HALFORDS – Winter Motoring Interviews
As severe winter weather beckons Halfords expert colleagues are ready to keep the nations motorists mobile with essential products, services and advice.
If you are planning a winter motoring-related news story or feature and would like an expert comment from a Halfords or Halfords Autocentres representative - the Halfords Press Office team is ready to assist.
Among the topics you may find it useful to speak to us about are:
- Essential items to keep in your car boot this winter
- The things drivers should do to prepare their car for winter
- How to drive more safely in wintery road conditions
- What to do if your car is stuck in snow
To obtain a comment or arrange an interview contact:
| James Dale, PR Co-coordinator |
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| Stuart Humphreys, Automotive PR Manager |
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| David Sawday, Head of Communications |
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Did you know?
- In winter Halfords carries enough stock of screenwash to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool or fill the washer bottles of around 1.2 million Ford Focuses.
- Laid end to end the number of snow shovels sold by Halfords each year would lap the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit one and a half times.
- Halfords winter stock of salt would cover 555 Olympic-sized ice hockey rinks.
- Stacked on top of each other Halfords stock of sledges would be higher than Mont Blanc.
- Lined-up in a row the number of ice scrapers stocked by Halfords would stretch across the English Channel
- If the cans of spray on snow grip Halfords stock were stacked on top of each other they would be more than six times the height of The Shard.
- Laid end to end Halfords winter stock of de-icer cans would stretch twice the length of the M6 Toll.
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Notes to Editors
Halfords Group plc
The Group is the UK's leading retailer of automotive, leisure and cycling products and through Halfords Autocentres also one of the UK's leading independent car servicing and repair operator. Halfords customers shop at over 460 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland and at halfords.com for pick-up at their local store or direct home delivery. Halfords Autocentres operates from around 300 sites nationally and offers motorists dealership-quality MOTs, repairs and car servicing at affordable prices.
The Halfords group strategy is based on three pillars:
· Supporting Drivers Of Every Car
· Inspiring Cyclists Of Every Age
· Equipping Families For Their Leisure Time
The Getting into Gear 2016 plan for the Retail business is based on executing in five key areas in order to deliver a significantly-enhanced customer experience:
· Service Revolution
· The H Factor
· Stores Fit To Shop
· 21stCentury Infrastructure
· Click With The Digital Future
Halfords employs approximately 12,000 colleagues and sells around 10,000 product lines in stores, increasing to around 30,000 lines online. The product offering encompasses significant ranges in car parts, cycling, in-car technology, child seats, roof boxes, outdoor leisure and camping equipment. Halfords own brands include Apollo and Carrera cycles, augmented by exclusive UK distribution rights for the premium-ranged Boardman cycles and accessories. In outdoor leisure, we sell a premium range of camping equipment including brands such as Gelert and Outwell. Halfords offers customers expert advice and a fitting service called "wefit" for car parts, child seats, satellite navigation and in-car entertainment systems, and a "werepair" service for cycles.
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