Kwik Fit is a car servicing and repair company in the United Kingdom. As of April 2024, there are over six hundred Kwik Fit locations in the United Kingdom.[1] Kwik Fit also has location in continental Europe.[2]
Sir Tom Farmer opened the first Kwik Fit location in McDonald Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1971. In May 1995, Kwik Fit Insurance, part of Kwik Fit Financial Services, was formed, and has since grown to become one of the leading car insurance distributors in the United Kingdom.[3]
In October 1999, Kwik Fit had grown to over two thousand locations throughout Europe, and Farmer sold the company to the Ford Motor Company for US$1.6bn.[4] 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 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.[5] The tyre retailing and service centre business was bought by Itochu Corporation in March 2011.[6][7]
Advertisingedit
First shown in 1984, the adverts “You Can't Get Better Than a Kwik Fit Fitter” were broadcast on the main television channels, in the United Kingdom. The “Kwik Fit Fitter” returned to television in August 2008, with the campaign "You'll Be Amazed at What We Do".[8]
Trainingedit
Kwik Fit received its first national training award in 1990. In January 2009, Kwik Fit was awarded Beacon status from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) for its further education training programs. This was given following a successful inspection by Ofsted, in which programs were graded 'outstanding'.[9]
kwik, servicing, repair, company, united, kingdom, april, 2024, there, over, hundred, locations, united, kingdom, also, location, continental, europe, kwik, company, typesubsidiaryindustryautomotivefounded1971, years, 1971, edinburghheadquartersletchworth, eng. Kwik Fit is a car servicing and repair company in the United Kingdom As of April 2024 there are over six hundred Kwik Fit locations in the United Kingdom 1 Kwik Fit also has location in continental Europe 2 Kwik Fit GB Ltd Company typeSubsidiaryIndustryAutomotiveFounded1971 53 years ago 1971 in EdinburghHeadquartersLetchworth England UKArea servedUnited KingdomKey peoplePaul Boulton Company Director Mark Lynott Company Director Mark Slade Company Director ServicesCar servicingTyresMOT TestingBrakesBatteriesParentItochu CorporationWebsitekwit fit com Contents 1 History 1 1 Advertising 1 2 Training 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp Kwik Fit Kirklees 2010 Sir Tom Farmer opened the first Kwik Fit location in McDonald Road Edinburgh Scotland in 1971 In May 1995 Kwik Fit Insurance part of Kwik Fit Financial Services was formed and has since grown to become one of the leading car insurance distributors in the United Kingdom 3 In October 1999 Kwik Fit had grown to over two thousand locations throughout Europe and Farmer sold the company to the Ford Motor Company for US 1 6bn 4 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 French based private equity firm nbsp Kwik Fit Bermondsey 2010 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 5 The tyre retailing and service centre business was bought by Itochu Corporation in March 2011 6 7 Advertising edit First shown in 1984 the adverts You Can t Get Better Than a Kwik Fit Fitter were broadcast on the main television channels in the United Kingdom The Kwik Fit Fitter returned to television in August 2008 with the campaign You ll Be Amazed at What We Do 8 Training edit Kwik Fit received its first national training award in 1990 In January 2009 Kwik Fit was awarded Beacon status from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service LSIS for its further education training programs This was given following a successful inspection by Ofsted in which programs were graded outstanding 9 See also editHalfords Autocentre Hotline TyresReferences edit MoT Testing amp amp Servicing kwik fit com Kwik Fit Italy now at 57 locations Tyre Press 21 October 2019 Retrieved 27 March 2022 Kwik Fit sees motor insurance as new base heraldscotland com 3 May 1995 Retrieved 10 July 2020 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 retailer itochu co jp Archived from the original on 1 April 2012 PAI 404 Page not found PDF paipartners com Archived from the original PDF on 12 August 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help The Kwik Fit fitter returns Marketing Week www marketingweek com Retrieved 13 March 2018 Customer Satisfaction Kwik Fit Retrieved 13 March 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kwik Fit Official website nbsp 55 56 3 N 3 27 12 W 55 93417 N 3 45333 W 55 93417 3 45333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kwik Fit amp oldid 1216516990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
