Berkshire Parts and Panels joins TIDAL wave

Berkshire Parts and Panels has become an office alliance partner of The Independent Distributor Alliance Ltd (TIDAL).

TIDAL UK director Paul Blunt said: “This strategic appointment further strengthens our fast-growing TIDAL Alliance and ensures that our key objective of providing an industry leading national solution for the UK’s bodyshops remains on track.

“We are delighted to welcome Paul Spickett and his team as an official alliance partner and know Berkshire Parts and Panels will play an active part in shaping and supporting the TIDAL Alliance as we continue to move forward.

“The TIDAL Alliance is built on like-minded industry people, running like styled businesses, working in unity to deliver a competitive market relevant solution to today’s busy accident repair centre whilst adding value to our cornerstone partners.

“TIDAL has a very clear market strategy which involves our alliance partners committing to work as a cohesive unit, our strength, stability and sustainability will be dictated by our unity.”

Spickett said: “Berkshire Parts and Panels are looking forward to the prospect of working with a group of like-minded distributors to offer a unique regional and national bodyshop supply solution to both existing and new customers. Working with the TIDAL alliance and being part of a national distribution group, which has been created to add value back into the supply chain is exactly where we need to be as a business and we value this opportunity to play an active part in its development.”

The TIDAL Alliance now consists of 17 partners with 27 locations, 331 highly trained staff and a fleet of over 150 delivery vehicles.