Thu Jun 20, 2019
18:30 - 01:00
The Nottingham Belfry Hotel
Welcome to the 4th Annual Car Finance Awards
Following Credit Strategy’s acclaimed Car Finance Conference, this Awards programme presents the opportunity for dealers, lenders and brokers to get together and celebrate a year of hard work.
Winning a Car Finance Award is a symbol of achievement, a veritable endorsement of success enhancing your credibility and standing in the eyes of your peers and your customers, not to mention the exceptional marketing and PR opportunities your win guarantees you.
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Key Dates:
Free Entries Close: 5-Apr-19
Entries Close: 12-Apr-19
The Car Finance Awards: 20-Jun-19
2019 judges
Winners
2018
Evolution Funding
Best Broker
Highly commended: DSG Financial Services
MotoNovo Finance
Best Company to Work For in Car Finance
Highly Commended: Zuuma Finance
Volkswagen Financial Services UK
Best Direct Consumer Proposition
Highly Commended: Confused.com Car Finance
Barclays Partner Finance
Best Independent Lender (Bank Owned)
ALPHERA Financial Services
Best Independent Lender (Non-Bank Owned)
Highly commended: Blue Motor Finance
Vauxhall Finance
Best Manufacturer Finance Provider
Gerry Archer
Judges' Awards for Best Relationship Manager
JCT600
Best Retailer for Finance
Highly commended: Blue Motor Finance
JBR Capital
Best Specialist Car Finance Provider
Highly commended: RateSetter Motor Finance
Codeweavers
Best Technology Partner
Peak Collections
Best Use of Technology
Karl Werner
Judges' Awards for Business Leader of the Year
Honda Financial Services
Customer Service Excellence
Cazana
Gamechanger
Highly commended: Bonafidee
BMW Group Financial Services
Innovation Award - Tier 1
Highly commended: MotoNovo Finnce
Peak Collections
Innovation Award - Tier 2
Richard Hoggart
Judges award for Car Finance Personality of the Year
TLT Solicitors
Legal Advisory Firm of the Year
Leanne Christmas
Judges' Awards for Rising Star
2017
Equiniti Pancredit & Intelligent Environments
Best Use of Technology
Joyce Rarity, Arnold Clark
Judges award for Best Relationship Manager
Laura Barker, DSG Financial Services
Judges award for Rising Star
Stephen Sklaroff, director general, Finance & Leasing Association
Judges award for Car Finance Personality of the Year
Shoosmiths LLP
Best Law Firm
Codeweavers
Best Technology Partner
MotoNovo Finance
Innovation Award
NextGear Capital UK
Gamechanger
DSG Financial Services
Best Service for Dealers
Moneybarn
Best Specialist Car Finance Provider
ALPHERA Financial Services
Best Independent Lender (Non-Bank Owned)
Vauxhall Finance
Best Company to Work for in Car Finance
Audience
100% of 2018 attendees would recommend the awards
The Car Finance Awards is the only awards programme to gather dealers, lenders and brokers to celebrate and reward success across the industry.
"An excellent engaging evening"
Autogenesis
"Enjoyable and good networking"
"Well attended, good environment to mix with peers"
Frequently Asked Questions
HOW DO I ENTER?
Entries must be submitted online. Full details of how to submit your entry can be found on the enter page.
WHY SHOULD WE ENTER?
Winning a Car Finance Award is a symbol of achievement, a veritable endorsement of success enhancing your credibility and standing in the eyes of your peers and your customers, not to mention the exceptional marketing and PR opportunities your win guarantees you.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER?
The awards are open to any individual or company within the credit industry. If you see you a category you feel most suited to then please enter. Firms from any country in the world are free to enter. For full details on whether your organisation is suitable for a category, look into the category descriptions on awards you wish to enter.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE AN ENTRY FORM?
Please allow sufficient time to complete your entry before the closing date. It should not take longer than a couple of hours to complete the form, however we would recommend that to ensure your entry is as strong as possible, the more time spent on preparation the better. You can save your entry and come back and update it online, so you do not need to submit it until you are happy with it. This year you can also email the entry to yourself or colleagues that may wish to add to the entry.
