A CAR maintenance firm from the area has scooped an award from a national trade magazine.

Auto Safety Centres - a tyre, MOT, servicing and exhaust firm - has been named "Top Depot" after excelling in a mystery shopper survey conducted by Tyre Trade News.

The shopper gave the firm high marks for its user-friendly facilities, customer amenities and free advice. The magazine also praised the high calibre of staff.

"I was impressed by their attitude, which oozed both confidence and enthusiasm, and I would not hesitate to buy tyres from them" said the mystery shopper's report.

The store, in Widemarsh Street, Hereford, is part of the EasyFit chain. More details about the firm can be found at www.easyfittyres.co.uk