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London Fashion Week
Mercedes-Benz continues its long-standing relationship with London Fashion Week, as official car sponsor. From Friday 15th to Tuesday 19th September, Mercedes-Benz will move UK and international media, bloggers, celebrities, buyers and designers around the capital to...
CogX 2023 International AI Conference
The world's biggest festival for Artificial Intelligence & transformational technology, COGX, took place at the 02 Arena in London in September. Expert speakers came from all over the world talking about complex and high-tech topics. www.cogxfestival.com Although...
Mercedes-Benz Hospitality at the British Open Golf
Mercedes-Benz is a patron of the British Open, supplying the players with vehicles for the tournament and having significant corporate presence, with hospitality units and vehicle displays. Mercedes has long established links with golf and each year runs the largest...
Electric Vehicle Dealer Audits – Ensuring high-quality standards
Car manufacturers and dealer groups are having to adapt to new technologies and ways of selling vehicles. The National Franchised Dealers Association has partnered with the Energy Saving Trust (EST) to create a programme to check that dealers meet standards for...
British Grand Prix – Mercedes Corporate hospitality
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen overcame an early attack from McLaren rival Lando Norris, to triumph in an action-packed British Grand Prix, marking his first-ever victory at this event and extending his current winning run to six races. Mercedes-Benz did not have success...
Mercedes-Benz at the Chelsea Flower Show
Our client imedia organised the sponsorship and event for Mercedes-Benz at the Chelsea Flower Show. Over the course of two days Mercedes-Benz hosted over 80 VIP guests at the exclusive Jardin Blanc hospitality pavilion hosted by Raymond Blanc himself. The theme this...
Porsche Training Academy – ‘Real life’ Assessments
The UK and Ireland are the fourth largest market for Porsche in the world, with 46 Porsche Centres across the UK, needing to deliver the highest standard of sales and aftersales service. Porsche provides exceptional opportunities for training online and at their head...
Mercedes Benz World shop
Mercedes Benz World shop has an exciting selection of merchandise, including our official F1™ team wear, fragrances and gifts. The shop is staffed by a team of brand ambassadors who are fully trained in the ethos and brand values of Mercedes-Benz and the product...
Classic Car Show and Hero Events
Over the last 15 years, HERO-ERA has developed a strong and dedicated membership base, charity initiatives, the 'Arrive & Drive' classic fleet hire programs, interactive training programs, bespoke corporate or themed events, and a diversified selection of events....
Mercedes Benz Manchester Pop-up from October 2017 to May 2018
The Mercedes Benz Pop-up Shop at the INTU Trafford Centre has been staffed by a Skillbox store manager and brand ambassadors providing support to the Mercedes Benz dealer network team. Our team are the warm and welcoming open-face of Mercedes Benz Cars...
Audi Dealer Network Sales Assessments
Since 2014, Skillbox actors have been supporting Audi with their dealer network sales assessments at The National Learning Centre in Milton Keynes. The sales assessments are either a five day course with actors attending on the fourth day, or a two day...
Another Year at Goodwood Festival of Speed
July 2018 will be our 17th year supplying event staff to Mercedes Benz Cars UK at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Our team of up to 30 elite personnel will be on the main grand stand and VIP hospitality areas.
BMW People Leadership Training in Glasgow and Dublin
BMW have been using Skillbox actors for people leadership training at The BMW Group Academy in Reading. In April 2018, the course will be extended to the wider BMW management network at locations in Glasgow and Dublin. Across all industries there is an...
BMW X2 Workshop in Liverpool
The Titanic Hotel in Liverpool played host to the BMW X2 Workshop across nine Days with over two-hundred delegates attending per day. BMW like other automotive brands share similar challenges when selling new vehicle models to a new customer demographic...
Mercedes Benz Live Stream to The Toronto Auto Show
The Canadian International Autoshow set a new attendance record for 2018 with a total of 358,842 people passing through the turnstiles at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Canada. Our brand ambassador was broadcasted live from a studio at the...
Mercedes Benz ‘One Big Night’
This year the ’One Big Night’ awards dinner for the Mercedes Benz Cars network was hosted by Dermot O’Leary at the 02 Arena with live entertainment from Take That. For the first time since 2003 Mercedes Benz Cars were celebrating being ranked as the number...
Piaggio Motorcycle Live
Across 9 days at the NEC Birmingham National Exhibition Centre our brand ambassadors were on the help desk and exhibition stand representing the Piaggio Group. The brand ambassadors answered product related questions and queries on the Aprilia, Moto Guzzi...
Tinie Tempah Smart Car Launch Party
Smart Car and Tinie Tempah's Disturbing London label collaborated to design two luxury urban Smart Cars. The two cars were unveiled at an official press launch at the Hoxton Docks in London. Our brand ambassador generated sales leads from VIP invited...
Mercedes Benz in The South of France
The Sales Director for Mercedes Benz Cars UK hosted a 2-Day event for all the Market Area Directors and their partners in a resort in Nice on the South of France. The hostesses created a tranquil environment that matched the beautiful landscapes for...
Bosch Power Tools Innovation Tour
We provided brand ambassadors on The Bosch Power Tools Tour in the UK across Coventry, Brighton, Oxford, Sunbury-on-Thames, Cardiff, Exeter, Norwich, Sandown, Aintree, Braintree and Birmingham. The ambassadors were tasked on a data capture assignment by...
3D Tetris with Mercedes Benz Vans
The Millbrook Proving Ground was used by Mercedes Benz local retailers to invite customers out of the showroom to take part in 'Gaming'. Our brand ambassadors played host in product related challenges to increase lead generation on the Citan, Vito and...
Mercedes Benz Company Car in Action
Mercedes Benz introduced current friends, media and customers from the fleet sector to their fleet and business cars at the Millbrook Proving Ground across 2 Days. The event supervisor managed test drives and bookings for 22 vehicles around the...
Mercedes Benz Vito Van Retail Roadshow
The Mercedes Benz Vito Van, usually seen in delivery bays, was bought to five key city retail locations across the UK. Our brand ambassadors used the ‘Raise Your Game’ launch strapline for the new Vito Van to challenge shopping centre visitors to play the...
Mercedes Benz E-Class Launch
The long line of Mercedes Benz E-Class Estates stretches back to 1978. Mercedes Benz invited up to 60 exclusive guests to the Silverstone Stowe Complex revered as the motor racing event hub. Our hostess registered the attendance of guests, assisted with...
Smart Car M25 North & South
Smart Car created brand awareness for the new generation ‘ForFour’ Smart Cars by deploying a convoy of 8 cars across the North and South M25 corridor across 2 days. Our 16 brand ambassadors were divided into North and South teams, 2 per Smart Car; and...
Maybach VIP Launch
Our hostesses at The Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair London welcomed delegates and VIP invited guests for the Mercedes-Maybach launch. They were the front facing and warm welcoming team responsible for an overview of the new Mercedes-Maybach addition and its...
The Big Suzuki Weekend at Tesco’s
Our brand ambassadors were assigned to 95 Suzuki dealer networks across the UK working with dealership teams on site at local Tesco supermarkets. The ambassadors received product knowledge on the 'Suzuki Swift' range specifications, add-on accessories and...