Dealer is named best in the UK by luxury car brand

The team from Sandown Group with the award for Mercedes-Benz Retailer of the Year 2020 and 2021

The crew from Sandown Group with the award for Mercedes-Benz Retailer of the Yr 2020 and 2021

A MERCEDES dealership has been named the brand’s greatest in the United kingdom.

Television celebrity Dermot O’Leary presented the Poole-headquartered Sandown Team with the title Mercedes-Benz Retailer of the 12 months for 2020 and 2021.

Sandown strengthened its presence across the south very last year with the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz stores in Newbury and Epsom and the opening of a Mercedes-Benz Aftersales Van Centre in Poole.

The new web-sites joined current locations in Poole, Dorchester, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Guildford, Hindhead and Salisbury.

Gary Savage, handling director of Mercedes-Benz Vehicles British isles, said: “Sandown has a sturdy and fully commited management group with a purchaser-centric strategy to offering superb services.

“Our retail partners are a critical aspect of our good results in the Uk and as the sector carries on to encounter actual change, I’m delighted that they are embracing the issues and continuing to present our prospects an exceptional knowledge.”

The award, offered at a ceremony in Weybridge, follows preceding trophies for Aftersales Crew of the Year in 2019, New Car Product sales Team of the Calendar year in 2018 and Finest Customer Company Workforce in 2016.

Sandown running director Gavin McAllister reported it was an “extraordinary moment” for the firm and its employees.

He stated: “Sandown’s recognition by our partners at Mercedes-Benz Cars United kingdom as Retailer of the Year is testimony to the tricky get the job done and determination of each member of the Sandown crew.

“I genuinely believe that that it’s the accumulation of our merged and regular attempts each and every day that has delivered the general performance and unlocked this accomplishment, and I am deeply grateful for the treatment, motivation, enthusiasm and aim of my colleagues across the small business. As a small business that is absolutely devoted to the Mercedes-Benz brand, this award usually means a wonderful deal to all of us on the crew.

“This award is a unique achievement that coincides with the strengthening of Sandown’s partnership with Mercedes-Benz with the addition of our new websites that improves our destinations to 10 and our workforce to a lot more than 500 personnel. We are intensely focused on maximising the substantial chances offered by our amplified scale. I’m assured that there are enjoyable occasions forward for Sandown.”