Point S (UK) is the recently announced alliance between the powerful French based Point S group and UK Tyres, the network of 13 independent retailers which has signed up to become the British arm of Point S.
Point S currently operates in 20 European countries and has more than 1,900 independently-owned tyre retail outlets in membership and sales of over 11 million tyres per year.
"The Point S offer is highly attractive to independent tyre retailers as it gives them the benefits of enormous buying power and national marketing strength without having to compromise the independence which is their greatest strength," says Charles Sunderland, co-director of UK Tyres and one of the negotiating team that reached the agreement with Point S Development.
UK Tyres currently has 12 member companies with a combined total of 55 retail outlets but Sunderland is confident that figure will grow quickly towards the 100 member companies targeted over the next 12 months.