Bodyshop Magazine is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s 30 Under 30 in partnership with 3M.
It has been another year of top-quality competition and the team can’t wait to celebrate with the winners at the Bodyshop Awards 2026 – part of our new-look Bodyshop Magazine LIVE event – on Wednesday and Thursday, 14 and 15 October at The Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield.
Bodyshop editor Simon Wait said as the magazine revealed its 30 Under 30 class of 2026:
“Once again it’s been a tough challenge for the judges because of the huge number of nominations and top-quality candidates who came forward from across the whole of the UK accident repair industry and supply chain. The 30 winners this year are further evidence that our industry is in safe hands.
“The winners this year come from a wide range of job roles and functions, including apprentices and technicians, bodyshop managers and directors, administration, marketing and sales, VDAs and engineers. It’s a really divere group of young people who come from all over the coutnry.”
Bodyshop’s 30 Under 30 class of 2026
The Bodyshop Magazine 30 Under 30 winners for 2026 are (in alphabetical order):
- Noah Arthur | 21 | Customer care manager | KJ Rule | Nanpean
- Tayla Bennison | 22 | Paint technician | Drive Motor Retail | Redcar
- Elizabeth Berry | 27 | Accounts administration manager | Fix Auto Caldicot (Mustoes)
- Billy Boswell | 30 | HR projects and insights specialist | Steer Automotive Group
- Louis Bray | 27 | Learning and development coach| Auto Assess Apprenticeships
- Georgia Bunting | 25 | Client relations executive | Fix Auto UK
- Jason Cagle | 30 | RepairStack sales leader UK&I | 3M | Nuneaton
- Ellie Crowe | 28 | Learning and development coach| Auto Assess Apprenticeships
- Carl Day | 28 | Remote team lead | Repairify UK | Peterlee
- Ryan Dunn | 29 | Internal Automotive Engineer | DLG/Solus | Glasgow
- Josh Fleming |24 | Operations lead | Core Diagnostics | Birkenhead
- Madison Godfrey | 25 | Paint technician | Steer Automotive Group | Colchester
- Stephen Halsall | 28 | Integration specialist | The Vella Group | Skelmersdale
- Eve Harrington | 29 | Apprentice VDA | Solus ARC | Sheffield
- Alex Henshaw |30 | Branch finance business partner| The Vella Group | Skelmersdale
- William Hooper | 30 | Senior paint technician | Solus ARC Park Royal | London
- Antoni Kurek | 21 | Apprentice VDA | Steer Automotive Group | Grantham
- Jack Lant | 21 | Apprentice paint technician | Van Mossel Accident Repair | Poole
- Colette Mcpolland | 27 | Vehicle damage assessor | L&I Eaton | Carluke
- Aria McTaggart | 18 | Apprentice VDA | Fix Auto Ayr
- James Reay | 27 | Senior operations manager | Repairify UK | Peterlee
- Josh Rengger | 25 | General manager | M & E Accident Repair Centre | Leicester
- John Revell | 29 | Bodyshop manager | Activate ARC | Sunderland
- Pete Robb | 23 | Multi-skilled technician | Devonshire Motors ARC | Barnstaple
- Aaron Saxton | 27 | Paint technician | FMG Repair Services | Ilkeston
- Phoebe Scott-Cole | 24 | Customer experience manager | Shorade UK | Tonbridge
- Mitali Shah | 27 | Test engineer (passive safety) | Thatcham Research | Thatcham
- Jerymian Tadd | 23 | Bodyshop manager | Halo ARC | Doncaster
- Simon Wakeham | 28 | Director | Autospray Lifton | Devon
- Thomas Wallwork | 27 | Vehicle damage assessor | Solus ARC | Bolton
Simon Wait continued: “Congratulations to all of 2026’s outstanding 30 Under 30 winners. I would like to thank everybody who has been involved in the competition, especially our 30 Under 30 partner 3M UK, all the nominators, our judges and, of course, those who entered but didn’t make it into the final 30 this time round.”
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