women in the tyre industry Archives

Friends turned tyre fitters making ETB Llanelli one of Wales’s most female-friendly retailers

Lifelong friends Talia Wilson and Olivia Smolicz have become fully-fledged tyre fitters for ETB Autocentre Llanelli, with another female apprentice now following in their footsteps. The former Bryngwyn Comprehensive School mates, both 18, are forging impressive careers at ETB Autocentres in Trostre Industrial Estate, in an industry historically synonymous with men. They are now encouraging other girls their age to give the profession a go.

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9th October 2024/by Andrew

Goodyear launches Wingfoot Women mentoring & development programme

Company News

Goodyear is embarking on a mentoring and development programme to support growing female leaders. While the first stage of this Wingfoot Women programme will run in Luxembourg over a period of six months, in the long term Goodyear aims to expand to mentees elsewhere via other Girls in Tech hubs.

23rd March 2023/by Stephen

NFDA chief executive joins Automotive 30% Club

Career Tracks, UK News

NFDA

NFDA chief executive Sue Robinson has joined the Automotive 30% Club, a voluntary network of MDs and CEOs from UK based automotive sectors. The organisation sets out to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry. It takes its name from its target of at achieving at least 30 per cent of key leadership positions in member organisations with diverse women by 2030.

24th January 2023/by Peter Gardner

All-female front desk takes Northampton garage into First Stop network

Career Tracks, UK News

First Stop

The manager of one of the latest independent garages to join the First Stop retail network is committed to creating the most welcoming customer environment in the industry, supported by an all-female front desk. Kim Dorr decided to embark on a career in the industry to dispel common stereotypes associated with garage forecourts after feeling intimidated and undermined when taking her car to the garage. She aimed to create a warm, welcoming environment at Northampton-based In Town Automotive, featuring a children’s play area, a screen showing live video updates of technicians’ work, and bunches of fresh flowers from the local florist. Now Dorr is heralding a new chapter for the centre as it gains national sales, marketing and purchasing support from the First Stop network.

28th March 2022/by Andrew

Class podiums for four Giti Motorsport teams at Nürburgring 24-Hour

International News, Motorsport

Giti

All four Giti Tire Motorsport cars achieved top three finishes in their classes at the Nürburgring 24-Hour. Terrible overnight weather at the Eifel circuit saw the race suspended for nine hours, and only 70 of the 97-car grid make it to the finish. Giti said that tyre management proved decisive in helping teams overcome challenging conditions. The Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 finished first in the SP8 class, while the Volkswagen Golf VII GTI Clubsport came in third in the VT2 class. In the SP3T class the trailblazing #gitiracing all-female racing team finished third in their Volkswagen Golf VII GTI TCR, overcoming a race crash and garage repairs to finish.

12th October 2020/by Andrew

DfT: transport apprenticeships increasingly diverse

Career Tracks, UK News

The industry-led Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce’s (STAT) Three Year Progress report shows that BAME representation now stands at over a fifth of apprentice intake, representing a 56 per cent proportional increase over the last two years in the share of BAME apprentices in the sector. The figure provides a positive result for STAT, who have exceeded their commitment to improve BAME representation in apprenticeships.

11th July 2019/by Chris

Giti ladies team ‘inspires fans’ at Green Hell

Company News, Motorsport

Five vehicles on the starting grid of the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race fit the GitiCompete GTR1 track tyres, including Giti Tire Motorsport, one of the 155 teams spread across 24 classes.

5th July 2019/by Andrew

Electric vehicle pioneer wins Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry – Rising Stars 2019

Career Tracks, UK News

Emma King, Ford’s senior purchasing manager at the forefront of the marque’s $11bn investment in EVs, has been named the winner of Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry – Rising Stars 2019 initiative, held in partnership with the SMMT.

21st June 2019/by Tyrepress Editors

Protyre marks 100th apprentice, Moves to recruit more women

Career Tracks, UK News

At the end of March Protyre marked National Apprentice Week by taking on its 100th apprentice. At the same time, the firm announced plans to recruit more female mechanics through its apprenticeship scheme.

29th April 2019/by Chris

56 per cent of UK engineering businesses think enough’s been done getting women into industry

Career Tracks, UK News

Subcon, the subcontract manufacturing supply chain show, has revealed figures that show an industry beginning to exhaust its approach to encouraging female engineering talent to either enter, or re-enter UK manufacturing and engineering.

24th April 2019/by Chris

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