awards | Professional Driver QSI 2023
Chauffeur Operator [1-10 vehicles]
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his is always a closely-fought category in the QSi Awards. The judges find this is one of the hardest categories to call. It always attracts a strong entry of companies with a focus on personal service, and the successful entrants are those with a vital “x factor”. It took a very special entry to win this category – and our Gold winner’s achievements are certainly special, considering the company has only been around for three years. But Bristol’s StarPrime Chauffeurs combines incredible attention to detail and an attitude of continuous improvement, adding 50 new clients in the past 12 months and becoming a powerhouse in the West Country. Our Silver winner is a company that has used a combination of creative social media and oldfashioned personal service to treble its business and double its fleet to six cars in in the past year. Exeter’s Hilton Ames Chauffeurs also wins friends in its west country base through generous support for local charities. As is so often the case in this category, our judges found it hard to get the shortlist down to a final three. So we’ve got a final four, with two Bronze winners. The first goes to a traditional company that has kept growing by maintaining a personal and professional approach, building strong relationships in the tourism sector. The approach is keep it simple – and it’s paid off for Scotland’s MET Chauffeurs.
The Winners
Gold StarPrime Chauffeurs, Bristol Silver Hilton Ames Chauffeurs, Exeter Bronze Door 2 Door, Cirencester Bronze MET Chauffeur Services, Erskine SPONSORED BY
Our second Bronze winner is a textbook example of a professional, one-man chauffeur firm. Cirencester-based Door 2 Door has passed from father to son, and has kept on growing through looking after loyal, long-standing local customers. One client even asked owner Tom Hill to drive his pet dogs to Marbella in Spain – which certainly counts as going the extra mile!
Roll of Honour
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Parkers Executive, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aura Journeys, Newark Luxstar, Newport MET Chauffeur Services, Erskine Driven By Liberty, Manchester Parkers Executive JRA Chauffeur Drive, Camberley Belgraves of London, Sutton Smart City Prestige, London Drive Arrive, Huntingdon MET Chauffeur Services, Erskine Belgraves of London, Sutton MET Chauffeur Services, Erskine Orion Luxury Services, London AZ Luxe, London Orion Luxury, London Cole Executive Hire, Malmesbury Chauffeur Travel, Bath Alpha Executive, Bury St Edmunds MLC Chauffeurs, Chorley Driving Force, Tunbridge Wells Home James, Birmingham
Parkers Executive, Newcastle Driving Force, Tunbridge Wells Location Chauffeurs, South Mimms
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Park Executive, Sunderland Elite Chauffeur Services, Edinburgh Chirton Grange, Rochester
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Chirton Grange, Rochester Near and Far, Fakenham Park Executive, Sunderland
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2022 Gold Silver Bronze Bronze 2021 Gold Silver Bronze 2019 Gold Silver Bronze Bronze 2018 Gold Silver Bronze Bronze 2017 Gold Silver Bronze 2016 Gold Silver Bronze Bronze 2015 Gold Silver Bronze 2014 Gold Silver Bronze 2013 Gold Silver Bronze
QSI AWARDS SOUVENIR EDITION 2023
