JAMIE REDKNAPP CHECKS OUT MARLE PLACE WANDERERS’ FOOTBALL SKILLS!

NEWS FROM RENAULT AT DINNAGES, HAYWARDS HEATH

 

For immediate release: Monday, 11^th July 2011

Since last year, the under-sevens football team Marle Place Wanderers have been sporting a new shirt thanks to Dinnages Renault on Wivelsfield Road.

The latest person to admire their shirts was former England footballer Jamie Redknapp who made a surprise appearance at a recent training session.

The ex-Liverpool and England international was on hand to provide footballing tips and pass on skills and had his picture taken with the team.

Tom Simpson, dealer principal at Dinnages Renault said: “Since they’ve been wearing their new shirts, the lads have had a great season, and to end it with a visit from Jamie Redknapp is the icing on the cake.”

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ROCK AND ROLL SEVEN DICE IN AID OF ST RAPHAEL’S HOSPICE WITH GREENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL

NEWS FROM RENAULT

For immediate release: Monday, 11^th July 2011

Visitors to Greenshaw High School’s school fete could roll their way to driving a brand new car while helping to raise money for St Raphael’s Hospice.

Greenshaw High School in Sutton is holding the fete on Saturday, 16^th July from 11am to 2pm where in addition to a huge variety of stalls, there will also be the chance to win a brand new Renault to the value of £20,000.

To win, entrants simply need to throw seven dice, and if they all land as sixes, the winner can choose between a Renault or the equivalent cash value.

The school decided, by way of a vote, to donate funds from the event to the local St Raphael’s Hospice, with additional funds going to both Barnardo’s and Oxfam.

Morgan Jamison, marketing manager at Renault dealer Wilson’s of Epsom said: “We’re delighted to be involved with the fete and very much hope to be handing over a Renault Scénic or other family car to a lucky winner!

“It’s a great prize, so make sure you practise rolling sixes as much as possible before the big day!”

For more information on St Raphael’s Hospice, click onto http://www.straphaels.org.uk/

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N.I. RENAULT DEALER RODNEY COLE TAKES TOP HONOURS IN UK QUALITY AWARDS

NEWS FROM RODNEY COLE

For immediate release: Tuesday, 5^th July 2011

 

Renault dealer Rodney Cole of Cookstown has once again scooped Renault’s prestigious Global Quality Award.

It’s the third time that the dealership has been honoured in the awards which recognise the very best Renault dealers in the world.  The awards have been running since 2008, and prior to that, Rodney Cole was a frequent winner of their predecessor, the Renault Masters Club.

The award is given to Renault dealers that meet the highest standard of customer service and is decided based on the results of telephone interviews with new car sales and aftersales customers.

Four Renault dealerships in the UK have received the Global Quality award this year, including Rodney Cole Cookstown, and all recognised for their ongoing commitment to customer service.

Rodney Cole, managing director and proprietor of Rodney Cole Cookstown, attended the Renault Global Quality Award gala presentation event in Paris. He was then presented with a winner's plaque by Roland Bouchara, Renault Sales Vice President, Europe Market Area and Jerome Stoll, Renault Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing.

Mr Cole said: “We believe that customer service is at the heart of everything we do. We constantly strive to ensure we reach the highest standards of customer care, and are delighted that our team’s hard work and dedication has been recognised in the Renault Global Quality Award.

For more information, visit Rodney Cole Cookstown on Killymoon Street, Cookstown or call 02886 763154. Alternatively click onto http://www.colecookstown.com/

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Rodney Cole of Cookstown Renault dealer Rodney Cole (centre) receives Renault UK Global Quality Award. He is pictured with Roland Bouchara, Sales Vice President, Europe Market Area, left, and Jerome Stoll, Renault Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, right.

FA Cup Scores for St. Ann’s Hospice

St. Ann’s Hospice in Manchester has taken receipt of a brand new Renault Master Wheelchair Accessible Minibus as part of their care to around 3,000 patients, relatives and carers in and around the Greater Manchester area.

The hospice, the largest in the north of England, celebrates its 40^th Anniversary in 2011 of providing care to adults who are affected by life-limiting illness.

The new minibus, donated by Manchester City Football Club, was sourced and built in a very short timescale of just three weeks by conversion and mobility specialists Stanford Coachworks Ltd.

