Terms and conditions of sale

In these conditions:

• “Supplier”, “we”, “us” means G B Tyres (UK) Ltd, registered in England and Wales under company number 07747704, whose registered office is GB House, Black Lake, West Bromwich, B70 0FS. VAT registration number GB120405670.
• “Customer”, “you” means the business named on the account application or the order.
• “Goods” means the tyres, wheels, tubes, valves, related products and services we supply under the Contract.
• “Order” means your order for Goods, however placed — through the ordering portal, by telephone, by email or in person.
• “Contract” means the contract between us for the sale and purchase of the Goods, formed under condition 2.
• “Conditions” means these terms and conditions of sale, as amended from time to time under condition 2.5.
• “Working Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England, on which banks in London are open for business.
• “Cut-off” means 18:00 on a Working Day.

Headings are for convenience only. A reference to legislation is a reference to it as amended or re-enacted. “Including” and “in particular” do not limit what precedes them.

2.1 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing. In particular, nothing on your purchase order, order confirmation, specification or other document has any contractual effect merely because we refer to it.

2.2 An Order is an offer by you to buy the Goods on these Conditions. It is not accepted until we issue a written acceptance of the Order, or (if earlier) we despatch the Goods, at which point the Contract comes into existence.

2.3 Quotations are not offers, are given for guidance, and are valid for the period stated on the quotation or, if none is stated, for 30 days.

2.4 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter, illustrations, weights, dimensions and technical information issued by us, published on our website or contained in our catalogues are issued or published to give an approximate idea of the Goods. They do not form part of the Contract and are not a specification.

2.5 We may amend these Conditions from time to time. The Conditions applying to a Contract are those in force at the date the Order is accepted.

3.1 We supply Goods to businesses. We do not sell to consumers. By placing an Order you confirm that you are acting in the course of a business and not as a consumer, and that you are buying the Goods for the purposes of that business.

3.2 Where you resell the Goods to a consumer, you do so as principal on your own terms. You are responsible for your own obligations to that consumer, and nothing in the Contract makes us a party to your contract with them.

3.3 We do not fit tyres for end users. Fitting and mobile service are provided through the dealer network and not by us.

4.1 You are responsible for specifying the Goods, including size, load index, speed symbol, ply rating or load range, construction, tread pattern and application, and for satisfying yourself that the Goods are suitable for the vehicle or equipment they are to be fitted to and for the use they will be put to.

4.2 Technical information we provide — including everything published in the Tyre Desk section of our website, its guides, reference tables and calculators, and any guidance given by our sales desk — is general information. It is not a fitment recommendation for a specific vehicle, and it does not transfer responsibility under condition 4.1 to us.

4.3 The Goods are supplied subject to normal manufacturing tolerance and to variation in appearance, sidewall markings and manufacturing week between production batches. Unless expressly agreed in writing before the Order is accepted, we do not undertake to supply Goods of a particular manufacturing date or batch.

4.4 Fitting, inflation, repair, balancing and maintenance of the Goods are your responsibility and must be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and applicable industry standards.

5.1 The price of the Goods is the price set against your account and shown when you are logged in to the ordering portal at the time the Order is placed, or the price quoted to you. Prices are exclusive of VAT, which is charged at the applicable rate.

5.2 Account prices are confidential to your account.

5.3 We may increase the price at any time before acceptance of an Order. Where a price increase affects an Order we have already accepted, we will notify you and you may cancel the affected Order without charge within 5 Working Days of that notice.

5.4 Delivery on our own fleet within our standard delivery areas is included in the price for Orders that meet our minimum order (a complete set of tyres). Where carriage is chargeable — for example for non-mainland UK, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, export, or Orders below the minimum — the charge will be stated on the quotation or order acknowledgement before the Contract is made. Current delivery areas and lead times are set out on the delivery page and in delivery and returns.

6.1 Unless a credit account has been approved, payment is due in full in cleared funds before the Goods are despatched or collected.

6.2 Where a credit account has been approved, credit terms of up to 120 days are available. The terms and the credit limit applying to your account are those confirmed to you in writing at account approval or as varied under condition 6.7. Payment is due by the end of the agreed period, calculated from the date of our invoice.

6.3 Time of payment is of the essence.

6.4 You must pay in full without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding, except as required by law.

6.5 If you fail to pay any sum when it is due, we may charge interest and compensation on the overdue amount under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. Statutory interest under that Act runs at 8% per annum above the Bank of England base rate from the due date until payment, and we may also recover the fixed sum compensation and the reasonable costs of recovering the debt provided for by that Act.

6.6 If any sum is overdue, or your credit limit is exceeded, we may without liability suspend all further deliveries to you, withhold Goods held for you, and require payment in cleared funds before any further Order is accepted.

6.7 We may review, reduce, suspend or withdraw a credit limit or credit terms at any time on notice to you. A reduction does not affect Orders already accepted.

6.8 We may set off any amount you owe us against any amount we owe you.

7.1 Orders accepted before the Cut-off of 18:00 on a Working Day are picked for despatch that day. Orders accepted after the Cut-off are despatched on the next Working Day.

