Editor’s Blog

Leading signs franchise Signs Express was delighted to provide sponsorship graphics to one of the entrants of this year's infamous Plymouth-Dakar challenge.

Derby County's Football in the Community project has been given a financial boost by Sunwin Motor Group to help it teach school children about road safety.

Maxxis is setting its sights increasingly higher for 2007 having now signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Group Tyre (UK) Ltd – the UK's leading independent tyre wholesaling operation – to grow its PCR business in the UK.

At a recent vehicle auction in the USA, one of the world's most exclusive and powerful vehicles went under the hammer, after a call to the world's leading manufacturer of surface care products, Meguiar's, for it to undergo extensive detailing using the company's latest So1o ‘One Liquid' System.

Twenty sales executives have been recognised for their customer service prowess by Ford Retail's chairman and chief executive, Chris Hayden.

2006 saw Marangoni enjoying its highest profile as a major tyre brand in the UK, following one of its most innovative and sustained press and public relations campaigns seen in the UK trade press in recent years

Ian Saunders, ex-Arval Network Executive, has joined leading independent price finder and stock sourcer of UK cars and vans, DealDrivers Ltd, as vehicle advisor.

The retail tyre industry is putting its weight behind an aftermarket campaign to highlight restrictive and anti-competitive practices by vehicle manufacturers, which they say are preventing members from servicing and repairing some newer models of car.

Standofleet, the high performance commercial vehicle paint system from Standox, has triumphed in a recent series of chemical resistance tests.

The introduction of the totally new Verso tyre by Marangoni S.p.A. signals a major offensive on the European market.