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The winner of this category was decided in a poll on the Motor Trader website. WINNER: BCA Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

Judges looked for evidence of excellent showroom presentation standards for general sales. Sponsored by WMS Group WINNER: Emerald House of Cars FINALISTS: • Blakedown Car Company • Cartime • Croyland Car Megastore • Dani Motors • Emerald House of Cars • Fresh Motors • MB Motors Ballymena • Redgate Lodge • SuperMiniUK Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

Judges looked for evidence of excellent showroom presentation standards for premium cars. Sponsored by WMS Group WINNER: Romans International HIGHLY COMMENDED: Alexanders Prestige FINALISTS: • Alexanders Prestige • Blakedown Car Company • George Kingsley Prestige and Performance • Romans International • Targa Florio Cars Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

The Car Supermarket of the Year Award acknowledges and rewards best practices in the sourcing and selling of nearly-new and used cars by car supermarkets. Sponsored by BCA WINNER: Cartime HIGHLY COMMENDED: Fords of Winsford FINALISTS: • Carbase • Cartime • Croyland Car Megastore • Fords of Winsford • Ron Skinner and Sons Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

The Outstanding Achievement Award, goes to the independent dealer who in the view of the Motor Trader Awards judging panel has most notably raised the profile and enhanced the reputation of independent used car dealers. Sponsored by Close Brothers WINNER: Matt Kay – Managing Director, Cartime Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

The Aftersales Excellence Award acknowledges and rewards best practices and sales performance in aftersales by independent dealers. Sponsored by Autotech Recruit Winner: Redgate Lodge BOSCH Service FINALISTS: • Chequers Cars Lightwater • Country Car • Dani Motors • Murdo Murchison • Redgate Lodge BOSCH Service • SuperMiniUK Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards 2019

WINNER Kia Kia was the unanimous winner of the Carmaker of the Year Award in 2019 because of the strength of its model line-up, its close relationship with its dealer network, strong new car sales performance in 2018 and profitability of the franchise. The UK sales growth has been driven by the steady tide of new models arriving at Kia, ...

PREMIUM WINNER BMW 3 Series For 2019 Motor Trader introduced the Premium Used Car of the Year award to reflect the significant changes taking place in the market. The rampant growth of PCPs in recent years with strong residuals and strong finance  deals has results in a surge in popularity of premium models. The winner of the Motor Trader Premium ...

WINNER Motor Document Solutions Motor Document Solutions released iDealFILE after two year of research. The company aims to deliver paperless dealerships for motor retailers across the UK. IDealFILE, developed specifically for the automotive industry, integrates with dealer management and third-party systems, turning unsecured manual paper-based deal files into secure electronic digitally-signed, visible, traceable and auditable data. It provides dealers with ...

Digital Initiative of The Year Award (Franchise) WINNER Chorley Group Chorley Group has six key dealerships and four franchises (Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, and MG) with a local customer base and national offering via digital platforms. It has collaborated with GForces to implement a comprehensive, end-to-end online vehicle sales platform that enables 24/7 operation. This expands the dealership to a national ...