Jimmy Savile Reputation Forces Trim'll Fix It, Exeter Car Firm, To Change Name

Trim'll Fix It No More

An Exeter car firm has been forced to change its name to avoid being linked to alleged child molester, Jimmy Savile.

Car interior specialists, "Trim'll Fix It", has been renamed TFI Motor Trimmers amid fears the old moniker could damage business.

Bosses were also worried that its office and vehicles in could be targeted by vigilantes.

The change in name will cost the company £2000

Joint-owner Leigh Sercombe said it will cost around £2,000 to change the name, which has been in place since the business launched 15 years ago.

"We want to dissociate ourselves from him," he said."Customers were saying 'I guess you'll have to change your name now' and we were worried about vandalism.

"It's going to cost more than £2,000. The old name is on the building, vans, the websites, leaflets, business cards.

"As soon as I saw the story in the news I knew it would cost us."

Leigh owns the company with dad David, who said: "We chose the original name because it went well with what we did.

"Funnliy enough I met him when he visited the area once to have work done on his car. I thought he was crazy."

Savile's name has also been removed from the nearby Royal Marines Commando Training Centre, Lympstone, where he was a regular visitor.

The Savile Room, an area for junior ratings and their families, now been renamed The Families Room.

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