The UKs most prestigious garage award ceremony returns for 2024
Bringing together the best mechanics from all over the UK and the biggest names in the Automotive Aftermarket, the annual WhoCanFixMyCar Garage Awards returns for its eighth year.
This year, we’ve got a new look, but rest assured, you can expect the same fun-filled evening of recognition and celebration, only this time bigger and better than ever!
Award Categories
Best Garage North West
Best Garage North West
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best Garage North East
Best Garage North East
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best Garage Yorkshire and Humber
Best Garage Yorkshire and Humber
The top five nominees for this award are:Working with and supporting UK independent partners, like you, to disrupt the rescue and recovery market.
Only the best get the Green Flag.
Best Garage West Midlands
Best Garage West Midlands
The top five nominees for this award are:Combining the expertise of two leaders in the automotive industry to deliver a comprehensive proposition to dealerships across the UK.
Assurant
Assurant provides market-leading automotive products to businesses. As a Fortune 500 company with over 150 years’ experience in the industry, we operate at a global level. With efficient in-house underwriting, claims administration and excellent customer service all blended with significant investment in technology, we provide a financially stable and sustainable partnership you can trust.
The RAC Dealer Network
When your potential customers see an RAC logo, they get an extra level of reassurance when buying their vehicle. All our RAC Approved Dealers work to the RAC Used Vehicle Code of Conduct – the first used vehicle code to be approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute – giving customers peace of mind that they can trust you.
We offer a full range of products to fit your business and your customer’s needs. From our warranty products including our comprehensive EV warranty, to our GAP insurance, to our strategic partnerships, we’re always striving to create additional value for our network and their customers.
Best Garage East Midlands
Best Garage East Midlands
The top five nominees for this award are:The Mobility Aftermarket division (MA) provides the aftermarket and repair shops worldwide with modern diagnostic and repair shop equipment and a wide range of spare parts – from new and exchange parts to repair solutions – for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Its product portfolio includes products made as Bosch original equipment, products developed inhouse and specifically manufactured for the aftermarket, as well as services.
About 13,000 associates in more than 150 countries, as well as a global logistics network, ensure that spare parts reach customers quickly and on time. AA supplies testing and repair-shop technology, diagnostic software, service training, and information services. In addition, the division is responsible for the “Bosch Service” repair-shop franchise, one of the world’s largest independent chains of repair-shops, with some 15,000 workshops.
Best Garage South West
Best Garage South West
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best Garage South East
Best Garage South East
The top five nominees for this award are:Clarios, the company behind the VARTA brand, is the world leader in automotive batteries. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture and distribute a portfolio of battery technologies for virtually every type of vehicle. Technologies that deliver sustainable, next-generation performance, and bring reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives.
In the UK, we supply VARTA branded batteries for Automotive, Heavy Commercial Vehicle and Leisure applications to garages and provide market leading solutions for technicians. It all starts with VARTA.
Best Garage East of England
Best Garage East of England
The top five nominees for this award are:Close Brothers Vehicle Hire is a leading, independent provider of commercial vehicle solutions, including vehicle rental, contract hire, finance, and fleet management services. The business currently has a fleet of 6,000 commercial vehicles.
Close Brothers Vehicle Hire is a member of Close Brothers Group Plc, a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. We employ over 4,000 people, principally in the UK. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are a member of the FTSE 250.
Best Garage London
Best Garage London
The top five nominees for this award are:Best Garage Scotland
Best Garage Scotland
The top five nominees for this award are:The market leading manufacturer of most essential thermal, efficiency and emissions system components, Nissens has invested significant resources in research on and development of engine cooling and climate system components for the automotive segment.
More than 95 years of thermal know-how and manufacturing experience mean that we are able to meet the needs for comprehensive range of high-quality spare parts, while at the same time, being a market educator for technical insight into the systems field.