7.2 Our published delivery lead times from despatch are: mainland England, next Working Day; non-mainland UK, two Working Days; Northern Ireland, three Working Days; Republic of Ireland, four Working Days.

7.3 Delivery dates and lead times are estimates given in good faith. Time of delivery is not of the essence, and we are not liable for any delay in delivery. Where a delivery is delayed we will tell you and, if the delay is substantial, you may cancel the undelivered part of the Order.

7.4 The minimum Order quantity is a complete set of tyres.

7.5 We may deliver an Order in instalments. Each instalment is invoiced and paid for separately. A defect or delay in one instalment does not entitle you to cancel any other instalment or the Contract as a whole.

7.6 You must provide safe and adequate access, accurate goods-in hours, and sufficient personnel and equipment to unload. If delivery cannot be completed because you are not there, because access is inadequate, or because you refuse to accept the Goods, we may charge you the reasonable costs of the failed delivery, of redelivery and of storage.

7.7 Collection. Same-day collection is available from our depots every day of the year. Where you collect, delivery takes place when the Goods are made available to you at the depot. Collection Orders not collected within 10 Working Days may be cancelled or charged for storage.

7.8 Ghost shipment. Where we agree to deliver to your customer under your name, we do so as your subcontractor. The Contract remains between you and us, you remain liable for the price, and you are responsible for the accuracy of the delivery address, the access information and any instructions given to us.

8.1 You must inspect the Goods on delivery or collection, before signing the delivery note, and check the consignment against it.

8.2 Shortages, incorrect Goods and damage in transit that are apparent on inspection must be noted on the delivery note at the time and confirmed to us in writing within 2 Working Days of delivery or collection. A clean signature on the delivery note makes a later claim for a visible shortage or visible damage very difficult to establish.

8.3 Non-delivery of a consignment must be notified to us in writing within 5 Working Days of the date you should reasonably have expected delivery.

8.4 Defects that are not apparent on inspection must be notified to us in writing within 5 Working Days of the date they are or ought reasonably to have been discovered, and in any event within the warranty period under condition 11.

8.5 If you do not notify us within these periods we are not liable for the shortage, damage or defect, and you must pay for the Goods as if they had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.

8.6 Goods the subject of a claim must be retained, unfitted and unused, and made available to us for inspection.

9.1 Risk in the Goods passes to you on completion of delivery or, where you collect, when the Goods are made available to you at the depot.

9.2 Title to the Goods does not pass to you until we have received payment in full in cleared funds for those Goods and for all other sums then due to us on your account.

9.3 Until title passes you must: hold the Goods as our bailee; store them separately from your own goods and those of any third party, in a way that keeps them readily identifiable as ours; not remove, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging; keep them in satisfactory condition and insured against all usual risks for their full price; and hold the proceeds of any insurance claim on trust for us.

9.4 You may resell the Goods in the ordinary course of your business at full market value, as principal and in your own name, before title has passed.

9.5 Your right to possession of the Goods ends immediately if you become subject to any of the insolvency events in condition 16, or if you fail to pay any sum when due. At any time after that we may require you to deliver up the Goods and, if you do not do so promptly, enter any premises where they are stored to recover them.

10.1 Goods correctly supplied against your Order may be returned only with our prior written authorisation and a returns reference. Unauthorised returns may be refused.

10.2 Goods returned under condition 10.1 must be unused, unfitted, undamaged, in their original condition and complete, and must be returned within 14 days of delivery. A restocking charge of 15% may apply, and carriage on the return is at your cost.

10.3 We are not obliged to accept the return of Goods that were a special or non-stock order, that have been fitted, cut, drilled, foam filled or otherwise modified, or that are no longer in a resaleable condition.

10.4 Conditions 10.1 to 10.3 do not apply to Goods that are the subject of a valid claim under condition 8 or a warranty claim under condition 11.

10.5 The returns process is set out at delivery and returns, which must be read consistently with this condition. Where they conflict, this condition prevails.

11.1 We warrant that on delivery the Goods will conform in all material respects with their description and will be free from material defects in material and workmanship. Where the Goods carry a manufacturer’s warranty, that warranty applies in addition and on the manufacturer’s terms.

11.2 Warranty claims are submitted through our warranty portal at warranty-gbtyres.net. A claim must identify the account, the invoice or order, the full sidewall markings of the tyre including size, load index, speed symbol and serial or week code, the vehicle or equipment and its application, the fitted and removed tread depths, the position on the vehicle, and the distance or hours run.

11.3 The tyre or casing must be retained and made available for inspection. We or the manufacturer may inspect it, and may require it to be returned to us or to the manufacturer.

11.4 We are not liable under condition 11.1 where the defect arises from: fair wear and tear; under-inflation, over-inflation or over-loading; impact, kerbing, cut or penetration damage; misapplication, or use outside the load index, speed symbol or application the tyre is rated for; improper fitting, repair, regrooving or retreading; mismatched fitment, mechanical fault or misalignment of the vehicle; storage or handling not in accordance with good practice; or any alteration to the Goods carried out without our written approval.

