THE National Tyres and Distributors Association has recruited 12 new companies following a membership drive. They join more than 2,000 members, most of whom are owned and operated as private businesses.

The new members are Tyreworld (Liverpool); Cannon Tyre Group (Middlesbrough); Walton Tyre and Exhaust (Surrey); Bathwick Tyres (Bath); Cabot Tyre Service (Bristol); North West Tyres (Morecambe); Treble B Tyre Services (Caterham); Tyre and Exhausts (Leeds); Ashton Tyre and Exhausts (Wigan); Britannia Tyres (Leicester); Carnoustie Tyres (Carnoustie); and Big City Tyres (Coventry).