Greater than 1,200 Hendy Group colleagues gathered in Bournemouth this month for its annual awards – 165 years because the firm was based.
Comic Russell Kane acted as host for the occasion on the Bournemouth Worldwide Centre with Hendy Group chief govt Paul Hendy paying tribute to the exemplary performances from people and groups, and pledging a bumper yr forward.
“2023 was the most important yr for the corporate by way of income and development and this yr we’re a turnover of greater than £1.2 billion,” Paul informed visitors.
There have been awards introduced to colleagues working throughout the enterprise which represents greater than 20 automotive manufacturers throughout the south coast throughout greater than 70 dealerships.
The important thing Corridor of Fame award was this yr introduced to 2 colleagues in recognition of the large contribution they’ve each performed within the enterprise.
Group ICT supervisor Steve Nicholas and director of estates and IT John Hendy had been each inducted into the Hendy Group Corridor of Fame.
Steve joined Hendy in 1983 at IT supervisor and Paul stated he had performed a pivotal position within the improvement of the IT group.
John joined the household enterprise in 1994 and Paul stated that he had been instrumental in serving to the enterprise develop and performs a key position in all property improvement work.
John Hendy was additionally concerned within the Crew of the 12 months Award with the Property & Estates Crew honoured for his or her work within the area of acquisition, new websites, and main challenge work throughout 2023.
Tunbridge Wells Langton Highway was named Web site of the 12 months with colleagues praised for his or her excellent efficiency throughout all manufacturers and their buyer care.
Particular person winners included Ollie Clayton, the corporate’s first gross sales apprentice who picked up the Apprentice of the 12 months award and Gross sales Colleague of the 12 months was Sanjay Sivarajah who works at Poole MG. Gross sales supervisor of the yr was Martin Witt-Smith, additionally on the group’s MG web site in Poole.
There have been three awards for colleagues working on the group’s Villeneuve Method web site in Eastleigh with Chris McLuckie named Technician of the 12 months, Graham Biggerstaff Aftersales Colleague of the 12 months, and Steve Davie Aftersales Supervisor of the 12 months.
The awards additionally recognise these in assist roles with Lucy Beardsley named Assist Operate Colleague of the 12 months and Oliver Halstead Assist Operate Supervisor of the 12 months.
The ultimate award was for the Hendy Hero 2023 which was awarded to Andy Yates for his operating endeavours which included collaborating within the 90km Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Andy accomplished this for the second time in 2023, elevating very important funds for Hendy Basis.
