National Apprenticeship Week..... We are pleased to have two Apprentices with us here at GBS.

Will Wightman (left) Thomas Slaney (right)

As its National Apprenticeship Week we thought we would share an update on our two fantastic apprentices that we have here at GBS.

Thomas, who is based in our machine shop and engineering department has been with us for many years now since 2016 and has progressed to now be studying a HND Mechanical Engineering course at Rotherham College where he attends one day a week.
Thomas Said "It's been a great experience for me and I would recommend the apprenticeship to other people”.

Our most recent Apprentice to join the GBS team is Will, who has been with us several months now and we are delighted to have him on our team. Will is based mainly in the GBS Workshop, where he is involved in the Zero Builds, IVA preparations and much more. Will has also enjoyed time spent in each area of GBS to get an understanding of what we do and to learn about the components that we design and manufacture for the Zero and other cars inhouse.

Will has now started his college course which is Level 3 Engineering at West Notts College in Mansfield where he also attends one day a week. Due to Covid-19 and the lockdowns the start dates of their courses were delayed slightly and the lessons have been online so far. Hopefully in the next few months the colleges will be open and students will be able to attend in person.

We have a fantastic team here at GBS and we are all very proud of our two apprentices who are both very valued members of our team. Hopefully you will get to meet them later in the year at our GBS events and Track Days.

“The next generation of car builders are the future to the British Motor Industry.”

— Great British Sports Cars

Nearly a year old and has covered many enjoyable miles.... Plus more filming at GBS.....

This stunning Zero factory build has been enjoyed on the road for almost a year now...... Covering many enjoyable miles on the road and track. Many of you may have seen it if you visited our stand at the Autosports Show last year, as it was on display along side our Zero demonstrator. Its of similar spec to our Gen 2 Zero demonstrator which is powered by the 2.5 Ford Duratec engine….

This Zero that is owned by Robin Copley is of very nice spec, it is - Sport Chassis , Painted Mercedes Polar White, 2.5 Duratec Engine, Power 200 - 350 bhp, 5 Speed manual gearbox, Carbon Dash with Smiths Flight Gauges, Carbon Fibre Finishing panels, DRL Style Headlights, ATR Adjustable Suspension, ATR Brakes Front: ATR 300mm floating discs 4 pot caliper, Rear: Disc & Caliper Upgraded.

We look forward to seeing Robin in his Zero later this year at our GBS events and track days, where we hope you will all join us too.
Contact us today to spec your Zero build.

Behind the scenes this week……. Great to welcome TV Presenter Paul Cowland to GBS this week for some filming... That is all we can say for now!
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Filming at GBS with Cadspec & MTDCNC.... CAM innovation is driven by Cadspec.

Last year we welcomed Cadspec and MTDCNC to GBS for a days filming…… We are now delighted to share with you the video that was created which you can see on the MTDCNC YouTube Chanel.

To enhance our manufacturing capabilities here at GBS, we recently invested in Autodesk software platforms via Cadspec. We wanted to design, manufacture as much as we can in-house and this gives us a lot more flexibility on the design, options and performance, which we can then pass on to the customer.

We manufacture a full range of components in house for the Zero and other sports cars, to see more about the products that we manufacture please visit www.atrproducts.co.uk and follow us on Instagram to see more.

All of the ATR Product range is available online from Kit Spares.
Visit www.kitspares.co.uk to see their full product range.

2021 Lockdown update…… You can’t visit us, but you can still take a tour of GBS.

Due to the latest government guideline and national restriction that is in place the GBS Showroom is closed until further notice for visitors so we are unable to invite you to see us. We are pleased to share with you a video that we created last year taking you on a full factory tour and behind the scenes of GBS including our manufacturing site which not many of you have seen before. The video is over 40 minutes and the sections it covers are - Introduction GBS / Kit Spares, Show Room, Main Stores, Bodywork, Manufacturing, Engineering, Clean & Assembly Room, Design Room, Workshop & Test Drive in our demonstrators. (You can skip sections, in the description) Please click here to watch the video on our site or click here to watch it on our GBS YouTube Channel.

As a team we are staying positive and we are all working hard to ensure the safety and well being of Staff and Customers to enable us to provide the same service and to continue to stay open.

The GBS & Kit Spares Showroom is now closed to the public to visit until further notice, but our phone lines are still fully OPEN as is our Kit Spares website and eBay Shop.
Please see links www.kitspares.co.uk and Kit Spares eBay Shop. We are also doing arranged collection of orders, but these must be confirmed via phone (01623 860990) or email with the Kit Spares team.

