etyres Fleet Mobile Tyres Franchise Opportunity in Reading
"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 Reading. 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
Reading?
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 Reading.
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 Reading.
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
Reading. 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 Reading.
More about ReadingReading is a town and unitary
authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county
of Berkshire. It is located at the confluence of the
River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and
Swindon off the M4 motorway. The name Reading is
pronounced to rhyme with bedding.
Reading was an important centre in the mediaeval period,
as the site of an important monastery with strong royal
connections, but suffered serious economic damage during
the 17th century from which it took a long time to
recover. Today it is again an important commercial
centre in Southern England and is often referred to as
the capital of the Thames Valley, with the headquarters
of some major British companies and the UK offices of a
number of major foreign multinationals, especially in
the IT industry, including Microsoft, Oracle, Sage,
Xansa and Yell.com. Several of these are located at the
Thames Valley Business Park.
The settlement was founded at the confluence of the
River Thames and River Kennet in the eighth century as
Readingum. The name is probably from the Anglo-Saxon for
"(Place of) Readda's People", or (less probably) the
Celtic Rhydd-Inge, "Ford over the River". It was
occupied by the Vikings after the Battle of Reading
(871), but had recovered sufficiently by its 1086
Domesday Book listing to contain around 600 people and
be made a designated borough. The town was a place of
pilgrimage in medieval times to Reading Abbey. In 1253
Reading's Merchant Guild successfully petitioned for the
grant of a charter from the King and negotiated a
division of authority with the Abbey. The dissolution of
the Abbey saw Henry VIII grant the Guild a new charter
in 1542 with which to become a borough corporation to
run the town.
By the end of the 16th century Reading was the largest
town in Berkshire, home to over 3,000 people. During the
Medieval period and Tudor times Reading grew rich on its
trade in cloth, as instanced by the fortune made by
local merchant John Kendrick. The town played an
important role during the English Civil War; it changed
hands a number of times, and despite its fortifications
the longest siege was only ten days in April 1643.
However the taxes levied on the town badly damaged its
cloth trade, and it did not recover. Reading was also
the only site of significant fighting in England during
the Revolution of 1688 with the Battle of Reading.
The 18th century saw the beginning of a major iron works
in the town and the growth of the brewing trade for
which Reading was to become famous. Agricultural
products from the surrounding area still used Reading as
a market place, especially at the famous Reading cheese
fair but now trade was coming in from a wider area.
Reading's trade benefited from better designed turnpike
roads which helped its establish its location on the
major coaching routes from London to Oxford and the west
country. It also gained from increasing river traffic on
both the Thames and Kennet. In 1723 despite considerable
local opposition the Kennet Navigation opened the River
to boats as far as Newbury. This opposition stopped when
it became apparent the new route benefited the town. The
opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1810 made it
possible to go by barge from Reading to the Bristol
Channel.
In 1801, the population of Reading was about 9,400.
During the 19th century, Reading grew rapidly as a
manufacturing centre. Reading maintained its
representation by two Members of Parliament with the
Reform Act 1832, and the borough was one of the ones
reformed as a municipal borough by the Municipal
Corporations Act 1835. In 1836 the Reading Borough
Police were founded. The Great Western Railway arrived
in 1841, followed by the South Eastern Railway, in 1849,
and the London and South Western Railway, in 1856. In
1851 the population was 21,500. The town became the
County Town (superseding Abingdon [3]) in 1867 and
became a county borough under the Local Government Act
1888. By 1900, the population was 59,000 — large
sections of the housing in Reading are terraced,
reflecting its 19th century growth. The town has been
famous for the "Three Bs" of beer (from 1785 dominated
by the Simonds' Brewery - India Pale Ale was invented in
Reading), bulbs (1807–1976, Suttons Seeds), and biscuits
(1822–1977, Huntley & Palmers). In the 19th century the
town also made 'Reading Sauce', described as a sharp
sauce flavoured with onions, spices, and herbs, very
like Worcestershire Sauce.
The town continued to expand in the 20th century,
annexing Caversham across the River Thames in
Oxfordshire in 1911. This expansion can be seen in the
number of 1920s built semi-detached properties, and the
1950s expansion that joined Woodley, Earley and
Tilehurst into Reading. Miles Aircraft in Woodley was an
important local firm from the 1930s to 1950s. The Lower
Earley development, started in the 1970s, was the
largest private housing development in Europe. This
extended the urban area of Reading up to the M4
motorway, which acts as the southern boundary to the
town. Further housing developments have increased the
number of modern commuter houses in the surrounding
parts of Reading, and 'out-of-town' shopping
hypermarkets.
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