IAN Rimmer, the Business and Finance Manager at RRG Bolton, has a chance to win £1,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas.

Mr Rimmer, aged 36, is one of four UK finalists for the motor dealers' "Financial Excellence 2000" award.

The competition rewards motor dealer business managers for both financial excellence and originality.

It has been organised by car industry magazine Automotive Management, finance company GE Capital Woodchester and MITAC, the UK's largest motor industry performance development company.

Mr Rimmer will face a panel of judges in Edinburgh this month. If the new finance scheme he has to prepare gets their vote, he will receive the cash and a trip to the National Automobile Dealers' Association conference in Las Vegas in February.

RRG is Europe's biggest Toyota and Lexus dealer, selling 3,500 cars a year.