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Sandicliffe Motors Ahead With Double Win at AM Awards

Friday 23th February 2007

Sandicliffe Motor Group, the East Midlands family-owned car retailer has continued its bumper start to the year with a double win at the 2007 AM Awards - seen as the Oscars of the Motor Industry. The Motor Group has already experienced a 10% year on year increase in new and used car sales across the group and has also just opened a new dealership in Nottingham.

Sandicliffe came out on top, scooping the coveted award for Best Retail Group (more than 10 sites) and picked up Best Marketing for the second year running, it was also nominated for Best Used Car Retailer.

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 Sir Trevor McDonald, t he awards honour outstanding companies 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 delighted to have been recognised by the industry for the work that we do. Picking up the award for Best Retail Group was a real coup. For us, this is the ultimate award to be walking away with because it is recognition of our excellence in all areas and a genuine group effort from the whole team at Sandicliffe, from aftersales to customer service and beyond.

“Winning Best Marketing for the second year running is also an achievement we are very proud of. 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.”

New categories for the annual awards this year are set to include Environmental Care, and will see motor groups competing to win a coveted trophy for best contribution to saving the planet.

On the wins, Marketing Director, Nigel Falkiner, commented: "As a Marketing team, one of the major strengths is that we speak to thousands of customers, when purchasing or having their service. This gives us all the clues we ever need to offer every customer just what it is they are looking for.

“We feel very proud of the whole team at Sandicliffe and are hoping to scoop an additional accolade next year for best contribution to saving the planet . We have recently become the first motor retailer in the UK to launch a company-wide manifesto for actively promoting the sale of eco-friendly cars, and have begun reducing carbon emissions from our day-to-day operations. We would be even more proud to be recognised in the industry for our initiative.”

Sandicliffe Motor Group is one of the country's largest Ford Retail Groups, with a total of ten dealerships in the East Midlands plus Suzuki, Mazda, Kia, Fiat, Chevrolet and servicing for MG Rover owners.