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Oswestry C V bodyshop triumphs in national bodyshop Awards

Operators in need of repairs to their vehicles can be assured that their C V are officially in good hands. Perrys of Gobowen, based in Oswestry, has won the Commercial Vehicle Bodyshop Award sponsored by Direct Line, at the prestigious Bodyshop Magazine Industry Event Awards ceremony.

Winning the Award is a great way of boosting business and staff morale, and helps the bodyshop benchmark itself against the top performers in the industry. The bodyshop was praised by the Awards Assessor as a technically driven business with excellent equipment levels and standards of customer care.

A  winner of this Award in 2006, Perrys of Gobowen's Bodyshop Manager Mike Wilson, said, ?We're very pleased to the win the Award and it's a testament to everyone's hard work works here. I felt it was well deserved through the consistency we have and we're over the moon as a result.'

Perrys of Gobowen's fought off competition from  other commercial vehicle bodyshops in the finals for the hotly contested trophy, which was announced and presented by MotoGP star and twice World Superbike Champion James Toseland.

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Note to editors This year is the 12^th Bodyshop Magazine Industry Awards. The Bodyshop Magazine Industry Event was first held in 1997 to celebrate the publication's 10^th anniversary. It was such an overwhelming success that it has now become an annual event, attended by professionals from every facet of the motor industry. The Awards were established to recognise and reward excellence within the automotive repair and refinish industry. In total, there are 19 Award categories ranging from Young Panel Technician of the Year to Independent Bodyshop of the Year.