Motor Codes 'Golden Garages' Winner

Motor Codes, the independent body which operates the UK’s largest consumer code for motorists, has today revealed the winner of its two month national ‘Golden Garages’ campaign.

After 54 days, 9,000 public votes, nominations for thousands of UK garages, and the opinions of six expert judges, the final winner is independent family run garage, Kinghams of Croydon.

Panel judge Vicki Butler-Henderson – TV presenter and racing driver – presented the trophy to the successful business which counts father, son and daughter amongst its current staff. As well as owning the inaugural title of Britain’s Golden Garage, they will also receive a prize fund valued at over £6,000.

The Golden Garages competition searched the UK to find the best garage, building on Motor Codes’ goal of bringing honest, trustworthy service to motorists across the country through its website’s Garage Finder tool at www.motorcodes.co.uk.

"Motor Codes set-up the Golden Garage competition to highlight the best service and repair businesses in the country," said Chris Mason, Motor Codes director.

"We would like every motorist to receive service from a garage like Kinghams, and using the Garage Finder at www.motorcodes.co.uk is a great starting point."

Having whittled down thousands of garages to the UK top 50, a further round of public voting identified the UK’s top ten service and repair centers. The panel of expert judges was then tasked with choosing the national winner out of the top ten through a fair and thorough process.

Motor Codes worked with the RAC to conduct on-site visits and independently assess each of the finalists in order to select the national winner.

(PR/GK)