etyres Fleet Mobile Tyres Franchise Opportunity in Bridgend
"etyres" is the UK's # 1 On-Line Tyre Company,
offering on-your-driveway fitting nationwide. etyres is
the Internet trading name of Fleet Mobile Tyres, Ltd.
We have a franchise opportunity in Bridgend. If you have
plenty of drive and initiative you can join our steadily
expanding team of successful Franchisees.
We offer the lowest prices on all leading brands of
tyres and batteries and the most convenient service. We
fit tyres and batteries at the customer's home or place
of work. And because our service is fully mobile, we
don't have expensive tyre depots, which means our prices
are always low.
The primary reason that our service is second to none is
that our network is made up of Franchise Partners rather
than tyre depot managers. Could you be our next
successful Partner with this franchise opportunity in
Bridgend?
Fast-expanding etyres now has over 100 vans fitted with
the most up-to-date equipment required to fit tyres to
today's vehicles. The work is guaranteed and carried out
by our Franchise Partners who employ fully trained tyre
fitters. Customers can have full confidence in our
professional and efficient service because our Franchise
Partners always provide a superior service than is
available elsewhere, as you may do in Bridgend.
New branches are often started as a sole trader business
with the Franchise Partner fitting tyres himself. As the
level of sales grows a trained tyre fitter is employed.
Later a second and third fitter are employed.
Alternatively the business can be operated purely as a
Management Franchise, with all the operational activity
delegated to employees. Either way, branches can be
built up to be very lucrative, with strong sales and
cashflow, as would this franchise opportunity in Bridgend.
And etyres is on a fast track towards nationwide
coverage. We can already cover to more than 70% of the
UK car owning population. However we still have
franchise Territories available in key areas, including
Bridgend. Full training is provided in all aspects of the
business. Head Office backup includes National Sales,
Etyres Sales, National Account authorisations, invoicing
and cash collection as well as help with local sales and
marketing, credit control and administration. For a
fuller description of the process,
click here.
If you feel that you would like to be involved as the
owner of a profitable branch of Fleet Mobile Tyres &
etyres, in this fast moving and dynamic industry, please
call 0800 028 9000, or email to
katherine@etyres.co.uk ... to find out more about
this franchise opportunity in Bridgend.
More about BridgendBridgend is a town in the
traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the
county borough of Bridgend in south Wales. It is roughly
midway between the principal city Cardiff, and Swansea.
The river crossed by the original bridge which gave the
town its name is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny
also passes through the south of the town. Bridgend has
greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s and now
has a population of around 40,000.
Bridgend itself developed at a ford on the River Ogmore,
which was on the main route between East and West Wales.
Just north of the town, there is the confluence of three
rivers, the Ogmore River, the Llynfi River and the Garw
River. South of Bridgend the Ewenny River merges with
the River Ogmore and flows into the Bristol Channel. In
the fifteenth century, a stone bridge was built to
connect permanently each side of the River Ogmore (later
rebuilt). Originally this bridge had four arches but in
the eighteenth century a massive flood washed two of
them away. The rest of the bridge still stands and still
remains a focal point of the town, with aesthetic
restoration taking place in 2006.
Bridgend grew rapidly into an agricultural town
important to many of the local farmers. Although still
small by today's standards it became an important market
town, a tag that remained with it until well into the
twentieth century.
The discovery of coal in the valleys north of Bridgend
would had a massive impact on the town. The first coal
mines opened north of Bridgend in the seventeenth
century, with the Llynfi valley being the first to be
industrialised. Bridgend itself never had coal and
remained a market town for some time, but the valleys of
the three rivers grew into an important part of the
South Wales coalfields. Ironworks and brickworks
(notably at Tondu) were also established in the same
period, by John Bedford, although the ironworks faltered
after his death and ceased operating entirely in 1836.
The Great Western Railway arrived and Bridgend was at
the junction between the main London to Fishguard line
and the branch to the three valleys. Coal trains
regularly sent coal down the valleys and with the
opening of the Vale of Glamorgan railway, coal could be
sent directly to port at Barry or through other branch
lines to Porthcawl.
Bridgend itself saw several quarries open in and around
the town centre, the remnants of which, (near Brackla)
can still be seen today. An engine works was opened in
the town and a larger farmers' market also opened in the
town centre, where it remained until at least the middle
of the twentieth century.
In 1801, the population of Bridgend County was around
6000. By the beginning of the twentieth century this had
risen to 61,000. By this time Bridgend was a bustling
market town with prosperous valleys to the north, a
thriving community and good links to other towns and
cities.
Further new housing developments at Broadlands (near
Newbridge Fields) and the never ending expansion of
Brackla have caused Bridgend's population to swell
dramatically. Traffic became a real problem in the
archaic town centre, in 1997 a new link road/bypass was
built to link the town centre directly to the M4
motorway as well as redirect traffic around the town
centre.
The local council started a scheme to pedestrianise the
town centre. This has been met with criticism by the
traders and shoppers alike because of poor construction,
poor design and poor access. Excessive car parking
charges as well as the dominance of UK retail giant
Tesco in and around the area (2 large superstores and
one small convenience "Tesco Express" store) has led
Bridgend to be jokingly called "a little town beyond
Tesco".
Out-of-town shopping, mismanagement of the
pedestrianisation scheme and the construction of the
McArthur Glen Retail Complex (Bridgend Designer Outlet)
near the M4 motorway had led to a decline of the town
centre. Competition from Cardiff and Swansea in terms of
retail choice and ease of access has led to the town
becoming a less popular choice with locals. The amount
of mobile phone and greetings card shops has become
something of a running joke.
The construction of an award-winning new bus station in
2004 and a rethink to traffic movement around the town
centre has seen a halt to the decline. Local committees,
together with the council started to use the
pedestrianisation of the town-centre to its advantage,
cumulating in several popular fairs including
Continental Markets, Celtic Festivals, a small
Mardi-Gras and Seasonal markets and events.
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