The Air-Seal Products team are getting excited as we prepare for 3 trades shows next month.
The Commercial Vehicle Show, Vertikal Days and RWM were all cancelled in 2020 having had the forced break due to restrictions. So we are pleased to be back exhibiting at all three shows and looking forward to meeting new contacts and catching up with our regular customers.
See our events tab to left for more information and to find out our stand numbers.
We have now received our new sturdy boxes to ensure your 20 litre pails of product get to you in the best condition possible. Protecting your goods and making them easier to handle.
All orders of 1-6 x 20 litre pails will now come with these.
At Air-Seal we want our customers to be able to use their tyre sealant as quickly as possible which is why we try our hardest to have it delivered within 2 working days.
There are no guarantees but we try our best!
After 3 years of not shooting clays and our MD, Alex Burnand, came out of retirement to take this years Somerset County Trap (Clay Pigeon Shooting) Championship, pushed hard by Abby Ling, Alex held on forcing Abby to have to shoot a straight on her last layout, Alex came out 1 ahead in the finish with a score of 88 to Abby’s 87. Good effort Alex.
Take a look at our first newsletter, giving you an insight into the world of Air-Seal.
Please be aware that Mr Stephen Richmond from Air-Seal Installations no longer works for our company and is not connected to Air-Seal Products Ltd in any way. If in any doubt or you have any concerns please contact our Managing Director Alex Burnand on 01823 674411. Air-Seal Installations our sister company is still fully operational. Please share this post
Almost one in three parents could be driving their kids around on dangerous tyres, according to new research from Protyre.
The alarming findings come from a new online YouGov survey commissioned by Protyre – the UK’s fastest growing tyre retailer– as part of this year’s nationwide Tyre Safety Month.
In the YouGov survey, Protyre found that just under a third of British parents with children aged 18 and under who own a car admitted to only checking the safety of their tyres every three months or less, with some not checking them at all.
Further survey findings showed that parents regularly check more visible child safety equipment, such as seat belts and car seats than they did their tyres.
The survey results also raised serious concerns about parents’ priorities when carrying out essential child safety checks on their car before setting off on a journey. While over three fifths of parents who own a car said checking their child had been to the toilet was important, only just over half (52%) considered checking tyres to be important.
The prioritising of toilet checks over tyre checks is an alarming finding but there was some positive encouragement, with over three in four (76%) of parents surveyed saying that they consider tyre safety to be very important.
However, stats on demounted tyres below the legal tread depth, recorded monthly by Protyre, suggest that motorists, including parents, may only be paying lip service to the notion of tyre safety.
From 2018 when the number of illegal tyres taken off at Protyre centres hit an all-time high of 58.9%, the figure has remained fairly constant around the 58% mark. It’s further compelling evidence that while the public may recognise the importance of tyre safety, they are not putting that awareness into practice by carrying out regular tyre checks.
Simon Hiorns, Protyre Retail Director, said: “These findings from our latest survey are very alarming and raise concerns about how much the public are taking on board the importance of tyre safety.
“As part of TyreSafe Tyre Safety month, Protyre wants to remind parents and motorists generally, that tyre safety is just as important as things like seat belts and child car seats.
“It’s extremely concerning, as our survey results show, that parents are failing to carry out frequent and adequate enough checks on their vehicle’s tyres and as a result are putting their children at risk by driving on potentially dangerous tyres.
“This year’s Tyre Safety Month campaign message to motorists is to ACT; a call to action to check tyres a least once a month for Air pressure, Condition and Tread depth. By using this easy to remember acronym motorists can act now to ensure their tyres are safe.
“If drivers need further advice and help with checking their tyres, Protyre will be carrying out free tyre checks across our 200 strong UK wide fast fit Autocentre network throughout Tyre Safety Month.”
