website, the webinars will present modules on new and existing software. Cam Systems says the series provides its customers “with the opportunity to tap into and gain maximum benefit from the software… of which they may be unaware.” Each webinar will include a question and answer session with one of Cam’s technical expert.

13th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Merityre celebrates golden jubilee

Merityre Specialists Ltd is celebrating the company’s golden jubilee having supplied tyres, batteries and exhausts to motorists for 50 years. The company was formed in Sunbury on Thames in 1961 and now operates 21 branches throughout Southern England.

13th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

BEN appoints Cottle as head of business development

Automotive industry charity BEN has appointed Peter Cottle as head of business development. Cottle spent ten years in retail banking prior to over 30 in the automotive industry, where he specialised in retail and wholesale finance. He has championed the work of BEN throughout his career.

3rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

EC approves Kwik-Fit acquisition; 10 new centres planned for this year

Following the approval of its acquisition by Itochu Corporation, investment in new Kwik-Fit outlets is continuing with plans to open ten new centres this year and a similar number in 2012. Confirmed centre openings this year are in Farnham, Heywood and Scunthorpe, with other locations expected to be revealed over the coming months. These new sites add to those opened in recent months in Brentford, Brierley Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Charlton, Ipswich, Luton, Newport Pagnell, Rugeley, Thetford and Walsall. Prior to the launch of the latest centre investment programme, Kwik-Fit operated a 669-centre network, supported by a mobile fleet of more than 200 vehicles.

26th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin continues to invest in UK manufacturing operations

Speaking during Challenge Bibendum last week, managing general partner, Michel Rollier confirmed that Michelin continues to invest in its Dundee and Ballymena plants in the UK, where the firm is said to have made “tremendous efforts” to improve the efficiency and productivity of its plants.

24th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Lassa Tyres signs Bolton Wanderers partnership

Turkey-based manufacturer Lassa Tyres has finalised a partnership agreement with Barclays Premier League football team Bolton Wanderers for next season. Turkey’s Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci, which manufactures Lassa tyres is the country’s number one tyre producer, and the seventh largest in Europe. The company said Bolton’s position as a successful and established member of the top tier of English football – next season will be the eleventh consecutive year that the club will compete in the Premier League – was a major attraction for the brand. The partnership was brokered by London based Samson Sport Consultancy, who have also secured contracts for Lassa Tyres in their other key markets.

23rd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Infinity Tyres sponsors the first race of 2011 at York Racecourse

Infinity Tyres, part of the Al Dobowi Group recently sponsored the first event of the 2011 horseracing season at York racecourse in a meet which was long awaited by racing professionals and fans. This sponsorship was conducted in conjunction with Bond International, distributor of the brand in the UK and it is reported forms part of two firms’ strategy to “to get closer to the customer”, as Reg Bond, owner and managing director of Bond International, stated. “To promote a brand, you must go to the consumer and a tyre means little to a consumer, what grabs him, is something special, and this is special.”

23rd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

MAM announces release of Autopart Tyres R013

MAM Software has released Autopart Tyres R013, the latest version of its software solution for sales order processing, stock management, accounting and reporting. Employing Microsoft Windows SQL database technology, Autopart Tyres provides an integrated business environment that can help streamline internal operations, improve customer service and maximise profitability. Autopart Tyres is scalable and aimed businesses of any size, including multi-user, multi-branch operations.

23rd May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Grouptyre, Pirelli promotion winners gain “once in a lifetime” experience

Andrew Warne and Danny Georgiou agree that their VIP trip to Maranello, courtesy of Grouptyre and Pirelli, was a “once in a lifetime experience”. Warne, who runs the BMW and Mini servicing business Warne Motors in Bury St. Edmunds, and Georgiou, whose business is Thetford-based tyre and exhaust centre Burrell Way Tyres, won the all expenses paid visit to Italy in the latest Grouptyre/Pirelli promotion. Both businesses are supplied by Grouptyre member, We Sell Tyres (Wholesale), whose business development manager Danny Jackson hosted the trip.

20th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tire Factory acquires Nokian US wholesale facility

As of May 23 the wholesale operations run by Nokian Tyres in the US city of Denver, Colorado will be taken over by Tire Factory, a group of independent tyre dealers that operate more than 200 locations in 15 states. The Meadow Creek facility in Denver will joint Tire Factory distribution centres operating in Portland, Oregon and Salt Lake City, Utah.

12th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Heuver Tyrewholesale celebrates 45 birthday

On May 1 Heuver Tyrewholesale celebrated 45 years in the business. Mans Heuver established his regional tyre business in the Netherlands as a ‘one-man band’ in 1966 and the company has grown to employ 230 people. For the last two decades Heuver has operating internationally and in recent months has placed greater emphasis on the UK market, yet the wholesaler says it has by no means reached the limits of its ambitions. In this 45th anniversary year, Heuver says it still has a host of plans for the Netherlands and international markets.

6th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Point S – a ‘massive opportunity’ for independents

Last year a new name appeared in the UK tyre retail scene. At the start of June 2010 point S Development, together with UK Tyre Group, announced the establishment of a local point S network. At the time the UK based point S operation was the 19th national network to be set up in Europe (this number has since grown to 20), with the 50 or so outlets operated by the independent members of UK Tyre Group forming the new network’s initial core. At the time, UK Tyre Group directors shared with Tyres & Accessories that the plan was to increase this network to 100 outlets within two years. This has been achieved in half the anticipated time; after almost a year in the local market, Point S UK reports its plans are progressing very well.

29th April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors