You can’t fit quicker than a Kwik Fit fitter
Opening of 20 Kwik Fit Plus centres leads to growth
Kwik Fit, the UK’s largest automotive repair company, is seeing fleet demand for its range of mechanical services increasing and is forecasting further growth in 2015.
The catalyst for growth has been the opening of 20 Kwik Fit Plus centres and confidence across the company’s UK-wide centre network.
Each of the current 20 Kwik Fit Plus centres, located chiefly in the South East of England, employs one team of fully trained staff delivering traditional ‘fast-fit’ and a second team delivering mechanical services.
Each team is led by a supervisor and all work is overseen by a quality controller and manager. The mechanical services team also includes a centre-based Master Technician trained to the highest level recognised by the Automotive Technician Accreditation and specialising in the most complex electrical and mechanical repair work on company cars and vans.
Allied to the development of Kwik Fit Plus centres is a continuous programme of modernisation and refurbishment across the more than 600 centres in the Kwik Fit estate, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.
Last year Kwik Fit saw fleet demand for brake inspections and the replacement of brake pads and discs rise 24% year-on-year, the number of MoTs being carried out on company cars and vans increased 18% year-on-year and an 11% year-on-year rise in the number of services being carried out on fleet vehicles.
Additionally, the increasing volume of mechanical work being undertaken at Kwik Fit centres is being further driven by an ever-growing focus on encouraging more fleets and small businesses to use centres for light commercial vehicle service, maintenance and repair jobs.
