Founded in 1930, the NTDA is a strongly proactive trade association representing and promoting the interests of the tyre wholesale, distribution and retail sectors of the automotive aftermarket industry. Every business sector needs strong professional representation and the NTDA fulfils this responsibility on behalf of independent tyre and fast fit retailers throughout the UK in a complex, highly competitive and ever-changing operating environment. Members range from the largest national groups with hundreds of depots, to the smallest local family run business. The NTDA protects its members’ interests through its influence with regulatory bodies, Government departments, standard setting bodies and other opinion formers that establish industry best practice both in the UK and in Europe. It is consulted whenever new regulations or legislation are being considered and lobbies to ensure that members’ views and concerns are satisfactorily addressed and that the overall regulatory system remains practicable and affordable. The NTDA is a democratically constituted trade association run by a full time directorate in Aylesbury, Bucks and exists solely for the benefit of its members.