bodyshop Awards finalists announced
- 27/07/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The finalists for the bodyshop Awards 2018 have been named following jury day which saw eight industry leaders gather to cast their vote on nominations.
The bodyshop Awards 2018 finalists are:
Apprentice Paint Technician
Luke Bartlett, Reading Accident Repair
Bradley Booth, DLG Auto Services Barnsley
Joseph Birkin, DLG Auto Services Middlewich
Apprentice Panel Technician
Liam Hickman, DLG Auto Services Birmingham
Dafydd Hughes, Patersons Autos
Matthew Scholes, DLG Auto Services Heywood
Apprentice MET
Henry Angus, Solus Park Royal London
Ryan Briggs, DLG Auto Services Aldershot
Andrew Dodge, Nationwide Yeovil
Liam Morris, Solus Luton
Paint Technician
James Oakley, NCRC Portsmouth
Robert Thompson, AutoTech Slough Ltd
Steve Waite, Devonshire Motors ARC
Julian Woodstock, Colchester Institute
Panel Technician
Terry McNamara, AW Repair Group
Derek Nesbitt, Solus ARC Cumbernauld
Nicholaus Owen, DLG Auto Services – Orpington
Jason Shaw, DLG AUTO Services – Basildon
MET Technician
Gary Lefeaux, DLG Auto Services Crawley
George Roberts, Solus ARC Warrington
Stephen Stanford, DLG Auto Services Crawley
VDA
Chris Aplin, LV=
David Cromey, AXA Insurance
Christian Read, Balgores Faringdon
Russell Taylor, Trustford
Education & Training Award
Nationwide Accident Repair Services
Riverpark Training & Development
Thatcham Research
Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year
Bentley Motors Ltd
Volvo Cars Ltd
Volkswagen Group
Work Provider of the Year
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
National Accident Repair Group
Vizion Network Ltd
Insurance Company of the Year
Covea Insurance
LV=
CV Bodyshop of the Year
Britcom International Ltd
C&C Vehicle Services
Commercial Contract Engineers
Small Bodyshop of the Year
Fix Auto Luton
Gemini Bodmin
Ipswich Accident Repair Centre
Medium Bodyshop of the Year
AW Repair Group Nottingham
iRG Hereford
Summers Motors Ltd
Large Bodyshop of the Year
Fleetline/Fix Auto Croydon
iRG Cardiff
L&I Eaton Edinburgh
Poole AR
Bodyshop Manager of the Year
Joel Cameron, Fix Auto Penzance
Mo Givian, Fix Auto Luton
John Rigby, Gemini Worcester
This year’s bodyshop Awards jury included:
Earle Avann, owner, Rainbow Bodyshops Ltd
Graeme Bennett, director, Devonshire Motors Ltd
Andy Beswick, manging director, Northern Accident Repair Company
Chris Brightmore, CEO, Chartwell (Derby) Ltd
Angela Henry, customer service & development manager, M&M Fix Auto
Matthew Penning, managing director, Pennings ARC
Peter Randhawa, group general manager, Baldwins Repair Group
Jade Rogers, operations manager, Fix Auto Weston-Super-Mare
Congratulations to all of the finalists.