With judges travelling across country to visit smash repair shops all over Australia, it's near impossible to travel to regional areas to scope out talent – that's why we ask all country repairer nominees to submit a video up to 10 minutes long that showcases your business. We have been so impressed with the videos sent to us over the last three years, there are clearly a great deal of stunning country repair businesses. However, sadly, there can only be one winner. If you've made a video before but didn't win, feel free to send it in again, or perhaps use it as a base for this year's awards.
As with all of our awards you can be nominated for self-nominate. We will be sending out reminders about when the entries close periodically.
Country Repairer award is proudly sponsored by Motor Trades Association of Australia
See last year's award winning entry at the base of this page.
How do I get the video to you?
You can upload your video to Youtube and send us a link via dropbox, Hightail etc or send the video in on a memory stick to Paint & Panel, 17-21 Bellevue Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010. If you are emailing the link please use the email address: awards@paintandpanel.com.au and make the subject Country Repairers award.
The video should present the operations of your repair shop, including customer reception area, offices, estimating area, parts storage and workshop – as well as demonstrating workflow where possible. Training, OH&S and sustainable initiatives should also be mentioned as well as any other areas that you think makes your business stand out. See the FAQ for what we're looking for.
You are a regional repairer if your shop is not located within 80km of:
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Gold Coast-Tweed
Newcastle-Maitland
Canberra-Queanbeyan
Wollongong
Hobart
Geelong
Townsville-Thuringowa
Cairns
Darwin
Toowoomba
What happens if I win?
You will be flown to the Paint & Panel Bodyshop Awards dinner in Melbourne on 12 October 2018 to receive your award and be profiled in the the November issue of the magazine. As well as the physical award to display in your reception area, you will receive a winner's logo to display on your website and in your marketing material.