Top Technician and Top Garage 2024 24 www.aftermarketonline.net NOVEMBER 2024 Crowning glory for The champions of the garage industry have been crowned at Aftermarket magazine’s annual Top Technician and Top Garage awards night, which took place in Coventry on October 26. Andrew Ruellan of Ruellan’s Garage was victorious in the Top Technician contest with David Weston of Kia UK Ltd a close runner-up. Other Top Technician finalists were: Gary Birse (Motec Garage), John Fountain (John Fountain MOT & Towbars) and Gordon Wright (Porsche Centre Edinburgh). In the Top Garage contest, which attracted more than 400 garages this year, John Hall Auto Electrician won the Mobile Mechanic category. Other finalists were: Ell’s Auto Care and Fuel Mistake. Winners and contenders of the remaining Top Garage categories were: 1-3 employees — Torque Monkey (winner). Other finalists: Alga Garage; DB Car Doctor Ltd; Jay Mobile Auto Services; MMS Technik; Repayr My Car; The Garage Warmington. 4-6 employees — Links Automotive (winner). Other finalists: Adam Green Motors, AJ Fleetcare, Bayliss Garages, CT Cars Ltd, Bear and Bee Garage, Drive Green Vehicle Services, Millers Motor Services, Service MOT Repairs Ltd, The MINI Repair Shop. 7-9 employees — Fife AutoTech (winner). Other finalists: Auto Works Service Centre, Billingborough Cars & Commercials, Boyd’s Motor Engineers, Bryan Swales Auto Repairs, Bryngwyn Service Station, Lawson Auto Tech, Marc’s Garage, P Breading Motor Services, TTR Garage Services. 10+ employees — D&D Autos (Ashford) Ltd (winner). Other finalists: A1 Autocentre, AAK Auto Services, Automax Group, Cleevely Motors, CSN Autos, Oldfields Garage Services, Ramsey Hill Garage, Ruellans Garage, Uckfield Motor Services. Multi-site — CCM (winner). Other finalist Shaikly Motor Company. Service advisor — Sharon McCormick (winner). Other finalists: Asif Ali, James Cooper, Miriam English, Kara Hallett, Zub Iqbal, Jeanette Landale, Ross Martin, Alan Reeves, Kevin Shilling. Maitland Motors was the winner of the BEN Workplace Health & Safety Award. Other finalists for the award were: Alga Garage, Automax Group Ltd, Boyd’s Motor Engineers Ltd, D&D Autos (Ashford) Ltd, Fife AutoTech, Lawson Auto Tech, Repayr My Car, Shaikly Motor Company Ltd, The MINI Repair Shop. Event Partners for the evening were Snap-on, TOPDON, Delphi, JLM, LKQ Euro Car Parts, Castrol & The Race Group, ALLDATA and Motul. Reception drinks were sponsored by Premier MOT. ‘Electrifying atmosphere’ Ryan Fuller, managing director of Aftermarket publisher DFA Media Group, said: “The finals and awards night dinner were the culmination of nearly a year of hard work that really put the skills of our Top Technician and Top Garage contenders to the test. “Congratulations to all the finalists and winners — all of whom should be immensely proud of their achievements. There was an electrifying
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