protyre type private industry tyres and servicing founded 1972 headquarters micheldever winchester hampshire england key people michael boxford chairman duncan wilkes ceo number of employees 1500 website http www.protyre.co.uk micheldever tyre & auto services limited trading as protyre are primarily focused on the fast fitting of motor vehicles specialising in tyres brakes exhausts and batteries . they also cater for mot testing & servicing and air conditioning . to date they have accumulated 61 branches across the uk the latest acquisitions are located in north west 2010 and swansea wales uk 2011 . the protyre brand spawned from micheldever tyre and auto services limited and in 2006 was acquired by venture capitalists graphite capital and royal bank of scotland . contents 1 history 2 advertising 3 ownership 4 references 5 external links history edit micheldever tyre and auto services limited was founded in 1972 by tony todd 1 and the original site in micheldever hampshire is now the headquarters for the company . they boast a work force of approximately 1000 . post buy out from graphite and royal bank of scotland they have remained profitable and continue to expand . as well as retail they run 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 is ranked 782 in the times rich list 2011 . 3 advertising edit their most recent slogans are more tread for your bread and the best service and price guaranteed . they now advertise online services for same day fitting 4 at their network of centres as well as the ability to book a timed appointment for mot & servicing online . 5 radio campaigns promote protyre on regional radio stations where clusters of protyre service centres exist . ownership edit micheldever tyre and auto services limited trading as protyre was founded by tony todd and run by him until 2006 when it was acquired by graphite and royal bank of scotland . the company are run by a board of directors they are chairman michael boxford ; chief executive officer duncan wilkes ; financial director jon cowles ; retail director simon hiorns ; commercial director angus smith ; wholesale director alan baldwin and logisitics director dave haddock . references edit http www.fasttrack.co.uk fasttrack2002 migration dbdetails.asp siteid 5 & compid 1926 & yr 2008 http www.micheldevergroup.com about us.aspx http www.bodyshopmag.com news sunday times rich list bodyshop automotive insurer.aspx https www.protyre.co.uk tyres.aspx https www.protyre.co.uk servicing mot external links edit micheldever tyre and auto services limited protyre website online tyre retailer coordinates 51 10 54 n 1 15 39 w 51.18167 n 1.26083 w 51.18167 ; 1.26083 this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title protyre & oldid 657291616 categories companies based in hampshireautomotive repair shopsunited kingdom company stubshidden categories coordinates not on wikidataall stub articles 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 20 april 2015 at 06 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view