NEWS In association with: Top Technician and Top Garage 2024 are now both open, so enter now! The first rounds for both competitions take place online. The closing date for entries is Friday 19 April. As usual, Top Technician will have three online rounds and a live semi-final where the 10 semi-finalists are reduced to five. Things are changing in Top Garage though. Alongside the existing size-based groupings, Top Service Advisor and the Ben Health and Wellbeing Award, there is the all-new Mobile Mechanic class. Both competitions will run through the year, with the finals set for Saturday 26 October at Delphi Academy in Warwickshire. Winners for Top Garage will be announced at the Top Technician and Top Garage Awards Evening, being held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Coventry. This takes place in the evening after the finals. Winners will receive big prizes including cash, tools and equipment. For Top Technician and Top Garage 2023, the total prize fund was in excess of £40,000. To enter Top Technician or Top Garage 2024, visit www.toptechtopgarage.co.uk click on the appropriate tab, and follow the instructions. Top Technician and Top Garage 2024 come to you in association with the Garage Equipment Association (GEA), the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) and the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI). Full Event Partners: Snap-on, TOPDON, JLM Lubricants UK and Delphi. To hear more from Top Technician and Top Garage 2024 Full Event Partners TOPDON, turn to page 18. 4 AFTERMARKET FEBRUARY 2024 www.aftermarketonline.net Top Technician/Top Garage 2024 now open! Full Event Partners: Snap-on “thrilled” to be 2024 TT/TG Full Event Partner As reported in the December/January issue of Aftermarket, long-term Top Technician and Top Garage supporters Snap-on have returned once again, signing up as a Full Event Partner for both competitions through 2024. Commenting on their continued support, Mark Ost, General Manager of Snap-on Diagnostics & Garage Equipment UK, observed: “I am thrilled to express Snap-on's unwavering commitment to Top Technician and Top Garage. As the General Manager of Snap-on Diagnostics & Garage Equipment UK, I am proud to say that we have been sponsors and supporters of the event since inception. At Snap-on, our philosophy and focus revolve around delivering premium tools to the automotive industry and giving unwavering support to technicians and independent garages. The Top Technician and Top Garage event perfectly aligns with our company ethics and ethos, providing us with the ideal platform to celebrate and uplift the automotive industry's skilled professionals.”
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