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| Author | Subject: Unipart Gone !!! |
 Day666
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 5,214 Status: Offline |
Post #1
Sad day ....Unipart spares in the UK & my local Bristol & Avonmouth Depots have now gone ....bust last Weds !!! Shame & I've made Some great friends over the many years !!! Hope lots of the 1200 people find jobs  ...gutted for them !!! |
 Posted 28th Jul 2014 at 16:09
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mcvite
Regular  Location: basingstoke Registered: 23 May 2012 Posts: 303 Status: Offline |
Post #2
Certainly is a sad day,that brings back memories when i used to use unipart service items and parts,and that was going back to the late seventies when i owned my Dolomite Sprints. ________________________________________ http://s1160.photobucket.com/albums/q486/mcvite/ |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 01:58
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Day666
Seasoned Pro Location: Bristol Registered: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 5,214 Status: Offline |
Post #3
mcvite wrote: Certainly is a sad day,that brings back memories when i used to use unipart spares going back to the late seventies when i owned my dolomite sprints. Me to Martin ....sad day !!!! |
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Posted 28th Jul 2014 at 22:30
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daver6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Durham Registered: 08 Aug 2010 Posts: 2,379 Status: Offline |
Post #4
Euro car parts were linked as buyers I think. Bit everytime I mention ECP at work some lad always says they're in financial trouble... Which I fail to see________________________________________ Red Rallye - Rolling "restoration"Wishbone Polybushes available |
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Posted 28th Jul 2014 at 22:47
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Day666
Seasoned Pro Location: Bristol Registered: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 5,214 Status: Offline |
Post #5
daver6 wrote: Euro car parts were linked as buyers I think. Bit everytime I mention ECP at work some lad always says they're in financial trouble... Which I fail to see Funny you say that David ...was told today ECP haven't made a profit for 3 years ?...they were after the AA & RAC contracts a while back so say .!!!.... Rumours were put around that Unipart were up for sale & had no money ...suppliers stopped giving credit & the rest I'm sure you know  ..It's dog eat dog out there in the Motor business it appears ...no loyalty it seems ...all about who's cheapest ...even if the cheapest is S_it .... |
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Posted 28th Jul 2014 at 23:35
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aaron6
Seasoned Pro  Location: On the sofa in maidstone Registered: 16 May 2006 Posts: 5,840 Status: Offline |
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I used to work for uni part in a manufacturing plant called Kelton. They wee a great employer.  ________________________________________ See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl. |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 07:06
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Nose
Senior User  Location: Birmingham Registered: 23 Jun 2013 Posts: 994 Status: Offline |
Post #7
Very sad, UNIPART were a huge customer of ours, i've personally dealt with them for over 25 years. Out of 178 branches 33 have been bought, 12 of the branches have been bought by the Part Alliance group, and 21 have been bought by Andrew Page, so at least some of the guys will be ok. I have one of the 'saved' branches in our region where one of the lads wife's also worked for UNIPART, so imagine that, both of you out of work over night !! luckily he's ok. I wish them all the best of luck and hope they find employment soon.________________________________________ Bianca 306 Rallye.Mondeo Titanium X. |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 08:27
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,795 Status: Offline |
Post #8
how do you know which have closed? is there a list?edit> found it here ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 08:40
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #9
My local is one of the 'saved ones'. I can't say I've heard or Andrew Page though.To be honest I often found them a bit incompetent on occasion. WHSmith will be next. How the hell they continue to exist I will never know. ________________________________________  |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 09:03
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,795 Status: Offline |
Post #10
i only ever use Andrew Page for everything. they are brilliant to be fair________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 09:18
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armzsc6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Crowborough Registered: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 3,445 Status: Offline |
Post #11
Never heard of Andrew Paige to be honest. We use SC motor factors who are now part of parts alliance and we were told last week that they had bought out a lot of the unipart franchises. Can't say I've ever used unipart stuff all that much really, always used purflux or man etc as they are OE suppliers. ________________________________________ Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p 12x 306's owned so far Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist. Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available. |
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Posted 29th Jul 2014 at 10:34
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