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Bush Tyres celebrates 70 years of business this year, making them one of the longest trading tyre companies in the UK.
The family owned company haverightfully earned their reputation as Lincolnshire’s and East Yorkshire’sleading independent tyre specialist, in both retail and wholesale, and they arecurrently setting standards that admiring competitors throughout the countryare finding hard to follow.
The success storybegan when Benjamin Arthur Bush, fondly known locally as Benny, ran a cycle shopin New Bolingbroke Nr Boston, Lincolnshire and shortly before World War IIresponded to growing public demand by adding the supply of pneumatic car tyresto his established cycle-tyre business. Following the war ‘B.A.Bush’ became a recognised tyre dealer and by 1947were fitting tyres to vehicles of all types. In 1962 the company re-located toits present head office site in the old Station Yard, Horncastle.
Under the direction ofBenny’s son Ivor, and now his grandson Nigel, the company has grown substantiallywith stores opening in Skegness, Stickney, Louth and the first of the ‘newlook’ branches in Sleaford. Spilsby replaced Stickney in 1986, with Sleafordproviding the blueprint for further expansion programmes at Boston, Beverleyand Grimsby. The growth continued across the region with depots opening inHull, Long Sutton, Scunthorpe and Kings Lynn, Hull, Bourne, and the state ofthe art facility at Spalding as well as Spalding Commercial. More recentlythere has been the new additions of Goole, Serviceline Hull and the super advancedwarehouse hub in Barton has cemented their position as one of most advancedindependent wholesalers in the UK. Bush Tyres recently developed a second siteat Grimsby, and the truck distribution hub – Wolds Commercial.Alongside this continual growth and development, the company bought themajority share of Endyke tyres – a vastly successful distribution and retailcustomer in the Hull Area.
In 2010, Bush Tyres joined with fellow GroupTyre Members Elite Garage and Tanvic Group to form Grouptyre Wholesale (GTW), apioneering a distribution company that delivers unparalleled tyre stocks andservice to tyre retailers across through the South. The success of this business has led to anexpansion from its Aylesbury site to a second site in Brentwood in recent yearsto further enhance its service offering.
Bush Tyres is a proud founding member of Grouptyre and they continue to workclosely with other Grouptyre members to develop the success of the nationalbusiness.
Grimsby, Spalding,Scunthorpe and King’s Lynn are today recognised in the tyre industry asone of the finest custom-built independent facilities in Europe, winning manyretail awards and accreditations. Be itproviding for the private motorist with the very latest that technology has tooffer, or keeping the farmers’ tractor wheels turning, Bush are proud of their"Quality at all costs" philosophy. A wide range of quality products,available at the right prices, means that Bush Tyres are always able to meet customers’requirements, and will continue to strive to do so in the future.
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