September 2023 was a very exciting month for the team at Cooper Barnes. We left the National Bodyshop Awards in Birmingham clutching the award for Best Medium Sized Bodyshop in the whole country.

Fast forward to 2024 and we were again nominated. Having crossed everything last year, there was absolutely zero chance we were going to make the final two years in a row.

That's what we thought until we got the email to say "congratulations, you are finalists" What us, again, really?

The nomination last year felt like a win, as the awards are chosen by industry leaders and our piers, the actual win was the icing on the cake.

So why did we win? There are 7 category's to be graded on, the three most important are how we treat customers, how we treat staff and how we reduce our impact on the environment.

We have always understood the impact on the owner when a car becomes unavailable due to a fault or non fault accident

Will we win again this year, could lightning strike twice? Who knows, we will have to wait until the 19th of September to find out.

But the DJ's will once again be rolled out and hopefully the biscuits consumed over the past year will allow the buttons to be done up!