Delivery and collection of Self Build kits will continue as planned, for updates and details please contact us to discuss. Also, good news is that our workshop is open for necessary vehicle repair and servicing, IVA preparation etc. Our staff have taken all necessary precautions during this difficult time, so if you are needing necessary work, please get in contact to see how we can help you and also look to get it booked in.

Those that are interested in a Zero self build or factory built car please still get in touch still via email or phone and we can send you details and answer all your questions that you may have, please do watch our factory tour video as that will show what we have available and can offer. We are also offering Zoom meetings so if you wish to book a Zoom appointment to discuss the Zero please let us know and we can arrange a meeting.

As soon as test drives in our demonstrators will be available we will let you know, and we look forward to welcoming you back to GBS soon.
We would also like to thank you all for your co-operation at this unprecedented time. Stay safe and keep busy building and enjoying your Zeros we look forward to seeing you all again very soon!

Best wishes to you all from all the GBS Team.

Follow us on social media for more updates and on Instagram to see daily updates from the GBS Factory.

Happy New Year to you all… We are back & ready for the year ahead….

The GBS and Kit Spares team would like to wish you and your families a Happy New Year.
We all had a nice Christmas break, a little different to usual but we all now feel refreshed and ready for 2021 to begin.

We are all looking forward to the year ahead, its normally a busy January for the GBS Team as we are always busy preparing the GBS Zeros for our first event of the year which is the Autosport International Show, but sadly this year that is not taking place. The GBS 2021 event Calendar is looking a little different to previous years with not many events yet confirmed, but we will be soon listing the events that we are hoping to be at if they are able to go ahead. We are looking forward to our first GBS Cars & Coffee event which we have planned for Saturday 27th March, which we really hope can safley happen. So please keep checking our events page and follow us on social media for more details and to see other events that we have planned that we hope you will all be able to join us on, please visit our events page.

We look forward to welcoming you to GBS to see the Zeros, we are currently still doing appointment only visits, so please contact us and we can confirm a date for your visit. We look forward to welcoming you to GBS and seeing you all very soon.

Happy New Year, stay safe & Best Wishes to you all.
From
All the GBS Team.

Happy Christmas to you all and best wishes for 2021.... From all the GBS Team

All of the GBS and Kit Spares  team would like to wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas, and also like to take this opportunity to say thank you all for your support this year, its been a strange one but as a team we have got through it.

After a successful and busy year, we are now looking forward to a continued busy & successful 2021 with many new and exciting challenges ahead for us. It already looks like 2021 is going to be another exciting and busy year for us all, and we are looking forward to our first event of the year which will be our GBS Cars & Coffee event which we hope can go ahead on Saturday 27th March. More details about the event can be found on our event page.

We are all now looking forward to a well earned break and rest over the Christmas period and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Don’t forget you can still follow us over the Christmas break on our social media channels for updates – Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Happy Christmas Everyone & Stay Safe

Best Wishes From
All the GBS & Kit Spares Team.

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GBS & Kit Spares Christmas & New Year Opening Times….
Both GBS and Kit Spares will be closed on Thursday 24th December and we will be open again and back to normal opening hours on Monday 4th January 2021.

You can still place your orders online from our parts website Kit Spares and Kit Spares eBay Shop, but please note any orders placed after 1pm on 23rd December 2020 may not be processed or dispatched until 4th / 5th January 2021. www.kitspares.co.uk

Happy Christmas & Happy New Year

GBS & Kit Spares Christmas & New Year Opening times….

The GBS and Kit Spares team are all looking forward to a well earned break over the festive period, below are our Christmas opening times.

The GBS Factory and Kit Spares Shop will be closed on Thursday 24th December and we will be open again and back to normal opening hours on Monday 4th January 2021.

You can still place your orders online from our parts website Kit Spares and Kit Spares eBay Shop, but please note any orders placed after 23rd December 2020 may not be processed or dispatched until 4th / 5th January 2021. www.kitspares.co.uk

Don’t forget to follow us on our GBS, Kit Spares & ATR Products Social Media Channels over the Christmas holidays to see what we are up to!

We are still open for appointments for you to come and see the Zero. Contact us today to make your appointment.

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Below are just a few Christmas Gift Ideas for you and your Zero’s, visit our parts website or contact us for details.