The handover took place on 22^nd June at St Ann’s Hospice in Heald Green and was greeted by a large and excited audience. The event was attended by special guests including previous Manchester City football players Mike Summerbee and Paul Lake, City in the Community Managing Director Sarah Lynch, St Ann’s Finance Director Liam McCarthy, Stanford Coachwork’s Representatives David Hardacre and David Wiggins and was filmed by CityTV.

To the surprise of all who attended, the FA Cup was displayed alongside the bus, players and patients.

“When news of the minibus sponsorship came in from the Club we immediately thought of Stanford Coachworks because of our existing relationship with them and their excellent quality conversions” Liam commented.

St Ann’s is a registered charity and provides its services free of charge. It covers a population of 1.2 million people and provides care on three sites as well as in people’s own homes. The hospice receives a third of its funding from local NHS Primary Care Trusts and has to raise the rest of the money itself which equates to £16,000 per day.

The Renault special purpose conversion has six passenger seats together with three wheelchair passengers, plus the driver, a specialist Ricon wheelchair lift and has external livery branded for St Ann’s and Manchester City Football Club. Because of the large catchment area the Hospice serves the new accessible vehicle will be a real benefit.

“We  previously supplied two buses to St. Ann’s four years ago and as there is a current shortage of smaller vehicles with no MWB Peugeot Fiat or Citroen vehicles available at the time, I managed to locate a 3500LWB Renault Master,” explained David of Stanford Coachworks.

“Slightly larger than the vehicle initially required, it does allow an additional wheelchair space in the minibus which the Hospice have said will be useful.”

The minibus went into immediate service on the day of the handover and has been a welcome addition to the hospice’s transport facility.

Sarah Lynch, Managing Director of CITC said: “We are delighted to have been able to support St Ann’s, a hugely important North West Charity, particularly as they enter their 40^th year. The bus will be of such great value to people in the local area, and we are proud to have been involved.”

Stanford Coachworks are a conversion and mobility specialist founded in 1994. Their national distribution network supplies over 400 buses each year including luxury mini coaches, wheelchair accessible minibuses, ambulances, PTSs and high class limousines to many charitable, private  and public sectors, throughout the UK.

NEW TECHNICIAN IS THE TOPS AT JAYBEE MOTORS RENAULT!

NEWS FROM JAYBEE MOTORS BANBURY

For immediate publication: Friday, 1^st July 2011

 

 

A new Renault Technical Expert (RTE) has joined Jaybee Motors in the busy workshop department at the dealership in Bodicote.

Terry Ridgway, aged 37, joined the dealership from another Renault business, having started his career as an apprentice technician at the age of 17 in 1990. He has worked in the motor trade since then, except for a five year break when he moved to the gas industry.

Terry has reached the highest level of technical expertise in the Renault network which is a qualification offered to the most capable technicians in Renault workshops. As well as expert-level technical work, RTEs also have excellent customer service skills as they regularly deal with customers face-to-face to explain the work that needs to be carried out on their car.

Terry now joins  a busy workshop which already has an RTE Barry Simpson who has been at Jaybee Motors for 25 years and was among the first very technicians to achieve RTE status.

Terry said: “Renault is a great product and their cars are very detailed technologically. It’s great to be working in the service department at Jaybee and I look forward to meeting customers.”

For more information visit Jaybee Motors on Oxford Road, Bodicote, call 01295 227100 or click onto http://www.jaybee.co.uk/ Alternatively, look for Jaybee on Twitter or Facebook.

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TWO DELIVERIES IN ONE DAY FOR LUCKY RENAULT WINNER JOSEPHINA!

News from RENAULT ENFIELD

For immediate release: Monday, 4^th July 2011

There were two exciting deliveries in quick succession for lucky mum Josephina Bond who recently won a Mégane Coupé Cabriolet and also gave birth to baby Cara.

It was a memorable week all round for the Islington family who had to postpone the collection of their stunning prize as an arguably better one was just about to make her appearance in the world!

With beautiful sunshine and blue skies this week, the family collected their prize Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet this week. It was the perfect top prize in a national competition run by Renault and TomTom to find people with great voices for satellite navigation.