WHAT SUPPORTING MATERIAL CAN I SUBMIT?
For every category you can supply up to two A4 pages of supporting documentation.
Please ensure you keep to these guidelines as anything else will be disregarded by the judges. Judges particularly like to see third party validation of any claims made within the entry.
WHAT CRITERIA DO WE NEED TO MEET?
There are separate criteria for each of the categories and this appears on the category pages. The underlying values associated with all the categories are business ethics, innovation and success.
ARE ENTRY FORMS AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED KEPT CONFIDENTIAL?
All materials will remain confidential to the judges who are all under NDA. Winning case studies may be used in post-event materials to promote best practice but permission will be sought from entrants before publishing.
CAN WE SUBMIT MULTIPLE ENTRIES?
Multiple entries may be submitted. You may enter as many different categories as you are eligible for and there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit per category.
WHEN DO ENTRIES OPEN?
Entries for the 2019 Car Finance Awards are now open.
IS THERE AN ENTRY FEE?
Entries usually cost £200 but are free of charge up until the 29 March 2019. The final entry deadline is 5 April 2019.
CAN WE GET FEEDBACK IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL?
The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into after the judging. Due to the number of entries and the confidential process we are unfortunately unable to give feedback on to why an entry has not been included on the shortlist or didn’t win.
WHEN DO I RECEIVE A JOINING PACK AND E-TICKET?
All joining packs and e-tickets will be sent 2 weeks, 1 week and 24 hours prior to the event.
HOW TO ASSIGN CONTACTS AND WHEN?
Login via the Credit Strategy website by clicking here followed by your username and password. Please assign your contacts at least one month prior to the event.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ATTEND?
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Platinum zone: £4,999 + VAT
Gold zone: £3,999 + VAT
Silver zone: £3,499 + VAT
Bronze zone: £2,999 + VAT
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WHAT IS INCLUDED PER TABLE?
Each person receives:
- A welcome drink
- Three course meal followed by coffee and petit fours
- Half a bottle of wine and water
Platinum zone tables include:
All of the above, plus:
- A bucket of 10 premium beers
- Two bottles of premium champagne
- Table entertainment
WHAT IS THE DRESS CODE?
The dress code is strictly black tie.
ARE THERE WINNERS PACKAGES AVAILABLE?
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| Price without a table booking | £6,495 | £2,990 | £995 |
All prices are exclusive of VAT.
Want to know more about the winner’s packages? Simply give us a call.
020 7940 4835
WHAT TIME DOES THE EVENT START AND END?
The event starts at 7pm and will end at 1am (subject to change).
WHEN DOES THE EVENT TAKE PLACE?
Thursday 20 June 2019
WHAT ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE?
To organise accommodation at the venue please contact our Events team on 020 7940 4845
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NEXT?
Find out about sponsoring the Car Finance Awards.
WHAT ARE CREDIT STRATEGY’S MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS?
You can register for free here or take advantage of our Premium Membership to receive discounted conferences passes, exclusive access to premium content on our website and a hard copy of each new magazine we print.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact membership@creditstrategy.co.uk
HOW CAN I BECOME A SPEAKER AT AN EVENT?
Find out about speaking opportunities by contacting our Conference Production team on 020 7940 4820
WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY SPEAKER PACK AND INFORMATION?
We send out all speaker packs and information 4 weeks prior to the event.
WHAT OTHER EVENTS DO CREDIT STRATEGY HOST?
To find out about all Credit Strategy events please click here.
WHERE WILL THE EVENT TAKE PLACE?
Mellors Way
Nottingham
NG8 6PY
The venue is ideally located at the entrance to Nottingham, just a mile from J26 of the M1, 15 miles from East Midlands Airport and just 5 miles from the city centre.
The hotel has 250 car parking spaces, an electric car charging point and free internet access to all guests.
MY QUESTION ISN’T COVERED ABOVE, WHO DO I CONTACT?
General enquiries
t: 020 7940 4835 - press 0
e: enquiries@creditstrategy.co.uk
Events team
t: 020 7940 4835 - press 4
e: events@creditstrategy.co.uk
Sales team
t: 020 7940 4835 - press 2
e: sales@creditstrategy.co.uk
Editorial team
t: 020 7940 4835 - press 1
e: editorial@creditstrategy.co.uk
Marketing team
t: 020 7940 4835 - press 3
e: marketing@creditstrategy.co.uk
Entries for the 2019 Car Finance Awards are open for submission.
