Kwik Fit centres are open and offering free tyre repairs to emergency and care workers

Kwik Fit has 10 centres across Northern Ireland including three in Belfast and is aiming to keep as many open as possible to support those workers who have to travel during lockdown.

Winter is the most common time of year to get punctures and to support NHS, emergency and care workers during the lockdown, Kwik Fit is once again providing these workers with free puncture repairs to help keep them on the road as the vaccination programme is rolled out. It is also offering 10% off all repairs or servicing for workers in these critical sectors.

All Kwik Fit centres and mobile fitting team are following strict Covid protocols to keep customers and employees as safe as possible, both from the Coronavirus and on the road.

Gary Ralph, Kwik Fit’s divisional director for Northern Ireland, says: “We know how many emergency and care workers rely on their cars to make their essential journeys, especially in winter. Winter weather always brings the risk of more tyre damage on the roads of Northern Ireland and so we are offering Northern Irish NHS, emergency and care workers free puncture repairs as a way of expressing our gratitude and to help keep them on the road as the vaccination programme is rolled out.

“We are following strict Covid protocols to ensure customers and staff stay as safe as possible. However, the impact of the virus may mean we may have to close centres at short notice, so we ask customers to ring ahead if possible.”

Kwik Fit centres are at: Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast – Yorkgate, Belfast - Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast - Ormeau Road, Coleraine, Lisburn, Newry, Newtownards, Portadown.

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