16 August, 2019
As Regular as Clockwork: Browsing through a franchisee magazine 24 years ago, John Tattam didn’t realise that the advert he was reading was about to change his life. John who was working in sales at the time was looking for a franchise opportunity that would give him more freedom. The Autosmart …
14 August, 2019
Autosmart joins in: Smartab alongside Chris Ashton and Shaun Devey from the UK office took part in the Vasaloppet which is an annual bike race that takes place from Salen to Moran in Sweden. The 94km race was inspired by a journey from Mora to Salan by King Gustav Vasa when he was fleeing from …
12 August, 2019
Autosmart Rescues: A car accidentally covered in tarmac was given first aid by mvs Staffordshire Ltd and Autosmart Power HD. When a civil engineering company in Birmingham accidentally covered a lime green VW Sirocco in tarmac whilst they were finishing off the road surface on a new housing …
9 August, 2019
Sowing the Seed: Back in 1984 the Seed family run business was planted and 35 years on this multi showroom company is still growing strong. Andrew Seed used to help his dad out whilst he was at University in his early 20’s and he liked it that much that when the opportunity arose for him […]…
2 August, 2019
33 Years in the Making: A new showroom takes to the roads of the North East and is a far cry from their first mobile showroom, a Ford Fiesta. Colin Smails was working in the motor trade when he heard that his local Autosmart area was up for sale. He didn’t hesitate approaching Autosmart for …
27 July, 2019
An unveiling of a piece of artwork that displays all Autosmart people kick starts the celebrations to the 40th year ruby anniversary. On the official 40th anniversary of Autosmart, all teams joined in with the celebrations as the commemorative piece of artwork was unveiled. The artwork …
26 July, 2019
Autosmart Portsmouth hits their 40th year business anniversary, being one of the first regions set up in 1979 and is still owned by the Hatch family today. John Hatch set up the Autosmart business with Mike Fiddler in Tamworth and as the regional manager for the South East he spent every …
25 July, 2019
Autosmart celebrates Being Fit at Forty: On the 25th of July 1979, Autosmart and the innovative idea of selling from a mobile showroom was born. Britain was in the midst of the winter of discontent. Each day brought a new strike, the cost of petrol soared, the government was faced with a …
22 July, 2019
Autosmart Wins Continuous Improvement Award: The 2019 Best Franchise Awards, sponsored by Lloyds Bank have announced Autosmart as the winner of the Continuous Improvement Award. These prestigious annual awards are highly regarded as the results are based on the actual feedback from the …
19 July, 2019
25th year business anniversary: Autosmart Wirral and North Wales! Bill and Karen Price the Autosmart Franchisee for the Wirral and North Wales celebrates 25 years of being the local supplier of chemical cleaning products to the trade. 25 years ago Bill hadn’t heard of Autosmart. He was reading …