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When Halfords snapped up the UK’s biggest independent garage chain last February, it was an event that made the trade sit up and take notice. CAT was with one of the industry’s top supplier bosses when he got the call, made his excuses and dashed off to deal with whatever the fallout of the sale might be.
Halfords has announced the appointment of Bill Duffy as CEO of Halfords Autocentres.
Taking effect from the 12th September Bill will become the CEO of Halfords own service and repair network. Currently the Autocentre network operates from 240 sites across the UK.
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