Merlin Car Auctions Ireland

Merlin Awarded Top Accolades!

We are delighted to announce that Merlin Car Auctions were awarded the highly respected accolade of Deloitte Best Managed Company at an award ceremony held in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on Friday (4^th March 2011). The Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme recognises indigenous Irish companies across the island of Ireland that are operating at the highest levels of business performance. The programme seeks to identify best-managed companies through an evaluation process that extends beyond financial results. 

We were bestowed a second award on Friday by Dr. Tom Mc Carthy of the Irish Management Institute in special recognition of our application and we have been rewarded with the opportunity for a member of our management team to undertake a post graduate diploma course with the IMI. 

We underwent a number of phases in the competition and benefited from the advice and feedback of coaches, Ronan Nolan and Pascal Brennan from Deloitte and Irish Life Corporate Business during the process.

This is the second award that we have received in recent months.  We also received the Innovation of the Year award at the Irish Motor Industry Awards in November.  This was for the Merlin Live Online facility which has revolutionised auctioneering by allowing interested parties to log on from anywhere and partake in the auction taking place in Naas or Kylemore. 

We are delighted to have received the very prestigious award.  We have been working hard to keep our company operating at the highest standards for our customers at all times.  We continue to push the boundaries of innovation.  Just last week we held our first exclusively online auction which was a fantastic success.  Our objective for our online sales is to extend our service to reach more people and make buying a car online a simple and convenient purchase.

Deloitte’s Ronan Nolan, who acted as Merlin’s mentor in preparation for the awards commented “I was most impressed with Merlin’s management style from our very first meeting with David Byrne and his colleagues. They demonstrated a very clear approach to planning and communication, and in particular have a great ability to adapt to challenging business conditions. I believe Merlin Car Auctions are very worthy winners of the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Award.”

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