There is now one day until the January 31st deadline for entries to the 2024 AM Awards, the most prestigious accolades for UK car dealers, OEMs and suppliers.
New categories for 2024 include the EV Advocate of the Year Award, which seeks to recognise the dealers and/or OEMs that are going farther and faster to support the use of electric vehicles and their benefit to local communities' air quality. This is less about the volume and more about the attitude. Entrants, whether OEMs or retailers, will have a passionate and knowledgeable workforce that advocates EVs; they will demonstrate great communications and novel methods to help consumers gain confidence in this new technology; they will be thinking further than the sale and will show their ability to be the EV expert for customers post-purchase and for their wider communities.
While for dealerships which are smashing their EV sales volume ambitions in new and used, helping motorists adapt to this new technology, there is still the EV Dealership of the Year Award to enter. It could be a chance to celebrate strong performance with new EVs within a franchised network, or opportunities taken to buy used EVs after their values dropped and retail them at the right level.
Also new for 2024 is The Sustainability Award. Open to car dealers and vehicle manufacturers, entrants could be businesses which can demonstrate strategic planning and robust steps being taken to help build a more sustainable and better future for themselves and their surrounding community. Aspects the judges will look for span from reducing energy consumption to waste reduction to green procurement and encouraging a green-minded culture within the workforce.
The judging of the AM Awards takes place during March and the finalists will be celebrated on stage at the AM Awards Dinner on May 2nd when each category's winner will be announced.
Categories still open to entries from dealers include:
- Leader in Diversity and Inclusion
- The Community Hero award
- EV Dealership of the Year
- Used Car Dealer of the Year (Franchised & Independent)
- Workshop of the Year - Independent & Franchised
- EV Advocate of the Year (NEW for 2024)
- The Sustainability Award (NEW for 2024)
- Franchised Dealership of the Year
- Independent Dealer of the Year
- Dealer Group of the Year (up to 10 sites)
- Dealer Group of the Year (more than 10 sites)
- Dealer Principal/General Manager of the Year
- Online Consumer Experience of the Year - Franchised Dealer
- Online Consumer Experience of the Year - Independent Dealer
- Marketing Strategy of the Year
- Best in Customer Service
Click here to read more about the categories and complete your entry form online at our AM Awards website.
The 2024 AM Awards gala dinner has already taken place - find out about the winners here - and we plan to hold the 2025 AM Awards on Thursday, May 1st, 2025, so pencil that into your diary
The AM Awards will be back in 2025 with new opportunities for motor retailers, manufacturers and suppliers to enjoy the huge benefits that go with winning and being shortlisted. The entry process will begin in November 2024, with UHY Hacker Young auditing our dealer group categories.
See the winners here
An award-winning journalist and editor, with two decades of experience covering the motor retail industry, and accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) plus the National Council for the Training of Journalist (NCTJ)
As editor of AM since 2016, Tim is responsible for its media content, planning and production across AM's multiple channels, including the website, digital reports, webinars, social media and the editorial content of AM's events, Automotive Management Live and the AM Awards. His focus is on interviewing senior leaders of franchised dealer groups and motor manufacturer national sales companies to examine latest developments in UK motor retail.
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