It has been a very strange year for us all, but together we have got through it and still had some great times….

2020 has been a very strange year for us all and Covid-19 has put many of our plans that we all had on hold. But together as a team and with your support we have got through it and still had a successful year. Here are just a few of our favourites moments that we have captured during the year, next year we are hoping will be a much better year for us all and we look forward to enjoying the Zero’s with you all.

The Autosport International and Race Retro were the only two events that the Zero was seen at this year. We look forward to seeing you all next year at many events.

Release of the New GBS Zero Complete component build package - Which is now one of the popular self build options, click here for details.

We were pleased to welcome Will to join GBS as our new apprentice. Will is mainly based in our workshop but has spent time in other areas of GBS to get an understanding of what we do.

We had a great time working with the MTDCNC team filming for their 200th Swarf and Chip show which we featured in. We filmed at both the GBS Factory & Blyton Park Circuit - Find out how a British Sports Car is Made…. Click here to see the video.

Our Brand New Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator was released in March this year. Our Zero demonstrator is very high spec with a lot of optional extras and upgrades.

Customer Peer Moberg LHD Zero registered in Norway, the Zero is available in LHD & is sold worldwide. Several other Zero’s also registered in USA.

We were excited to be finalists in the Business Innovation category for this year’s Newark Business Awards. The awards evening is happening on Zoom, we will share with you how we get on later this month!

Autumn Run Out in the Zero’s, we are pleased that we had the opportunity to have a run out in the Zero’s safely. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed around 50 miles through lovely villages & country roads. We look forward to doing it again next year.

We enjoyed a day at Blyton Park Track with the Car Crowd for their launch event. We can’t wait to do more corporate track events and track days with the Zero’s.

Its been a busy year for Zero Factory Builds, with many more currently in production that will be completed and registered in 2021.

Its been a busy year for Zero kit collections and exports. We have been doing deliveries as well as collections to make things easier and safer. We have also seen Zero’s go to Canada, Sweden, France, USA.

Our final event of the year is always our GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee event, unfortunately it will not be happening this year. BUT we are all very much looking forward to our 2021 GBS Cars & Coffee event that we plan to happen on Saturday 27th March at GBS.

Those that haven’t been able to visit us this year please see a link here to a factory tour video that we made earlier this year. We are still open for appointment only visits to come and see the Zero’s, please contact us to arrange your visit to see us.

Follow us on Instagram to see more photographs and behind the scenes of what we are up to.
Follow us @gbs_cars

No GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee this year, but we are looking forward to this.....

GBS Cars & Coffee Saturday 27th March 2021

Our GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee event would be taking place on Saturday 12th December but unfortunately it will not be happening this year BUT we are all very much looking forward to our 2021 GBS Cars & Coffee event that will be happening on Saturday  27th March at GBS.

As many of you know everyone at GBS has a strong passion for cars and anything to do with motorsport and we love our Cars & Coffee events and Track Days etc. But sadly, this year we have not been able to host and exhibit at any events due to Covid-19. So we hope that 2021 will be a better year for us all and that our Cars & Coffee event will be able to go ahead.

We hope to make Saturday 27th March the best GBS Cars & Coffee event yet & raise more money for two great charities…. We will be collecting for the Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance & Cancer Research. We will announce more details next year, and will do all we can to make sure the event can go ahead safely, all the GBS team look forward to seeing you all.

Whilst our Kit Spares and GBS Showroom has been closed since 5th November due to the second lockdown we are in. Parts orders can still be placed on line on our website www.kitspares.co.uk or from our Kit Spares eBay Shop or please give us a call 01623 860990 and we can take your order and answer any queries over the phone. We are also doing arranged collection of orders, but these must be confirmed via phone or email with the Kit Spares team. We look forward to being open again and seeing you all very soon.

The Zero…. Find out how a British Sports Car Is Made #swarfandchips 200th Episode.

We are excited to have been featured in the 200th Swarf & Chip Show which was seen live on their YouTube last month on 23rd October. In this very special 200th Swarf & Chips show the MTDCNC and Swarf & Chip team visited us at GBS to find out how our beautiful cars are manufactured from fabrication, CNC machining and all the way to the final assembly. We then took the Zero’s to Blyton Park race track for a Swarf and Chips fastest lap competition! See below some behind the scenes photographs from the filming days at GBS and at Blyton park and click here to watch the video - Find out how a British Sports Car Is Made #swarfandchips 200th Episode.