GETTING STARTED
Choose your category below, start your submission, edit and return to your entries as many times as you like. Remember, there’s no limit to the number of categories you wish to enter.
Read our editor’s article on writing awards entries and maximise your chances of winning
ENTRY DEADLINE
- Free entry deadline: 5 April 2019.
- The final entry deadline (£200) 12 April 2019.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All materials will remain confidential to the judges. Winning case studies may be used in post-event materials to promote best practice but permission will be sought from entrants before publishing.
The winning entry will demonstrate how the broker has provided best-in-class service not just to the lenders it works with, but also the dealers and end-users it takes business from.
The winning entry will show, quite simply, why the business in question considers itself to be the best in its peer group to work for!
The winning entry will show how a business has moved ahead of the curve to either support or provide finance sales through the online channel.
The winning entry will demonstrate how the bank-owned lender has outperformed its competition both commercially, and in its approach to conduct, innovation and dealer service, to be considered the leading independent car finance provider.
The winning entry will demonstrate how the non-bank owned lender has outperformed its competition both commercially, and in its approach to conduct, innovation and dealer service, to be considered the leading independent car finance provider.
The winning entry will demonstrate how a firm has become known as a go-to legal authority for car finance providers.
The winning entry will demonstrate how the lender has provided exemplary support to both the manufacturer it provides finance for, and the dealer network it sells through, and could be considered a leading provider of manufacturer finance.
The winning entry will show, quite simply, how the individual in question has excelled in their role over the past year.
The winning entry will show how a successful motor retail business uses car finance products to drive customer satisfaction, sales volume, retention and profit.
The winning entry will show how a lender has worked in true partnership with its dealer partners, supporting them with a competitive service and product offering.
The winning entry will demonstrate how the lender has championed an ethical, profitable and commercially sustainable approach to offering specialist finance, offering its target demographic a fair, good-value proposition.
The winning entry will highlight how a company’s technology offering – defined as any software, system, technology service or process innovation – has created a demonstrable commercial advantage for a car finance provider, either directly or indirectly (such as by aiding compliance).
The winning entry will highlight how a piece of technology – defined as any software, system, technology service or process innovation – has created a demonstrable commercial advantage for a car finance provider, either directly or indirectly (such as by aiding compliance). This technology may have been developed in house, or by a third party provider.
The winning entry will describe how the nominated person has contributed to improved business performance (including financial results, customer wins, innovation it has brought to the market, customer testimonials, examples of strong leadership, and specific achievements and initiatives of the candidates) and who has demonstrated outstanding business leadership in the last two years (with particular emphasis on the last 12 months.)
Be creative - this category has deliberately broad criteria, as we want to hear who the industry feels should receive the accolade!
The winning entry will outline a conduct strategy that goes far beyond treating customers fairly and offers an industry-leading level of service to consumers.
Within your entry, describe how the nominated person, business, team, product, initiative, campaign or concept has had a positive effect on the car finance industry, and how it has the potential to change things for good.
The winning entry will show how a business has created a product, technology, system, process or concept never seen in car finance, and implemented it with demonstrable success.
The winner of this award will need to demonstrate exceptional performance and career development and must have less than five years’ industry service.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
By entering the awards, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.
NEED HELP?
Click on the categories you are interested in to view the full criteria plus find out what the judges are looking for. You can then start, edit and return to your entries as many times as you like, as well as email your entry and criteria to you or a colleague. Remember, there’s no limit to the number of categories you wish to enter.
Contact our events team via email or call 020 7940 4835 - press 4.
The only conference dedicated to lenders and retailers in UK point of sale
The Car Finance Conference gathers finance houses, dealers and brokers alike, for what previous attendees are calling...
’The motor finance industry’s flagship conference’
Gathering high quality speakers and leaders in either lending or motor retail businesses, the conference addresses an audience represented by all the industry’s stakeholder groups, with the vast majority of the UK’s key lenders, dealers and brokers among them.
