There may be simply over a month left for automotive and van sellers to enter the 2025 AM Awards for automotive retailers.
Coming into Automotive Administration’s AM Awards is a strategic alternative for UK automotive and van dealerships, vendor teams, producers’ nationwide gross sales firms, and automotive retail suppliers to realize recognition, improve model credibility, and interact with business leaders.
The AM Awards Dinner, on Could 1, 2025 in London, additionally opens beneficial networking channels, offering dealerships with entry to different high-performing business gamers, from suppliers to OEMs, and enhancing skilled visibility.
Successful and even being shortlisted in classes like Dealership of the 12 months, Group Hero or On-line Client Expertise provides dealerships a novel promotional increase, serving to them stand out in a aggressive market.
Previous winners report that the award showcases their dedication to excellence in customer support, digital innovation, and group achievements, drawing each prospects and expert workers who’re motivated to work for acknowledged leaders within the automotive subject.
The Group Hero Award
We wish to recognise dealerships which might be deeply rooted of their communities, help native causes and organisations, and have a tradition of giving one thing again. Open to automotive and LCV sellers, together with franchised and unbiased.
Advertising Technique of the 12 months
Advertising ought to assist you to construct your model in addition to to seek out new prospects and assist you to develop gross sales within the brief time period. Open to sellers of automobiles or LCVs, whether or not unbiased or franchised, and car producers.
On-line Client Expertise of the 12 months – Franchised Vendor
Sellers getting into this award class ought to present an glorious, complete, customer-focused digital expertise for shoppers who are looking out on-line for his or her subsequent automotive, whether or not new or used.
On-line Client Expertise of the 12 months – Impartial Vendor
Sellers who enter this award class ought to present a superb, complete, customer-focused digital expertise for shoppers who’re looking out on-line for his or her subsequent automotive, whether or not new or used.
Chief in Variety and Inclusion
Bringing variety and inclusion collectively gives a holistic alternative to recognise and honour the businesses which might be taking care of their workers in the absolute best approach by being an inclusive employer that priorities the psychological well being and wellbeing of their workers. Open to franchised and unbiased automotive and van retailers
Workshop of the 12 months – Impartial & Franchised
The workshop is a vital supply of profitability and buyer contact. This award seeks to recognise an excellent, excellent service website. Open to each unbiased and franchised workshops.
Greatest in Buyer Service
Entrants ought to have a customer-centric tradition and take pleasure in sturdy satisfaction scores, however by no means permit complacency and react robustly to repair the state of affairs every time issues go mistaken. Entries accepted from franchised and unbiased automotive and LCV sellers.
Buyer Service Champion
This award is for a person who works inside a franchised or unbiased automotive or LCV retailer, in any customer-facing function or division. Entrants might self-nominate or could also be put ahead by colleagues or managers. The judges count on to see people who clearly and persistently display they go the additional mile to ship the best degree of customer support and who stand out for his or her capability to hear, empathise and adapt.
EV Advocate of the 12 months
Open to each sellers and OEMs, this award requires that you simply display how you may have gone the additional mile to help the usage of electrical autos. Entrants can have a passionate and educated workforce that advocates for EVs.
EV Efficiency of the 12 months
Shops which might be excessive performing in electrical car gross sales ought to enter this class, demonstrating their capability to develop a robust native market. Open to franchised and unbiased automotive or LCV sellers.
The Sustainability Award
This class is on the lookout for the most effective motor retailers and carmakers which may display strategic planning and strong steps being taken to assist construct a extra sustainable and higher future.
Franchised Dealership of the 12 months
This class is open to single-site proprietor operators and to finest performing dealerships inside a bigger group community – each single franchised and multi-franchised showrooms.
Impartial Vendor of the 12 months
This award is open to any unbiased (non-franchised) vendor that sells used automobiles and is meant to recognise the broad success throughout the group from its concentrate on used automobiles.
Used Automotive Efficiency of the 12 months
This award is open to any firm or group that sells used automobiles and is meant to recognise those that have turned the follow into an artwork type – to not say a massively profitable and worthwhile enterprise.
Vendor Principal/Normal Supervisor of the 12 months
The winner can be a vendor principal or basic supervisor who has performed unbelievable issues with troublesome manufacturers or marketplaces by demonstrating glorious management abilities, drive and progressive pondering that has helped the dealership obtain enterprise targets.
Vendor Group of the 12 months (as much as 10 websites)*
The motor retail business is made up primarily of smaller, regional teams. This award class is designed to recognise and honour these firms. Entrants will be capable of present how they meet the AM Awards’ unique standards of high quality, innovation and repair and the way they’ve tracked their efficiency enchancment over the previous 5 years.
Vendor Group of the 12 months (greater than 10 websites)*
This award recognises the distinctive issues and complexities that come from co-ordinating a big retail group, one with greater than 10 dealerships. Entrants will be capable of present how they meet the AM Awards’ unique standards of high quality, innovation and repair, and the way they’ve tracked their efficiency enchancment over the previous 5 years.
Greatest New Product or Service (provider class)
Open to business suppliers that are serving to to vary sellers’ fortunes. We count on to see innovation and measurable outcomes, together with examples of helpful use by your prospects. Services or products should have been launched since January 2024.
Provider of the 12 months (provider class)
Open to submissions from business suppliers making a vital distinction to sellers’ fortunes. Entries can be reviewed and voted upon by vendor readers and the judging panel.