GBS & Kit Spares Second Lockdown update...

Dear all,

We hope you and your families are keeping well in this difficult time that we find ourselves in.

We appreciate your patience and continued support through this difficult and uncharted times. As an independent business we value your continued support now more than ever. We continue and have been doing all we can to support our suppliers & partners in this time and most importantly look after our customers and staff. As a team we are staying positive and using this as an opportunity making adjustments to how we work.  

Whilst our Kit Spares and GBS Showroom is now closed from 5th November until December, we are still doing appointment only visits, for you to come and look at the Zero. We have put appointment only visits in place so we can control the volume of people to ensure minimum contact, with social distancing rules maintained throughout your visit. Click here to make your appointment.

Parts orders can also still be placed on line on our website www.kitspares.co.uk or from our Kit Spares eBay Shop or please give us a call. We are also doing arranged collection of orders, but these must be confirmed via phone or email with the Kit Spares team.
Also, good news is that our workshop is open for necessary vehicle repair and servicing, IVA preparation etc. As a team we have taken all necessary precautions during this difficult time, so if you are needing necessary work, please get in contact to see how we can help you and also look to get it booked in.

We are sad that we are not able to hold our annual Christmas Cars & Coffee (mince pie) event this year but hope that 2021 will be a better one for us all. We already have lots of exciting things planned that we hope we can all enjoy together including our first Cars & Coffee event of 2021 which we are planning to happen in March, click here for more details about that event. Keep visiting out Blog and social media channels for news and updates of what we are up to. Our social media links can be found at the bottom of our website.

Please keep sending us your photographs that you have of you out enjoying your Zero’s and build photos, we always like to see them and share them with others.

Stay Safe and we look forward to seeing you again soon! 

Warmest regards & best wishes from
Richard and the entire team here at GBS.

Autumn Run Out in the Zero's... Thank you for joining us.

On Saturday (24th October) we enjoyed a run out in the Zero’s where we all met at GBS in the car park to then enjoy a drive out in the Zero’s together. The route that we planned was around 50 miles which was through some lovely villages and country roads finishing in a nice idyllic location in the countryside where we took the opportunity to take some photos. The weather was perfect for us and the rain held off until late afternoon, we would like to thank you all for joining us and making it such an enjoyable morning.

We have really missed hosting and exhibiting at events this year and we can’t wait until we can do more hopefully next year. But we are pleased that we had the opportunity to have a run out in the Zero’s safely and we look forward to doing it again soon. We have also confirmed our date for the 2021 GBS Cars & Coffee which can be seen on our event page.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @gbs_cars to see more photographs of what we are up to and behind the scenes.

Filming at GBS with MTDCNC for their Swarf & Chip 200th Anniversary.....

Earlier this month we welcomed the MTDCNC team to GBS to do some filming for their Swarf & Chip 200th episode which can be seen this Friday. They spent most of the day with us filming around the GBS Factory including the GBS Machine Shop and Workshop.

Last week we spent the day at Blyton Park Race Circuit with the MTDCNC team filming the Zero’s out on the track for their Swarf & Chips 200th episode that can later this week. We took with us our two Zero demonstrators and each of the team did a lap to see who could get the fastest time, as well all being taken out for fast laps with the GBS Team. Follow us on Instagram to see more photographs from the day @gbs_cars and we look forward to seeing the Swarf & Chips 200th episode later this week.

We are pleased to also be featured as a case study on Cadspec website to see how Autodesk Software is used within GBS, click here to see more. We also look forward to working with Cadspec and Autodesk next month when they will be visiting us to do some filming with all the GBS Team.

Still currently experiencing technical problems with our phone line….

We apologise if you have not been able to contact us this week over the phone. We have had a fault with our phone line and it is still not fixed.
However in the meantime please email us and we will reply as soon as we can or please call our temporary GBS Mobile on 07923 222276 and we can deal with your enquiry. We are still open and doing appointment only visits, so please email or call our mobile to book your visit to see the Zero. We look forward to welcoming you to GBS!

Orders can still be placed from Kit Spares online and from our Kit Spares eBay Shop as well as over the phone on the temporary GBS Mobile on 07923 222276. Please call and we will put you through to the Kit Spares department or please email Kit Spares with your enquiry and we will get back to you asap.

Thank you for your patience and we apologise for any inconvenience.
We look forward to speaking to you soon.

Best wishes from the GBS Team.

GBS Run Out in the Zero’s…… Come & join us in your Zero!

