Halfords Lorry parked at the back of their store beside the loading bay delivering goods in Dundee,UK
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Dundee Photographics / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
D34B0NFile size:
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3888 x 2592 px | 32.9 x 21.9 cm | 13 x 8.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
6 February 2013Location:
Dundee,Angus,Tayside,Scotland,United KingdomMore information:
Halfords Lorry parked at the back of their store warehouse unloading goods in Dundee. Halfords Group plc is a retailer of car parts, car enhancement, camping, touring and bicycles operating in the UK and Ireland. They also provide MOT, service and repairs in the United Kingdom, through Halfords Autocentre.The company was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke in Birmingham in 1892 as a wholesale ironmongery. In 1902, Rushbrooke moved to a store on Halford Street in Leicester, for which street the company was named, and started selling cycling goods. It opened its 200th store in 1931, and purchased the Birmingham Bicycle Company in 1945. In 1968, it opened its 300th stores. On 18 February 2010, the company announced a deal to purchase the Nationwide Autocentre MOT chain, from the private equity firm Phoenix. As of April 2015, there are over 250 Halfords Autocentre garages dealing with MOTs, car repairs and servicing. In June 2014, Halfords acquired the British bicycle manufacturer Boardman Bikes Ltd. (founded by the professional cyclist Chris Boardman, Sarah Mooney and Alan Ingarfield) for undisclosed sum. In March 2015, it was announced that on 11 May, Jill McDonald, head of McDonald's UK since 2010, would replace Matt Davies (who is leaving to join Tesco), as CEO.