Q8Oils celebrates 10 years of business with Kerr & Smith
Lubricant supplier Q8Oils has reached a 10-year milestone in its business relationship with Kerr & Smith, a family company providing sales and servicing for Vauxhall cars and Iveco and DAF commercial vehicles in Ayr, Cumnock and Glasgow.
The group, which employs about 150 people, was also a winner of Family Business of the Year in the 2013 Ayrshire Business Awards.
Kerr & Smith’s owners started a relationship with Q8Oils more than ten years ago to supply oils and other lubricants for various vehicle types, and for the business’s four sites.
Managing director Paul Kerr says that, during the long relationship, the business has never experienced any problems.
“The Q8Oils team has always been very helpful, always delivered what we needed and on time; and the level of service they have established with us continues to this day,” he said.
The business has recently relocated its Ayr site to a brand new purpose-built, four-acre site that specialises in heavier commercial vehicles, but also features a fully equipped ATF Lane for testing all vehicles – cars, HGVs and PSVs.
The team can provide pre-MOT testing, PMI inspection, LOLER checks and repair and maintenance for any fleet size and all makes. Paul says the growth potential for the new site is enormous and the test facility allows staff to provide a fast turnaround for any mix of car and commercial customers.
Kerr & Smith stores its Q8 oils in bulk tanks, so typically orders 1,000 or 1,500 litre bulk quantities of engine oils to various specifications, which are delivered within a day or two. Smaller quantities of hydraulic oils, gear oils, greases, etc are ordered over the phone with the Q8Oils customer service centre in Leeds and also delivered within a couple of days.
“There have never been issues with delivery for any orders and this is important to us because in our business customers, especially HGV customers whose vehicles are making money for their businesses, can’t afford to have vehicles off the road for any length of time,” explained Paul.