The competition accompanied the recent announcement that actor Brian Blessed’s distinctive and mellifluous voice is now available on TomTom satellite navigation, including Renault’s own fully-integrated Carminat versions of the popular systems.

Best known for his role as Prince Vultan in the film Flash Gordon, he recorded his voice for TomTom after a Facebook campaign called "get Brian Blessed to do a voiceover for my sat nav" attracted more than 25,000 fans.

The campaign, started by motorist Richard Gardner from Manchester, is thought to be the first time a product has found its roots in social media. 

Brian also fronted a campaign to find a ‘Voice of TomTom’ where winners could win a Renault New Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet GT Line TomTom worth almost £25, 000.

To enter the competition, participants were invited to record their traffic stories onto a 30-second video, before putting it up on social networking site Facebook. They could also enter via radio competitions with Heart London and Real Radio Scotland, where listeners had the chance to vote for their favourite voice.

Josephina was hailed one of three winners who have all won themselves the stunning Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet offers integrated TomTom LIVE navigation system as standard on the Renault Dynamique TomTom range.

Their voices have all been professionally recorded and will be available as free downloads from TomTom in time for April 2011.

Darren Fay, sales manager at Renault Enfield, who handed over the keys to the Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet to Josephina, said: “Congratulations to the whole family. We’re sure all of them, including new baby Cara, will love the Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet – it’s a very lucky baby that gets to enjoy top-down motoring at such a young age.

“Sensibly, the Bond family has upgraded their prize to include leather seats, making cleaning a doddle!”

A clip of the entertaining recording session is available to watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMiLQwKLSQM. Meanwhile, Brian’s recording, which contains gems such as "Toll Charge.  Give them the exact money and tell them to keep the change" and "You've reached your destination.  Congratulations.  Onwards and upwards! To Everest next, and the North Pole,” can be downloaded from the official TomTom website, http://www.tomtom.com, for £7.95. Customers should check which devices allow voices to be downloaded on the website.  

Carminat TomTom, the industry’s first truly affordable built-in satellite navigation system, was launched by Renault in January 2009. It is now fitted as standard to the Dynamique TomTom and Privilège TomTom trim levels of each bodystyle in the standard Clio, Kangoo, Mégane, Scénic, Laguna ranges, plus the core trim levels of the Kangoo, Trafic and Master van ranges, for no additional cost. The system is also available as a £460 option across most other trim levels, including Renaultsport, of these same car and van ranges. 

For more information on Renault click onto www.renault.co.uk or www.twitter.com/renault_uk or www.facebook.com/renaultuk

For more information on Renault Enfield, click onto www.renaultretail.co.uk/enfield

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1. Josephina Bond with 14-week old baby Cara Honor Bond and sales manager Darren Fay and the prize Megane Coupe-Cabriolet.

TONY IS THE FACE OF BUSINESS FOR RENAULT AT BRISTOL STREET GLOUCESTER

NEWS FROM BRISTOL STREET RENAULT IN GLOUCESTER

For immediate release: Wednesday, 29^th June 2011

Renault dealer Bristol Street in Gloucester has a new face for businesses at its Ramsdale Road site.

Tony Cullen has recently taken up the role of local business specialist and is now on hand to advise firms of all shapes and sizes on their fleet needs, right through from choosing the correct vehicle for their requirements to financing and aftersales.

Tony, from Kidderminster, will be based at the Bristol Street branch in Gloucester, covering the whole of the county and surrounding areas.

He has worked in the motor trade for three years, and prior to that, worked in the financial services sector.

He said: “I am very excited about working with businesses in the Gloucester area. I can help everyone from one man bands to big companies with fleets with more than 100 cars and vans on board.

“Renault is Europe’s number one van manufacturer and has a van to suit all needs, from the popular Kangoo, to the Trafic, and Master models which are immensely practical. Renault has a trusted network of conversion partners, so we can even build a vehicle to suit your specifications.  We’re also about to enter a new age with the launch of the Kangoo Van Z.E. electric vehicle in October which is set to revolutionise the van world – exciting times!”

For more information, visit Tony at Bristol Street Gloucester on Ramsdale Road, just off Bristol Road. Alternatively call on 02452 505295 or click onto www.bristolstreet.co.uk

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