The Motor Ombudsman reveals the 24 contenders in the running to win a regional trophy and the National Garage Star Award
From nearly 3,200 nominations received by customers of Motor Ombudsman-accredited businesses – a new record for the competition, we are pleased to announce the full shortlist of finalists for the eight regions of the 2023 Garage Star Awards.
THE NORTH
- AJ Fleetcare (Leeds, Yorkshire)
- Drive MG Hull (Hull, Yorkshire)
- Ian Gibbs, Senior Customer Experience Specialist at Kendal Honda (Kendal, Cumbria)
THE SOUTH
- AAK Auto Services (Whitstable, Kent)
- Luke Laurence, Sales Executive at Crown Suzuki (Hendon, London)
- Protyre Sittingbourne (Sittingbourne, Kent)
THE EAST
- Dean Lovell, Motability Specialist at Wings ŠKODA Peterborough (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
- John Banks Honda (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
- My Next Car (Sandy, Bedfordshire)
THE WEST
- Cadley Garage (Marlborough, Wiltshire)
- Express Motor Workshop (Amesbury, Wiltshire)
- Ferris Garage (Truro, Cornwall)
THE MIDLANDS
- RJM Motor Repairs (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
- Vertu Honda Mansfield (Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)
- Vertu Volkswagen Lincoln (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
NORTHERN IRELAND
- Donnelly & Taggart Ballymena (Ballymena, County Antrim)
- Graeme Blevins, Sales Manager at Saltmarine Cars (Dungannon, County Tyrone)
- TrustFord Ballymena (Ballymena, County Antrim)
SCOTLAND
- Jonathan Bulloch, Master Technician at Henrys Honda (Glasgow, Lanarkshire)
- Neil Johnstone, Workshop Manager at Anderson Clark Motor Repairs (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
- W Livingstone Ltd (Glasgow, Lanarkshire)
WALES
- Cardiff Honda (South Glamorgan)
- Garej Arwyn Cyf (Caernarfon, Gwynedd)
- Terry’s Auto Repairs (Wrexham, Denbighshire)
The winners and highly commended entries for each of the eight regions, as well as the winner of this year’s National Garage Star Award – the highest accolade in the contest, will be announced on 28th November.
For more information about the Star Awards, please click here.