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2.164109 national tyres and autocare industry automotive founded 1970 headquarters stockport england number of locations 216 key people tony neill axle group ceo alan revie axle group chairman revenue circa 180 million number of employees 1 300 october 2010 parent axle group holdings ltd website http www.national.co.uk national tyres and autocare is an independent tyre and automotive parts retailer based in stockport in greater manchester england . the company is now part of axle group holdings ltd. they are commonly referred to as just national tyres 1 although the limited company is still national tyre service ltd trading as national tyres and autocare . contents 1 history 2 british superbike sponsorship 3 references 4 external links history edit national tyres and autocare was formed in august 1970 under the name national tyre service ltd. it brought together a number of regional independent companies to form the uk s first national network of tyre fitting centres . in 1985 national tyre service ltd was purchased by btr plc. in may 1991 national tyre service ltd was bought from btr plc by german tyre manufacturer continental ag . at the same time continental ag also purchased smiley tyres & exhausts who subsequently merged with national tyre service and tyre wholesalers birkenshaw international and viking tyres . birkenshaw international and viking tyres later merged to form viking international . in december 2001 under a management buyout national tyre service ltd was transferred to their current parent company axle group holdings ltd for 24m . 2 3 in august 2006 the leicester branch of national tyres was almost completely destroyed in a large fire . the branch was subsequently rebuilt and still trades today . 4 british superbike sponsorship edit national tyres sponsored the suzuki superbike team in the 2000 british superbike championship . their main rider chris walker came close to winning the championship that year only engine failure with three laps remaining allowed ducati rider neil hodgson to pass him and take the title . references edit mark smith 7 may 2010 . national tyres boss in 63 % pay cut despite profit hike . herald scotland . retrieved on 1 october 2010 . mark smith 23 april 2008 . national tyres set for 12m injection to accelerate expansion . herald scotland . retrieved on 1 october 2010 . ben harrington 11 july 2007 . rivals zoom in as national tyres is put up for sale . telegraph . retrieved on 1 october 2010 . bbc news 12 august 2006 . city tyre firm destroyed in blaze . bbc news . retrieved on 1 october 2010 . external links edit national tyres and autocare homepage national tyres fleet website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national tyres and autocare & oldid 725611515 categories companies of the united kingdomonline retailers of the united kingdomcompanies based in stockportcompanies established in 1970hidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from december 2013articles with a promotional tone from december 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilitycoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 june 2016 at 19 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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