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Stock price BOTB (LON) 353.75 GBX -16.25 (-4.39%)3 Mar, 4:22 PM GMT - Disclaimer Profiles | ||
Best of the Best PLC (BOTB) is a Dream Car Competition company that has been operating in major UK airports since 1999. The company gives a Dream Car away every week, and to date has handed the keys over to more than £20m worth of cars. Customers buy tickets for the car they want to win and play Spot the ball. The person closest to where an independent panel of judges deem the centre of the ball to be wins the car that week. BOTB is a UK registered company and is listed on the AIM London Stock Exchange. The headquarters are in Fulham, London.
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History
William Hindmarch founded BOTB in 1999 and serves as its Managing Director and CEO. He graduated from the University of Durham in 1996 and was born into an entrepreneurial family. His father Michael Hindmarch founded a successful horticultural plastics company and his sister is bag designer Anya Hindmarch. BOTB first launched at Heathrow Airport, where a Porsche 911 was put on display. They now occupy a number of high-profile locations in leading UK airports and Dublin airport. In addition, BOTB are located in one of the largest shopping centres in the UK - Westfield London. The website www.botb.com was launched in 2003.
Locations
BOTB operates from stands at major airports including London Gatwick North & South Terminals, London Stansted Airport, Manchester Airport Terminal 1, Birmingham Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Dublin Airport, and Westfield London shopping centre. They have over 50 airport staff as well as 16 employees at head office.
Winners
To date more than 350 people worldwide have won a car with BOTB. The cars won include Range Rovers, Audis, Aston Martins, Jaguars,Porsches, and Maseratis.
Charity donations
BOTB has made over 80 charitable donations to a wide range of both national and international charities. These include Cancer Research, Sparks, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Collaborations
BOTB has collaborated with several well-known names in Sport and Car Racing including Shmee150, ex-stig Top Gear Stig Ben Collins, Car Throttle, Supercars Of London and F1 racing driver David Coulthard who was an ambassador for BOTB from 2012 until March 2015. Ex-England footballer Sol Campbell has regularly judged the competition since 2014. In March 2016 Virgin Radio DJ Christian Williams took over from William Hindmarch as BOTB's YouTube presenter.