retailing and vehicle servicing founded 1971 headquarters edinburgh scotland parent itochu website www.kwik fit.com kwik fit kirklees 2010 kwik fit bermondsey 2010 kwik fit is a car servicing and repair company in the united kingdom specialising in tyres brakes exhausts mot testing car servicing air conditioning recharge oil changes and windscreen repair . as of 2015 there are over 600 kwik fit centres within the united kingdom and ireland 1 contents 1 history 1.1 advertising 1.2 training 2 see also 3 references history edit kwik fit was bought into the uk by james alexander merritt a former businessman . originally called euro exhausts ltd in the 60s this was then sold to sir tom farmer in 1970 . sir tom farmer opened the first kwik fit centre in mcdonald road edinburgh in 1971 . in 1973 the first centre was opened in the netherlands and with the acquisition of speedy in france the company now has over 570 centres in mainland europe . in 1995 kwik fit insurance part of kwik fit financial services was formed and has since grown to become one of the united kingdom s leading car insurance distributors . in october 1999 farmer sold the company to the ford motor company for us 1.6 b. 2 a decision by ford to concentrate on its core business led to the sale of kwik fit in august 2002 to cvc capital partners . in june 2005 kwik fit was sold for 800m to pai partners a leading french based private equity firm . the kwik fit financial services arm of the business was sold by pai to fortis insurance uk now ageas uk limited for a figure of 215m in july 2010 . 3 the tyre retailing and service centre business was bought by itochu corporation in 2011 . 4 5 advertising edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message first shown in 1984 the you can t get better than a kwik fit fitter adverts were broadcast on the main united kingdom television channels . in 2008 the kwik fit fitter returned to television with the you ll be amazed at what we do campaign . training edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message in 1990 kwik fit received its first national training award . in january 2009 kwik fit was awarded beacon status from the learning and skills improvement service lsis for its further educations training programmes . this was given following a successful ofsted inspection in which programmes were graded outstanding . see also edit halfords autocentre references edit mot testing & & servicing . kwik fit.com . remaking ford business week 11 october 1999 fortis completes kwik fit acquisition . retrieved 16 september 2012 . itochu reaches agreement to acquire kwik fit group uk no. 1 tyre 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