11.5 Where a claim under condition 11.1 is accepted, our liability is limited, at our option, to replacing the Goods or to issuing a credit. Where the tyre has been part worn, any credit may be adjusted pro rata to the tread used.

11.6 Except as set out in this condition 11 and in condition 8, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.

12.1 Nothing in these Conditions limits or excludes our liability for:

• death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (title and quiet possession);
• defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
• any other liability which cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

12.2 Subject to condition 12.1, we are not liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any: loss of profit; loss of sales, business or revenue; loss of or damage to goodwill; loss of anticipated savings; loss of use of, or downtime of, any vehicle, machine or equipment, including vehicle-off-road costs; the cost of fitting, removing or refitting the Goods, or of recovery, towing or hire of a replacement vehicle; loss of or corruption of data; or any indirect or consequential loss.

12.3 Subject to condition 12.1, our total liability arising under or in connection with the Contract is limited to the price paid for the Goods giving rise to the claim.

12.4 The limits in this condition reflect the price of the Goods, the fact that you are buying for resale or for use in your business, and the fact that you are better placed than we are to insure against loss arising from the use, fitting and application of the Goods.

12.5 This condition survives termination of the Contract.

13.1 Where the Goods are supplied for export, the Incoterm agreed on the order confirmation applies and determines which of us arranges and pays for carriage and insurance and where risk passes. Where no Incoterm is agreed, Ex Works (Incoterms 2020) at the supplying depot applies.

13.2 You are responsible for obtaining any import licence, for customs clearance in the destination country, and for all duties, taxes and charges levied outside the United Kingdom.

13.3 You must comply with all applicable export control, sanctions and anti-bribery legislation, and must not export or re-export the Goods in breach of it.

13.4 Export Orders are supplied against payment in advance or an irrevocable letter of credit confirmed by a UK bank, unless we agree other terms in writing before the Order is accepted.

14.1 All intellectual property rights in the Goods, in our trade marks including Aerotyre and Challenger, and in our product data, images and marketing material remain ours or our licensors’.

14.2 We grant you a non-exclusive, revocable licence to use our product data, images and marketing material for the purpose of reselling the Goods, in the form supplied and without alteration. You must not use them in a way that suggests you are an agent of ours or that misrepresents your relationship with us.

14.3 Where we supply a data feed or API access, its use is subject to any separate terms notified to you, and the licence ends when your account ends.

15.1 Neither party is in breach of the Contract, nor liable for any delay or failure to perform, where that delay or failure results from an event beyond its reasonable control. This includes act of God, fire, flood, severe weather, epidemic or pandemic, war, terrorism, civil unrest, industrial action, failure of utilities or transport networks, port or customs delay, import or export restriction, sanctions, and the act or omission of any government or public authority.

15.2 The affected party must notify the other as soon as reasonably practicable, and its obligations are suspended for the duration of the event.

15.3 If the event continues for more than 8 weeks, either party may terminate the affected Contract on written notice. Nothing in this condition relieves you of the obligation to pay for Goods already delivered.

16.1 We may suspend supply, suspend or close your account, or terminate the Contract with immediate effect on written notice if you: fail to pay any sum when due and do not remedy that within 7 Working Days of a written reminder; commit a material breach that is not remediable, or is remediable and is not remedied within 14 Working Days of written notice; suspend or threaten to suspend payment of your debts, are unable to pay your debts as they fall due, enter into any composition or arrangement with creditors, or are the subject of any step towards administration, receivership, winding up or an equivalent process in any jurisdiction; or cease or threaten to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of your business.

16.2 On termination all sums due to us become immediately payable, and conditions 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 18 survive.

17.1 Assignment. You may not assign, transfer or subcontract your rights or obligations under the Contract without our written consent. We may assign or subcontract ours.

17.2 Notices. Notices must be in writing and sent to the registered office or to the address or email address notified for the account. Notice by email is effective on transmission during business hours.

17.3 Entire agreement. The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between us and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that it does not rely on any statement or representation not set out in the Contract. Nothing in this condition limits liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

17.4 Variation. A variation of the Contract is effective only if it is in writing and signed by us.

17.5 Waiver. A failure or delay in exercising a right is not a waiver of it.

17.6 Severance. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it is deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, or if that is not possible, deleted. The remaining provisions are unaffected.

17.7 No partnership. Nothing in the Contract creates a partnership, joint venture or agency between us.

17.8 Third parties. A person who is not a party to the Contract has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

17.9 Confidentiality. Each party must keep confidential the other’s confidential information, including account pricing.

18.1 The Contract, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, is governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

18.2 Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.

18.3 Nothing in this condition prevents us from bringing proceedings to recover sums due, or to enforce our rights to the Goods, in the courts of Scotland where the Goods were supplied from our Falkirk depot, or in the courts of the country to which Goods were exported.

G B Tyres (UK) Ltd · Registered in England and Wales, company number 07747704 · Registered office GB House, Black Lake, West Bromwich, B70 0FS · VAT registration GB120405670 · Waste carrier registration CBDU210568 · Telephone +44 (0)121 520 5215 · sales@gbtyres.net

Version 1.0 · Last reviewed: 5 September 2026 · Approved by: the Managing Director, G B Tyres (UK) Ltd.