I think people are smart shoppers and I think if they do their research I think they'll find it's a good deal.
"Sir Thomas "Tom" Farmer", Royal Victorian Order/CVO, Order of the British Empire/CBE, Order of St. Gregory the Great/KCSG, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh/FRSE, Deputy Lieutenant/DL is a Scottish people/Scottish entrepreneur.
One of seven siblings in a devoutly Catholic family, in 1964 Farmer founded his own tyre retailing business which he sold in 1969 for £450,000. Farmer retired to the United States, but became bored and decided to find a new challenge. He returned to Edinburgh to found the Kwik-Fit chain of garages in 1971. The firm grew quickly, mainly through acquisition, including opening in the Netherlands in 1975. Farmer was named Scottish Businessman of the Year in 1989. After building the chain to become the world's largest independent tyre and automotive repair specialists with over 2,000 centres operating in 18 different countries, Farmer sold the firm to Ford in 1999 for more than £1 billion. He is the first Scot to be awarded the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal for philanthropy.
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