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In March 2021, the business acquired Universal Tyres and Garages. [17] In December 2021, Halfords acquired rival tyres and auto-care chain National Tyres and Autocare for £62m. [18] in October 2022, Halfords announced it had acquired the UK commercial tyre business, Lodge Tyre Company for £37.2m. [19]
As well as retail, it operates a wholesale division, which supplies in excess of 6 million tyres a year [2] to its 2,500 plus wholesale customers. Previous owner Tony Todd, since selling the company in 2006, was ranked 782nd in the Times Rich List, 2011. [3] As at November 2023 Protyre operates more than 180 branches across the UK. [4]
In May 1995, Kwik Fit Insurance, part of Kwik Fit Financial Services, was formed, and has since grown to become one of the leading car insurance distributors in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] In October 1999, Kwik Fit had grown to over two thousand locations throughout Europe, and Farmer sold the company to the Ford Motor Company for US$1.6bn. [ 4 ]
National Tyres and Autocare was formed in August 1970 under the name National Tyre Service Ltd. It brought together a number of companies to form the UK's first national network of tyre fitting centres. The components were Marsham Tyre Service, Briggs Tyre Service and Gorrills Tyre Service were owned and merged by Dunlop Ltd. [citation needed]
ATS Euromaster Ltd. is the British affiliate of the European tyre service provider Euromaster, which is a subsidiary of the tyre manufacturer Michelin. ATS Euromaster was established in 1965, and has a network of service centres throughout the United Kingdom.
The first gas bar opened in 1958 at the corner of Yonge and Church Streets in Toronto. Canadian Tire money that gave gas bar customers an in-store discount began in 1958. By June 1961, there were 31 locations. The small financial services company Midland Shoppers Credit Limited was purchased in 1968 and renamed Canadian Tire Acceptance, Limited.
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Cars.com was included in the spin-off of Gannett's broadcasting properties as Tegna, Inc. On May 4, 2017, Tegna shareholders approved a plan to spin off Cars.com as a new, publicly traded company; they received a share of the new company, which began trading on the NYSE beginning on June 1, 2017, for every 3 Tegna shares they owned. [15] [16]