5 MINS WITH...
We grab CEUK's Adam Page for a quick catch-up.
CEUK is fairly new in the Ford scene, when did the company first start up? We started on the 1st September 2016, originally working out of a spare bedroom in our house. We found a demand for LED lighting, I had a general knowledge in electrics so decided to set up a company that supplied for that demand. It took off well, and we quickly outgrew the spare room! Soon we had a small premises in Wakefield, and found ourselves taking on our first member of staff. Things continued to grow (our product range quadrupled in three months!) and we started getting more involved with developing new products and also started offering performance upgrades too. We’ve now had three more changes of premises as we’ve continued to grow, and have recently launched C:Performance too. CEUK is well known for its online presence, but do you offer installation service for the products you sell too? Our latest move has seen us give birth to the C:Performance workshop; a fully operational workshop, currently with two ramps, and we have injected a lot of investment into supplying our techs with the latest tools and equipment to ensure they can deliver the level of service our customers expect.
We are also now fully-fledged Revo dealers too. This means we can offer everything from simple DIY-fit lighting upgrades that we started selling, right through to full performance conversions.
We’ve seen CEUK at various shows over the years, are the cars on display CEUK demonstrators? Over the years we’ve had a mix of customer cars and demo cars on display at shows and events, to showcase the products and services we offer. Our current fleet includes: C3UK X – our Transit Custom MS-RT; C3UKS – our Mk8 Fiesta ST demo car; RS04 POP – our Mk3 Focus RS (and my personal favourite!), and we’ve just started building a Fiesta ST race/track car too.
We’ve also got plans for another model to join the ranks as soon as we can get one, but I’m keeping quiet for the time being. You’ll have to pop over to our stand at shows to see if it materialises…
We’ve also heard that you are currently building a race-spec Fiesta ST too, what’s the plan for this car?
Yep, that’s right – C3UKR. It’s a Fiesta ST180, currently running a Revo RT330 turbo upgrade with all supporting hardware and quite a lot of our own C:Performance parts too. We just wanted to build a quick car that we could have some fun in, but which also showed just how well our products perform when pushed hard on track.
Where do you see the business in 5 year’s time?
Hopefully continuing to grow. We aren’t greedy; our main aim has always been to help the people. I would like to see a dyno cell installed in our premises, so we can show customers exactly what our products and services deliver. I’d also love to see C:Performance become a recognised tuning specialist and truly come into its own. We have some great products to offer, and work with some awesome companies, so I’m confident we can make it happen.