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Hendy Group honours top performing staff in 2018 Sales Awards

South coast based Hendy Group has begun 2019 in style by honouring sales and support staff for their contribution to a record year.

The group has 57 franchise outlets and employs more than 1,100 people in Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Devon.

Last year the group sold more than 39,568 vehicles and chief executive Paul Hendy said he was extremely proud of the contribution everyone makes to the success of the company.

“2018 was another important year for the group with the launch of four new dealerships, a new Car Store and the acquisition of the Hampshire-based Seward Group at the end of the year,” he said.

“We are also about to launch a dedicated FordStore in Eastleigh and work is underway on a brand new Car Store in Dorset.

“There is great spirit, confidence and energy in Team Hendy and I now look forward to taking the company even further forward in 2019.”

The key Hall of Fame award was presented to Alan Pritchard who joined the company in 1998. Paul Hendy commended Alan for being instrumental in the success of the group, having worked across a number of dealerships. He is now the Kia new sales manager at the company’s new site, Villeneuve Way in Eastleigh.

Alan said he was shocked to receive the award and paid tribute to everyone he had worked with over the last 21 years with Hendy.

There were awards for staff from across the group as sales teams celebrated at the Brighton Metropole Hotel with the evening hosted by TV comedian Rob Beckett.

The sales team from Renault, Dacia and SEAT in Brighton was named team of the year, Naithan Pothecary from Portsmouth and Mark Allison from Eastbourne shared the honours of newcomer of the year and Lee Gunner was named sales manager of the year for his work in Portsmouth.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Hendy Group .