28/12/11 Garage Of The Year - D&D Autos Ashford

High-flying Ashford garage D&D Autos has picked up another award – and this time it’s national.

The family business, based at Moat Way, Orbital Park, has been named Garage of the Year by the well-respected Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF).

“This is a very special award because it means we have been judged by our peers and picked out as the best there is,” said delighted business owner Derek Pestridge.

Derek and son Matthew joined more than 530 of the industry’s finest at the IAAF Annual Awards Dinner at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, where they were presented with the award by IAAF President Nick Best.

The IAAF works on behalf of independent garages and aims “to serve, strengthen and promote the independent automotive aftermarket on behalf of its members, to the consumer’s benefit”.

“The award was based on the quality of service we offer our customers,” said Derek, who added that it was “a real accolade” to have won the award.

D&D Autos is no stranger to award ceremonies, having won Kent Invicta Chamber’s Excellence in Customer Service Award two years running, in both2010 and 2011.

The garage, which moved to its purpose-built new premises in 2009 so that it could offer customers a wider range of services, was also highly commended in the chamber’s Business of the Year category in 2010.

D&D Autos offers acourtesy shuttle service for customers, free winter vehicle checks and a new centralised online booking for servicing, tyres and MOTs. It also prides itself on high levels of internal and external training.

D&D Autos can be contacted on 01233 504765.

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