Golden Garages WINNER
April 6th, 2010 by Richard Aucock
CROYDON car garage Kinghams has just been revealed as the inaugural Golden Garages award winner.
A 2-month search has seen the garage scoop a £6k prize bounty in recognition of being the UK’s best garage!
The prize, awarded by Motor Codes, was presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson and Motor Codes chief Chris Mason. It came following 54 days, 9000 public votes, nominations for thousands of UK garages, and the opinions of 6 expert judges.
Huge public support and praise for Kinghams played a large part in the garage’s victory. One customer said they’re treated like ‘royalty’ and after 20 years of driving has ‘never come across a garage that genuinely cares more and is true to its word’.
Another Kingham’s fan even explained that when on holiday in New Zealand their house sitter couldn’t start the car – one international call later and a mechanic was round to fix the car, at no cost.
‘We’re over the moon to win the Motor Codes’ Golden Garages trophy,’ said Keith Kingham, owner of the winning garage, at which father, son AND daughter work.
‘We work hard to provide our customers with excellent service and value for money, we’re always going the extra mile, so we’re ecstatic that the public has voted us Britain’s best local garage.
‘We came up against a lot of strong competition and the Golden Garages campaign goes to show that our industry is full of high-quality, trustworthy garages – we just need to make consumers aware of them, which is what Motor Codes is doing through campaigns like Golden Garages and its online Garage Finder tool.’
Mason was delighted to hand over the award with Butler-Henderson. ‘We would like every motorist to receive service from a garage like Kinghams.’
‘If you’re in South London,’ added Butler-Henderson, ‘now you know where to come for your next service!’
Tags: golden garages, motor codes
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