In writing this article, we’re not trivialising or ignoring the enormous human tragedy unfolding in front of us in the Ukraine. But reporting or discussing global events is well beyond our scope — all we can reasonably do is comment… read more
So, you’re googling tyre-fitting services in one of the counties we serve — Oxfordshire, Berkshire or Buckinghamshire — and you stumble across BK Tyres. The site looks OK and you can see we have a big range of tyres. The… read more
In Part One of this post, we looked at the reasons behind the new changes in UK tyre labelling. In case you really don’t have five minutes to read it, we can sum up the reasons like this: at the… read more
At BK Tyres, we’re all in favour of customers having all the key information they need to make informed buying choices. A quick glance through our extensive stock shows that we prominently display all the tyre label information next to… read more
It’s now three years since we published a blog post titled The electric car is coming. Tyre manufacturers will need to up their game. What we couldn’t have foreseen then — or maybe we should have done — is just… read more
On 1st April 2020, we published a blog post explaining our response to that first UK pandemic lockdown. Just over a year on, now seems a good moment to reflect on the bigger picture in our own industry, looking at… read more
Way back in 2017 (back when life was ‘normal’!), we wrote a post about the labelling system on UK tyres. Based on a then-recent poll, we pointed out that only one in six people had even heard of the labelling… read more
UK garages are predicting delays in MOT-related work. That could have knock-on effects for getting your tyres replaced – so now might be a good time to beat the rush. On Saturday 1st August, compulsory MOT testing returned to the… read more
In Part One of this post, we discussed research suggesting that our tyres produce over a thousand times more particulates than exhausts. This time, we’ll take a look at that claim in more detail and what it means for the…
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At the start of March 2020, a group of UK emissions specialists released findings from tests they had carried out. According to their results, tyre wear produces many times more harmful particulates than are released from the exhaust pipe. In…
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Are Your Tyres Really 1000 Times More Polluting Than Your Exhaust?