Bodyshop Magazine’s 2024 panel of independent industry experts met yesterday at the Eyebox Training and Conference Centre in Coventry to decide this year’s Bodyshop Awards finalists and winners in the competition’s non-technical categories.
The finalists will be unveiled on Monday and Tuesday next week (22-23 July) via this website and through our social media channels – LinkedIn, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Bodyshop Awards finalists
Our judges for this year’s Bodyshop Awards are Ian Dalgarno 3M; Michael Golding LV=; Angela Henry M&M Fix Auto Stoke; Jason Hopkins Axalta; Andrew Marsh; Michael Massey FMG Repair Services; Chris McKie Vizion Network; Ruth Moring-Beale Morelli Group; and Dave Sargeant Gemini ARC Powered by Steer.
On “jury day”, the independent panellists had one vote each in categories that included Small, Medium and Large Bodyshop of the Year, Group Bodyshop, Work Provider, Technical Training Provider, Supply Chain Partner, Vehicle Manufacturer, Environmental Trailblazer, and Bodyshop Manager of the Year.
If Bodyshop Magazine editor Simon Wait judged there to be a conflict between an individual jury member and an award entry or award category, that juror was asked to leave the room and took no part in the voting for that particular category.
Independent jury
The Awards team from Bodyshop Magazine – Simon Wait, Louise Cooke and Emily Miles – were on hand to count the votes and provide Awards insights to the jury as required, but to keep the competition uniquely independent none of the Bodyshop team were allowed to vote or influence the voting in any way.
Judging for the technical awards – the Powered by Vizion Bodyshop Remit Panel and Paint Apprentices and Technicians; the Powered by IAEA Bodyshop Thatcham VDA of the Year; and the Powered by asTech Bodyshop Thatcham Advanced Technologies Technician of the Year – continues separately over a series of practical assessments held at Remit Training and Thatcham Research.
All finalists in all categories will attend the Bodyshop Awards & Expo 2024 on Thursday, 19 September at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, where the winners will be unveiled live on stage, together with this year’s 30 Under 30: Rising Stars.