Tyre Safety Month, which runs throughout October, is organised and promoted by national tyre safety charity, TyreSafe. For more details on Tyre Safety Month visit https://www.tyresafe.org/campaigns/tyre-safety-month/
The team managed to squeeze in a celebratory socially distanced bbq a few weeks ago to celebrate the end of furlough and also their 20th year in business. Not quite the challenge of trekking Mount Snowdon as planned but fingers crossed for next year.
We are delighted the connection with our overseas customers in the Middle East still continues throughout the pandemic.
240 pails of Heavy Duty tyre sealant all wrapped and ready for shipping last week.
Welcome Air-Seal SA
Air-Seal Products Ltd are pleased to announce our new South African distribution partnership with Air-Seal SA.
After many months of hard work, negotiations and dealing with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic we are very excited to have the new South African team on board.
We look forward to further strengthening our position within the South African market.
Further information and updates can be found on their official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/airsealafrica
We’re settling into our new normal here at Air-Seal Products HQ and home offices.
Our Managing Director of many talents will continue his role over the next few week as Chief Dispatcher to ensure all our customers stay puncture free.
Thank you to all our loyal customers for your continued support.
Stay safe everyone.
UK motorists spent a total of £1.25 billion repairing pothole damage to their vehicles over the last year, reveals research published today by Kwik Fit1, the UK’s largest automotive servicing and repair company. With more than 10.8 million drivers damaging their vehicle due to poor road conditions over the last 12 months, the cost over the last three years totals an astonishing £3.4 billion.
The average bill for each of those motorists affected over the last year was £115, covering repairs to components such as tyres, suspension and wheels. Kwik Fit believes that the total cost identified by the research is likely to rise even further as 13% of drivers who suffered damage (some 1.4 million motorists) say they have not yet had the damage repaired. With the coronavirus causing financial uncertainty for many, it is likely that those repairs will be put off for a lot longer yet.
More than a quarter (26%) of motorists say they hit more than 30 potholes over the course of a month – an average of one a day. A third (32%) of the drivers who have hit a pothole in the last year say it caused damage, with the most common items needing repair being tyres (5.8 million drivers), wheels (4.2 million), suspension and steering (3.8 million and 1.7 million respectively).
Almost the entire cost of those repairs has had to be borne by motorists or their insurers as a mere £8.1 million (0.7% of the total) has been refunded to drivers in compensation from local authorities (England and Wales figures).4 While responding to coronavirus is going to be a huge drain on public resources, it is interesting to note that in the longer term, many drivers say they would be prepared to pay higher council taxes if it guaranteed improved road conditions.
Kwik Fit found that a majority (55%) of drivers who have suffered damage would be prepared to pay more council tax, with the average driver willing to stump up 12.5% more. Those who haven’t suffered pothole damage in the last year would be less willing, with only a third (34%) happy to pay more council tax to fund road repairs, with the average acceptable increase just 4.8% on top of their current bill.
Of all drivers, Londoners would be willing to pay the highest increase in council tax. This is likely to be a result of the capital’s drivers being hit with the largest bill for repairs. Last year, London motorists had to cover a cost of £307,231,000 for pothole damage, a rise of 50% on the previous year. Other regions which have seen rises are the South East, and South West, while the total cost to drivers in the North West, Eastern, East Midlands regions and Wales have remained relatively static year on year.
The Kwik Fit study has some comparatively good news for drivers in Scotland, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber and the North East, where the total cost has decreased from last year, but even here, drivers were still faced with a collective bill of £360 million.
Source: Research for Kwik Fit 2019, 2020.
56% of people travelling on UK roads believe they are in worse condition now compared to a year ago, up from 51% of people who were asked the same question last year. And the majority of road users in the country don’t feel that there will be significant improvement any time soon. When asked about the Government’s recently announced £2.5bn five year pothole fund, 56% said that this would have a slight or no impact on the number of potholes. The experience of drivers reflect the latest ALARM report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance, which highlights that a one-off spend in excess of £11 billion is needed to bring the network back up to scratch.
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