Waylands has continued its best-in-class performance to secure the Dealer Group of the Year (up to 10 sites) award for the fifth year in a row at the 2023 AM Awards.

With Waylands’ continued focus on steadily growing the business, this might be the final year the company will be competing in the up to 10 sites category. The group expanded once again in 2022 with the addition of premium electric brand Polestar, with Waylands chosen as one of the few partners to operate a new retail space at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

This is in addition to Kia and MG joining as franchises in 2021, alongside Waylands’ established Volvo sites that sit at the heart of the business.

Waylands continued to grow in 2022, with group turnover up 35.1%, profit before tax up by 15%, new retail volume growth up 33%, used retail volumes up 22.5% and service hours up 31.6% yearon-year in 2022.

Waylands sums up its approach to business as “large enough to invest, small enough to care”. Led by John O’Hanlon, former Ridgeway chief executive, Waylands is backed by large dealer group expertise in terms of controls and processes, but there is a genuine focus on family, respect and values of the kind expected from a smaller business.