Best Garage Northern Ireland
Best Garage Northern Ireland
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best Garage Wales
Best Garage Wales
The top five nominees for this award are:Ben is the charity dedicated to supporting the people of the automotive industry, providing support to navigate life’s challenges, helping them make positive, lasting changes to their lives.
We hope that through partnering with Ben we can help break down the negative stigma surrounding mental health in the automotive industry and empower people to take control of their wellbeing.
Best Brake Specialist
Best Brake Specialist
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best eBay Tyre Installer
Best eBay Tyre Installer
The top five nominees for this award are:eBay’s Green Parts for Business platform hugely supports the buying and utilising high quality reclaimed parts, as a way to improve your business and to benefit the environment. eBay is offering buyers the traditional installation services buyers need, where we are partnering with WhoCanFixMyCar and their garage industry to serve the need of eBay buyers who want to shop and install.
Best Clutch Specialist
Best Clutch Specialist
The top five nominees for this award are:GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Northern Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment and specialist training. The group has 180 branches nationwide, a national distribution centre in Birmingham and specialist support centres in Birmingham, Chester and Swansea.
Best Service Specialist
Best Service Specialist
The top five nominees for this award are:Niterra (formerly NGK SPARK PLUG) is one of the leading automotive and technical ceramics suppliers. With its corporate headquarters in Nagoya, Japan, the company has sales organisations and production facilities all over the world.
Niterra UK Ltd has seen significant growth across the Aftermarket since expanding beyond motorcycle parts and into the automotive sector since the business opened in 1975. The company is renowned for its outstanding commitment to quality, technology, and research & development, and supporting workshops and garages up and down the country. The product portfolio NGK Ignition Parts brand comprises of spark plugs, glow plugs, ignition coils, leads & caps. The NTK Vehicle Electronics brand offers oxygen sensors (including NOx sensors), exhaust gas temperature sensors (EGTS), exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves, mass air flow (MAF), Exhaust Pressure Sensors (EPS) and manifold absolute/boost pressure (MAP) sensors as well as cam & crankshaft sensors.
Best Bodyshop
Best Bodyshop
The top five nominees for this award are:LKQ Bodyshops
LKQ Bodyshop is the industry leading complete end-to-end provider for paint, consumables, parts and Bodyshop equipment. We are preferred supplier for UK insurers, accident management companies alongside being the partner of choice both group and independent bodyshops across UK & Ireland.
Our solutions go beyond products, we have unmatched expertise & experience within our account management team who are supported by the industry’s largest in-house technical team. Our teams make the difference, helping our Bodyshop customers operate profitably and sustainably, in our dynamic and fast changing industry.
Best Mobile Mechanic
Best Mobile Mechanic
The top five nominees for this award are:WhoCanFixMyCar is a free and simple to use online service allowing drivers to compare and book garages in their area. With over 15,000 garages and mechanics nationwide, you can compare prices, reviews and locations of the best garages in your area in just a few clicks, so you can save more and stress less.
We’ve already helped over three million drivers on the road to happiness – join the car repair revolution today!
Best Regional Group
Best Regional Group
The top five nominees for this award are:GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Northern Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment and specialist training. The group has 180 branches nationwide, a national distribution centre in Birmingham and specialist support centres in Birmingham, Chester and Swansea.
Best National Group
Best National Group
The top five nominees for this award are:LKQ Euro Car Parts are the leading distributor of parts for all makes of cars and light commercial vehicles. We reach out across the UK and the Republic of Ireland touching millions of people’s lives and have a reputation for outstanding availability, service and value.
We employ more than 10,000 employees across almost 280 branches, 13 rapid fulfilment centres and 3 National distribution centres. Our expertise, product range and service capability are unrivalled. Every moment of every day our focus is keeping you moving.
Best RAC Garage
Best RAC Garage
The top five nominees for this award are:The RAC
As the UK’s most experienced breakdown provider, the RAC provides complete peace of mind to 12.9 million UK drivers. The RAC’s expert patrols attend more than 2 million breakdowns every year, fixing 4 out of 5 cars at the roadside, with repairs done in 30 minutes on average. So you know you’re in safe hands.
