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2023 – National Customer Service Award

National Triumph for TTR Garage Services at 10th National Entrepreneurs’ Awards
A Car Repair Garage based in Norton Canes Cannock was announced as the winner of the Best Customer Service in front of a packed audience of hundreds of fellow entrepreneurs at the awards ceremony, which was held in the evening at the Birmingham ICC on the 2nd of October.
The event is the highlight of the annual “getting & keeping customers convention” run by the business growth specialists Entrepreneurs Circle and attracts over 1000 visitors every year, along with hundreds of exhibitors, all dedicated to helping ambitious business owners.
TTR Garage Services – Also known as Car Friend are a small family run car repair garage offering everything from MOT, servicing and repairs to car owners in and around the local area.
Gemma Friend – Business Owner at Car Friend said: It was an absolute honour and we were overwhelmed to be nominated. A huge congratulations to the other finalists in all the categories. As a company in a notoriously difficult sector it has always been part of our core values to ensure our customers get the respect, information and service they deserve. I couldn’t have won this award on my own, I have a fantastic team who support everything we stand for along with some amazingly loyal customers who took the time to leave us such fantastic reviews.
Car Friend’s Triumph came alongside recognition for the entrepreneurs in seven other categories, Entrepreneur of The Year, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Family Business, Most impressive Growth, Best Business Enabler, Most Inspiring Business Person & Implementer of the Year.
Nigel Botterill Founder of Entrepreneurs Circle and the creator of 10 different £1m+ Businesses himself Said;
“As entrepreneurs, we’re always focused on “what’s Next”. We’re notoriously bad at recognising and celebrating what we’ve achieved and how far we’ve come and I’m delighted for TTR Garage Services / Car Friend and all of the winners and finalists here with us tonight.”
“The Great work they do often goes unnoticed, which is why, ten years ago, we crated the National Entrepreneur Awards. We’re on a mission to recognise and reward business owners and businesses like Car Friend that have achieved great things over this last year. We want to shine a spotlight on the amazing things entrepreneurs all over the UK are doing to build their businesses, put something back into their local communities and give the countries economy a much-needed shot in the arm.

2020 – The Motor Ombudsman Garage Star Awards 2020


The Motor Ombudsman announced over 800 consumer nominations for their Garage Star Awards. A total of 24 businesses and individuals were shortlisted from their network of accredited independent garages and car dealerships, and we were delighted to discover Car Friend was top of the list.

The nominations for these awards come from customers sharing their experience using our services, and how we went the extra mile to assist them on one or more occasions during the past 12 months.

We were over the moon to be awarded Midlands – Highly Commended. This achievement was due to our amazing team who deliver the highest standards of workmanship, and the very best customer service every single day. Huge thanks also to our wonderful customers who took the time to write personal recommendations which gave us such a prestigious award. We are proud and grateful.

2019 – The best of Business of the Year Awards 2019

  • #1 in the UK – Automotive Service & Repair
  • #2 in Cannock – Highly Commended
  • #44 in the UK from over 30,000 businesses registered with “the best of”

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