I'm excited - the judging season is nearly upon us. It's a crazy time for this editor – flying all around the country, editing winning videos, choosing the winners, sorting through over 1500 photos, writing about all of the winners and preparing for the awards presentation . Every year when it's over I swear it will be my last – and yet here comes my eighth year.
What keeps me going is awards the presentation (14 October this year, save the date) when all of the work, stress and tiredness (I'm not getting any younger here) is so worth it as we celebrate the amazingly talented, innovative and hard working winning businesses and individuals.
Each year we are priveledged to shine a light on businesses that raise the bar for the whole industry, who embrace change and would go to the moon and back for their customers. Each year the awards presentation is bigger and better. That's thanks to the brilliant backing this awards program receives from so many industry product and service suppliers who make up our valued sponsors.
Axalta Coatings and Compass have been passionate award supporters and have both been our premier platinum sponsors for the last three years.
Supporting sponsors this year are: Car Craft Accident Repair Centres, Norton St Gobain, AAAA – Collision Repair Expo, Vantage Automotive, MTAA, AkzoNobel, Glasurit, Capital S.M.A.R.T.
Here's a list of those nominated so far for Best Shop and our best practice awards - some will be country, dealer-owned and MSO within these - we sort these categories out after entries close. We will publish a separate story next week on the other categories. Click on the blue link to discover more about the award. Please email me samstreet@yaffa.com.au if you have any questions. Click here to nominate more great businesses or individuals.
Nominations for Best Shop so far are:
| Allan Doyle Crash Repairs |
| Barbanera's Prestige Smash Repairs |
| Basha Autohaus |
| Bissell's Paint & Panel |
| Calmack Smash Repairs |
| Cappa Motor Bodies |
| Col Summerhayes Crash Repair |
| Cole Motors Crash Repairs |
| Combined Auto Repair |
| COMPLETE BODY CRAFT |
| Cuthbert Automotive |
| Delta Crash Repairs |
| Donnybrook Accident Repair Centre |
| Drive Accident Solutions |
| DRIVE ACCIDENT SOLUTIONS |
| Fleurieu Crash Repairs |
| Geelong Smash Repairs - GSR |
| Gold Coast collision centre |
| Kilburn Crash Repairs |
| MacArthur Prestige |
| Macarthur prestige body shop |
| Mark Mchugh Bodyworks |
| Mellington Smash Repairs |
| Mirage Spraypainters and Panelbeaters |
| Mirror Finish Panels Pty Ltd |
| Monza crash repairs |
| MUIRS PRESTIGE SMASH REPAIRS |
| Musico Smash Repairs |
| National Accident Repair Centre |
| Police Rd Panel |
| Precison Collision |
| Randalls Smash Repairs |
| Sheen Panel Service Brooklyn |
| Sheen Panel Service Glen Waverley |
| Sheen Panel Service Mitcham |
| Somerville and District Panels |
| Spot On Panels |
| St Peters crash |
| The Body Repair Shop |
| The Bump Shop |
| Wales Bus & Body Repairs |
| Walker Crash Repairs |
| Welland Crash Repairs |
| West Perth Panel & Paint |
| Western General Body Works |
| Westfield Auto Body Repairs |
| Willmot Smash Repair Specialists |
Best Customer Experience sponsored by Collision Repair Expo
| Australian Crash |
| B. Brothers |
| Basha Autohaus |
| Compass Smash |
| Coorparoo paint & panel |
| Graham Hill Smash Repairs |
| McCreath Prestige Paint and Panel |
| Medicar |
| Showroom finish |
| Smash Repair Solutions |
| Western General Body Works |
Axalta Sustainability Award
| Butch Bennett Crash Repairs |
| Fleurieu Crash Repairs Pty Ltd |
| Kilburn Crash Repairs |
| Walker Crash Repairs |
| Western General Body Works |
Digital Excellence sponsored by AkzoNobel
| Gino's Panel and Paint |
| L&M Smash |
| Hadwen's Prestige Collision Repairs |
| Sheen Group |
| The River Group |
Innovation Award sponsored by Norton St Gobain
| Extreme Dents |
| Parramatta Smash Repairs |
Operational Excellence sponsored by Car Craft
| Australian Crash |
| B. Brothers |
| Basha Autohaus |
| Compass Smash |
| Coorparoo Paint & Panel |
| Graham Hill Smash Repairs |
| McCreath Prestige Paint and Panel |
| Medicar |
| Showroom finish |
| Smash Repair Solutions |
| Western General Body Works |