Case Study: Express Factors Franchisee

When longer service intervals started impacting on the parks business at Paynes of Hinckley, the addition of an Express Factors car repair franchise operation gave a welcome boost to the tune of £720,000 a year.

Three years ago, parts manager Russell Astley realised something had to be done to stop the decline in the parts business at Paynes of Hinckley and saw Unipart’s Express Factors as the answer.

“Before we took on the Unipart business,” he explains, “we were just a main Ford dealership with a Ford Parts Plus business that dealt with the local independent motor trade outlets. We looked at the factor business as a better way to sell to other brands and to the local independents.

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Express Factors: Best Route to Car Parts Market

Express Factors can be the best route to a share of a £2.8bn car parts franchise market.

Unipart Automotive says its Express Factors programme can help dealers grab a slice of the UK’s lucrative replacement parts market.

According to automotive research specialist GIPA, this sector was worth a whopping £2.8 billion in 2008, with the independent motor trade taking the lion’s share (approx 52%).

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ChipsAway Expands into Brazil Market

Leading automotive paintwork repairs specialist ChipsAway has announced the launch of a new master franchise in Sao Paulo, Brazil, expanding its global network.

According to a Business Monitor International (BMI) report in February this year, a 10.6% year on year rise in Brazil’s new vehicle sales not only makes it Latin America’s biggest automotive marketplace, but also places the country fourth largest in the world after China, the US and Japan.

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MOT2U Gives Back to British Motorists

The last six months have seen the British motorist bashed again and again with fuel prices going through the roof, and a recent survey published by Which, containing the fact that 86% of the garages that were investigated missed easy-to-spot faults. 

 

Well John Atkins, a successful Derby based businessman has launched MOT2U Derby, a vehicle MOT and servicing automotive franchise that gives power back to the motorist and helps the consumer get the very best value from their pounds at the fuel pump.

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Top Performers Recognised at Annual Conference

Top performers from the ChipsAway franchise network have been recognised and rewarded at the first Annual Conference and Awards Dinner, held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Birmingham.

Named as ChipsAway ‘Franchisee of the Year 2011’ by the UK’s leading on-the-spot automotive paintwork car repair franchise, Paul Fabian has one of the longest established and most successful businesses in the network, with two ChipsAway CarCare Centres, a fleet of mobile workshops and a team of highly trained employees.

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