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T E N XC R G E EC OGNISIN The 2015 NTDA Tyre Industry Awards are open for entries. Now, you too can enter, or be entered for, the Tyre Industry Awards to NTDA Annual Dinner and demonstrate to your customers, employees, competitors and Tyre Industry Awards Ceremony suppliers that your business and its people rank among the very best in the UK tyre industry. The Awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony sponsored by Alliance Tire Group at the NTDA Annual Dinner The Tyre Industry Awards, now considered the ‘OSCARS’ of which in 2015 is sponsored overall by Continental Tyre Group the Tyre Industry, provide a range of categories for all types and Ltd and which will take place at the prestigious International sizes of NTDA member businesses. Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham on Thursday 1st October 2015. This fabulous black tie event, which will be attended by Winners will be chosen, by an independent panel of Judges, 620 guests, provides great networking opportunities and is the because they can show they achieved the highest standards in premier social occasion for the UK Tyre Industry. our industry, to which others can aspire. 2015 Award Categories and Sponsors: How was it for you? • REACT Roadside Technician of the Year, So, with all the challenges our industry has faced in the last sponsored by: Zenises twelve months, how was it for you – did you have any areas of • Truck and Agricultural Tyre Supplier of the Year, outstanding success? If so, you could be a 2015 Tyre Industry sponsored by: Apollo Vredestein Award Winner! • Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year, sponsored by: Maritime Cargo Services • Industry Marketing Campaign of the Year, • Did you win other awards, commendations or accolades sponsored by: Singex from your clients or other bodies? • Staff Training & Development Initiative of the Year, sponsored by: Zenises • Find success with new processes, distribution channels, • Tyre Wholesaler of the Year, sponsored by: Goodyear products, technology, innovation or working methods? • Tyre Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by: BlueSky Pensions • Tyre Retail Centre of the Year, sponsored by: Pirelli • Did you make a breakthrough with a marketing campaign, build a training and development programme to be proud of The awards are open to NTDA, TWG, BTMA and ITMA or identify a ‘star’ employee in your business? members only.

If you did this, or anything like it, in the last twelve months, To receive an entry form and the awards criteria, please contact and you can sum it up demonstrating why it’s worthy of a Tyre Alison Fitzgerald via email: [email protected]. Closing Industry Award, then we want to hear about it because you date: Friday 31st July 2015, entries arriving after that date will might just be the winner our judges are looking for! not be considered. www.ntda.co.uk NEWS

TV Personality to speak at NTDA/Zenises Golf Day Dinner New Regional Chairman for The NTDA is pleased to announce that TV personality Steve Rider will be giving an after dinner speech at the NTDA/ NTDA South East Region Zenises Golf Day Dinner. Steve has anchored coverage of golf, , football, rowing and rugby. His brief now As previously reported, the NTDA is in the process of embraces touring car racing and the Goodwood Revival. rebuilding its regional structure and can now announce the name of the first new Regional Chairman to be appointed: A keen golfer himself, when he isn’t working on his handicap, Prashant Chopra. Steve talks about the pitfalls of live broadcasting (with a dodgy Autocue) and the perils of different time zones. Prashant is the Managing Director of West London based NTDA supplier member Autogem Invicta, which is a very Steve moved to the commercial network after twenty years active member of the Aftermarket Supplier Group and has with the BBC, to front the Formula One season and the contributed significantly, in recent years, to the Association’s Rugby World Cup. He is the only person to have presented work to educate members on the opportunities and benefits all the major sports magazine shows – including Grandstand, of TPMS. and World of Sport. Stefan Hay said: “Prashant is the first of the ‘new breed’ of NTDA Director Stefan Hay said: “We are delighted that Steve Regional Chairman. We have very active members in both will be joining us at the Golf Day Dinner on the 22nd July, and North West/North Wales and Northern Ireland Regions and possibly playing a round of golf with our guests at Brockett are hoping that other regions will become just as active in Hall. Steve is highly entertaining and in his after dinner the near future. Prashant and I have lots of plans to attract speech he reveals the perils of live broadcasting, dodgy members to meetings including a range of interesting Autocue and trying to present Olympics coverage across speakers from industry, Government and the general different time zones. He also reflects on his time as host of business community and will build on the best practice the Sports Personality of the Year.” other two regions have implemented. Prashant is a dynamic guy with great industry knowledge and contacts and I look Steve Rider has twice won the ’s forward to working with him.” Sports Presenter of the Year award, and collected two BAFTAs.

Obituary

The NTDA team was very sad to hear of the death of Roy Claydon. Roy was the founder and chairman of well-known tyre wholesaler RH Claydon Ltd, which has been a very active member of both the NTDA and TWG for many years. Roy passed away on 16 April aged 88 after succumbing to pneumonia. He founded RH Claydon in 1953 and celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary at Newmarket races two years ago. RH Claydon continues to be represented on the NTDA Executive Council by John Parker who is also the current TWG Chairman. Our thoughts are with Roy’s family and colleagues at RH Claydon.