Awards and PR
Sandicliffe Motor Group, the East Midlands family-owned car retailer, has continued its bumper start to the year after scooping a hat trick at the 2008 AM Awards - seen as the Oscars of the Motor Industry. The Motor Group has already posted its best ever sales results for the New Year period, against a backdrop of declining UK industry car sales.
Sandicliffe came out on top, scooping the coveted award for Excellence in Customer Service, the inaugural award for Best Environmental Policy, in recognition of its eco policies - and Best Marketing for the third year running. It was also nominated for Best Retail Group (more than 10 sites) and Best Training Programme.
The ceremony, attended by over 1200 Senior Motor Industry Management, took place at the ICC in Birmingham and was a celebration of the best of the motoring industry across the country. Hosted by BBC’s Huw Edwards, the awards honour outstanding motor groups across the industry; widely respected, they are both entered and attended by companies of all sizes in all sectors.
Reg Tutt, Managing Director of Sandicliffe, said; “We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by the industry for the work that we do. Picking up the award for Excellence in Customer Service was a real coup. For us, this is the ultimate award to be walking away with because it is recognition of the hard work we have done in the field of customer care and ranks us best in the country.”
“The new category award win for Best Environmental Policy puts Sandicliffe at the forefront of the industry for environmental issues. We have implemented a number of great policies and partnerships over the last year to adhere to and go beyond the current environmental standards in the motor industry.”
“Winning Best Marketing for the third year running further underlines our major strength in this area and is an achievement we are very proud of. This confirms that our retail offers are exactly what the customer is looking for. We have already had a very strong start to the year in terms of sales and expansion and this is the icing on the cake.”