Overview
- ATS Euromaster has outlined plans to close its remaining 103 UK service centres after failing to find a buyer for the business as a whole.
- Two buyers are in place for 49 locations—Formula One Autocentres for 35 and S&M Tyres trading as Elite Garages for 14—with about 216 staff expected to transfer under TUPE if deals complete.
- A formal consultation has begun and sites remain open until 30 April, with a proposed final trading day on or shortly after 1 May.
- Halfords is offering interviews to affected staff and directing motorists from closing branches to nearby Halfords garages for servicing, MOTs and repairs.
- ATS cites overcapacity, sluggish sector activity and rising operating costs for the sustained losses, following an earlier 2025 move to shut 86 unprofitable centres.