BUSSEY Vehicle Contracts has awarded a major tyre replacement contract worth £70,000 a year to ATS Euromaster.

The East Anglia-based national contract hire provider will use Avon tyres as its first choice. ATS will also provide its call-and-collect service and fleet of mobile units. The contract marks the end of a nine-year relationship between Bussey Vehicle Contracts and Kwik-Fit.

Chris Baker-Pretty, general manager of the leasing firm, said: 'We felt our contract hire division needed a shake-up and ATS has come in with all guns blazing. Everyone has been impressed with its energy and can-do attitude.'