The RAC Dealer Network
When your potential customers see an RAC logo, they get an extra level of reassurance when buying their vehicle. All our RAC Approved Dealers work to the RAC Used Vehicle Code of Conduct – the first used vehicle code to be approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute – giving customers peace of mind that they can trust you.
We offer a full range of products to fit your business and your customer’s needs. From our warranty products including our comprehensive EV warranty, to our GAP insurance, to our strategic partnerships, we’re always striving to create additional value for our network and their customers.
Hall of Fame Nominees
Hall of Fame Nominees
The top five nominees for this award are:eBay’s Green Parts for Business platform hugely supports the buying and utilising high quality reclaimed parts, as a way to improve your business and to benefit the environment. eBay is offering buyers the traditional installation services buyers need, where we are partnering with WhoCanFixMyCar and their garage industry to serve the need of eBay buyers who want to shop and install.
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
Coventry Building Society Arena is a world class exhibition, event & conference centre close to Birmingham. High tech facilities & 2000 car parking spaces, cloakroom and fully stocked bar
On the night you can expect a drinks reception, a 3 course meal and bar open til late.
Situated in the heart of the UK the Coventry Building Society Arena is within two-hour drive of 75% of the population. Easy access makes the Arena an ideal destination. With three train stations within 8 miles, Birmingham International Airport only a 20 minute drive away, and London Euston 55 minutes by train. The Arena also has its own on-site railway station.
If you're travelling by car, Coventry Building Society Arena is just 800 yards from Junction 3 of the M6 and within easy distance of the M1 and M40.
Entrance to the Car Park A from Judds Lane
Get directionsA True British legend
Matt Dawson
ex England Rugby player
A former rugby player and contributor to England’s victory at the 2003 World Cup, Matt Dawson has become a national TV personality: the longest running Team Captain on BBC1’s much-loved sports quiz ‘A Question of Sport’; a winner of Celebrity Masterchef; and a runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing. As an after-dinner speaker and business speaker he is charismatic, engaging and supremely funny.
This year’s headline sponsor is the RAC
As the UK’s most experienced breakdown provider, the RAC provides complete peace of mind to 12.9 million UK drivers.
The RAC’s expert patrols attend more than 2 million breakdowns every year, fixing 4 out of 5 cars at the roadside, with repairs done in 30 minutes on average. So you know you’re in safe hands.
Garage Awards Sponsors for 2024
We’ve partnered with the charity Ben
Ben is the charity dedicated to supporting the people of the automotive industry, providing support to navigate life’s challenges, helping them make positive, lasting changes to their lives.
We hope that through partnering with Ben we can help break down the negative stigma surrounding mental health in the automotive industry and empower people to take control of their wellbeing.
Frequently asked questions
The event is taking place on Thursday 22nd February 2024.
The Garage Awards 2024 will be taking place at:
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, CV6 6AQ
There is a car park at the Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, please ensure you park at Car Park A as there are other car parks around the stadium. You can leave your car overnight however your car will need to be moved by 9am the next day.
There are plenty of hotels around Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry – to compare hotels and prices, click on the Nearby Hotels button on this page.
There will be a cloakroom on the night and a system will be available on the night to safely leave your coat. We would ask guests to keep the belongings they bring with them to a minimum to speed up guest sign-in.
This is a black-tie event – dress to impress!
There will be a three-course meal plus wine – there will be both meat and vegetarian/vegan options.
When you complete your registration form, there will be an option to tell us about your dietary requirements.
You can purchase tickets here: https://wcfmcevents.zohobackstage.eu/WhoCanFixMyCarGarageAwards2024#/
Alternatively, please contact awards@whocanfixmycar.com to purchase tickets.
Ticket sales will close on 1st of February 2024.
If you have questions regarding this event, please email awards@whocanfixmycar.com. Please note – the email will not be monitored on the event day.