Lookers employees from across the UK and Northern Ireland will come together in Manchester for the inaugural Lookers Guild of Excellence Awards this month.

The gala evening will recognise the contribution of individuals within different roles across the group through the new employee recognition programme.

The new scheme is open to all 4,500 Lookers employees and uses a variety of job related measures covering all departments within the company across a variety of awards categories.

Emphasis is on performance measures including profit contribution as well as customer satisfaction.

Winners of the various leagues have been invited to the Lookers Guild Awards ceremony at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate next Friday, where the overall winners will be announced.

A dedicated guild website allows all staff members to see how they are performing in their respective leagues.

Andy Bruce, Lookers' managing director, said “Lookers is a people oriented business and the guild is an exciting programme which recognises our employees’ excellent contribution in a more formal way."