Abbey Tyre (Cambridge) joins the Bush Group of companies

B.A.Bush & Son Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of Abbey Tyre (Cambridge).

This represents the 3^rd newsite for 2018; in addition to the new sites at Norwich and Knaresborough[completed in April].

Moreover – Bush Tyres are pleased to announce theacquisition of the 50% remaining shares of ZR tyres (Lincoln) from the Tanvicgroup; meaning the site will be 100% Bush Tyres owned…effectively the 4^thnew site for 2018.

Abbey Tyre is a family runbusiness from Cambridge, founded in 1934 – the ideologies of Abbey run inparallel with Bush Tyres family values. The business is comprehensive (car,truck, tractor) and mirrors the Bush Tyres service offer for retail &account business. A history of Abbey tyre is listed below…

It is important to note that Abbey Tyres will continue torun as a separate trading company, within the Bush group.

Gregg Foster (pic right), who has been with the company for many years will take the rolein managing the company; whilst Stuart Woolley (previous owner) will remainwith the company for 6 months to help in the transition of the business.

The company currently caters for a large volume of theCambridge retail car trade, as well as running 7 service vans to cater for itsextensive commercial and agricultural customer base.

Cambridge represents one of the fastest growing and invested parts of the country,informally gaining the name “Silicon Fen”, and forms part of the strategic Bushnetwork expansion plan for the next 3 years. There is currently plans forBABush, in 2019, to expand further – with strategic sites and tyre companieslined up.