An exact price on the phone
You get an all-in quote before we go anywhere. No call-out fees, no per-mile charges, no VAT added at the end. What you’re told is what you pay.
About
The person who won’t leave you stranded.
A sole-operator business run by Dean Spicer from Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire. The fitter on the phone is the fitter at your door — no rota, no agency cover, no handovers.
The Story
Two generations in the tyre trade
Dean’s dad set up the UK’s first mobile tyre service in August 1990, and Dean was on the van at weekends from his teens. Full-time in the trade from age twenty — fitter, mechanic, manager — through national chains, independent garages, and helping grow the family business in Dorset into a seven-van fleet.
Tyre Emergency Ltd was set up in December 2023 after a move up North to buy a house and start a family. The focus is fast-response roadside work — modern cars rarely come with a spare, and a flat that used to be an inconvenience is now a proper crisis. Hundreds of tyres in stock at the unit, the right one grabbed before the van leaves. When you’re stood at the roadside in the rain, the last thing you want is someone still learning. You won’t get that here.
Watch us work
Dean on the tools
A clip from his time at Freeway Mobile Tyres in Dorset — same fitter, same standards, before the move up North.
REACT Licensing
What “REACT licensed” actually means
REACT licensing is about one specific thing: working safely at the roadside. Cones, beacons, vehicle setup, scene assessment — keeping you, the traffic and the fitter safe with cars passing at speed. It’s not a tick-box course — your van has to meet certain standards and you need real roadside experience before you’re even eligible. When we turn up on the M1 hard shoulder or the verge of an A-road at 2am, nobody’s improvising.
How It Works
What to expect when you call
An ETA that actually means something
We give you a realistic ETA based on where we actually are, not a best-case figure to keep you on the call. If something changes, we ring. If we can’t reach you fast enough, we say so.
The right tyre, fitted properly
Tyres matched to the vehicle — correct size, load rating and speed rating — balanced and torque-wrenched before we leave. Not just slapped on with an impact gun.
One honest note on availability. The service runs round the clock, but it’s a one-man operation — most of the time the phone gets answered straight away, but there are stretches when Dean’s mid-job, asleep between shifts or briefly off the clock. If you don’t get through, drop a quick text or try again in a few minutes — he’ll come back as soon as he’s free.
The Philosophy
An emergency is a bad enough day already.
Most people who call us are stressed — late for work, late for the airport, sat with the kids in a cold car on an unlit lane. So the call is kept short. We need three things: where you are, what you’re driving and what’s happened. You get the price and the ETA, you decide. That’s the whole service model — and it’s what nearly five hundred Google reviews consistently say back.