Avia Autos in Bridgend is not just a family-run business, it’s a family of brands. Hayley Pells is in charge of the business which besides MOT, servicing and general repair also does tuning jobs under the Avia Speed Shop banner and custom work under the fledgling Avia 51 brand (a pun on the alien-infested Area 51).
Out and about with cat
CAT factor lives: CAT Components
CAT Components (no relation) in Hastings is trading in a crowded market.
In the space of a few square miles there are numerous independent motor factors jostling for space with some of the biggest names in the business. Euro Car Parts, GSF and Unipart all have branches in the area, and they’re all competing for business with the independents. The whole town is like an aftermarket social experiment.
CAT retail lives: Interpart, High Wycombe
Richard Walters left school when he was 15 and got a sales assistant job at his local motor accessories store. He now owns the shop and four others, so how has he done it?