We have really missed hosting and exhibiting at events this year and we can’t wait until we can. But we are pleased to be looking to arrange a run out in the Zero’s which we would like to invite all our Zero owners to join us on.

We are planning this to happen on Saturday 24th October where we will meet at GBS to then enjoy a drive out in the Zero’s together. Covering around 50 miles finishing in a nice idyllic location in the countryside.

We will be following social distancing rules and to avoid a large gathering in one place we will be meeting outside in the GBS Car Park where you will be in your Zero.

If you would like to join us in your Zero and like more details, please click here and we will send you over some details.

Book your appointment to come and see the Zero......

Since the 1st June this year we were pleased to be able to open back up for appointment only visits for you to come and look at the Zero. Which has been working really well and it has been great to see so many of you. We have put appointment only visits in place so we can control the volume of people to ensure minimum contact. With social distancing rules maintained throughout your visit.

We appreciate your patience and continued support through this difficult time. Small and independent businesses value your continued support now more than ever. We continue and will certainly be doing all we can to support our suppliers & partners in this time and most importantly look after our customers and staff. Please call or email us to arrange your visit. You can also Click here to visit our GBS YouTube Channel where you can see a full factory tour of GBS.

Whilst our Kit Spares Showroom and shop is currently open orders can still be placed on line on our website www.kitspares.co.uk or please give us a call (01623 860990) to place your order. We are also doing arranged collections for parts too.

Cadspec & MTD visit us to discuss exciting new joint projects….

As many of you know we have a full in-house design, development, and manufacturing facilities including our CNC  machines and we have recently moved onto a new software and are now pleased to be using feature cam software from Autodesk, which is very impressive and working well and helping us develop our design and product range.

Last week it was great to welcome Michael from Cadspec to GBS to come and have a look at how we are getting on with our new feature cam software from Autodesk and to see what we are up to and also to discuss a joint project that we are going to be doing. This week we also welcomed Giovanni and Joe from MTD to take a look around GBS and shared with them what we are doing, they also enjoyed a test drive in our demonstrator in which they were very impressed with.

We have lots of exciting manufacturing and engineering is underway along with some other very exciting things that we are planning together, we look forward to sharing more with you soon.

We are excited to be finalist in the Newark Business Awards....

We are excited to be finalists in the Business Innovation category for this year’s Newark Business Awards. Last month the finalists in the ten categories for the Newark Business Awards were revealed and we were delighted to be selected as one of the finalist for the Business Innovation Category. Next month the judges will be interviewing the team and then the decision of the overall winners for each category will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in October at Newark Showground. More details can be found here or why not follow us on Twitter to see more updates over the next few months about this @GBSCars.

We are pleased to welcome a new member to the GBS Team.....

We are pleased to welcome 16 year old Will Wightman to join us at GBS as our new Apprentice. Will who was a student at the at The Dukeries Academy in Ollerton, Newark, is going to be studying Engineering at West Notts College in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire one day a week, which is due to hopefully begin later this year in November.  Will is going to be based mainly in the workshop, but has already enjoyed days spent in each area of GBS to get an understanding of what we do and to learn about the components that we design and manufacture for the Zero.

We have a fantastic team here at GBS who like Will all have a strong passion for all types of Motorsport. Will also enjoys restoring and playing around with cars and parts in his own time, including his own cars and motorbikes that he has at home to work on.
Hopefully you will all get to meet Will and see the rest of the GBS team later this year at some point.

Don’t forget we are open for appointment only visits, for you to come and look at the Zero, click here to contact us to arrange your visit.

Run out in the Zero demonstrator to Caffeine & Machine….

On Saturday we had an early start with a run out in the Zero demonstrator to the Caffeine Machine which is based in Warwickshire. The coffee house has a licence bar and restaurant, boutique and art gallery, we have heard a lot of good things about this venue, and we were pleased to finally have been able to visit.

It attracts all sorts of sports cars, classic restorations, bikes and much more. On arrival you are greeted by the team and directed to where to park. We were allocated prime location in front of the house and the Zero attracted a lot of attention whist it was parked up. We look forward to going back again soon and planning a trip for you all to join us in your Zero’s.

It was a great drive in our Zero demonstrator that is powered by a 2.5 Duratec, the weather was perfect with a few black clouds which passed, we managed to miss the rain!

Connect with us on Instagram to see more photographs from the day and more of what we are upto. Follow us @gbs_cars