The 31 winners of the 2014 Fleet News Awards were announced last night in front of almost 1,600 people at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Here they are.
Best Small Car
- Peugeot 208 – winner
- Ford Fiesta – highly commended
Best Lower Medium Car
- Seat Leon - winner
- Volkswagen Golf – highly commended
Best Upper Medium Car
- Vauxhall Insignia – winner
Best Estate Car
- Skoda Octavia estate – winner
- Skoda Superb estate – highly commended
Best Chauffeur Car
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class - winner
Best All-round 4x4
- Land Rover Discovery – winner
Best Seven-seat People Carrier
- Citroen Grand C4 Picasso – winner
Best Crossover
- Skoda Yeti - winner
- Range Rover Evoque – highly commended
Best Premium Car
- Volvo S60/V60 - winner
- BMW 3 Series – highly commended
Best Executive Car
- BMW 5 Series – winner
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class – highly commended
Best Ultra-low Co2 Car
- BMW i3 – winner
Green Fleet Manufacturer of the Year
- BMW (UK) – winner
- Ford Motor Company – highly commended
Most Improved Fleet Manufacturer of the Year
- Hyundai Motor UK – highly commended
- Mercedes-Benz - winner
SUPPLIER CATEGORIES
Leasing Company of the Year
- Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions – winner
- Leasedrive Group – highly commended
- Zenith – highly commended
Best Short-term Rental Company of the Year
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car - winner
- Hertz – highly commended
Customer Service Award
- Leasedrive Group – winner
Best New Product or Service
- Smart Witness - winner
- Alphabet (GB) – highly commended
- RAC Motoring Services – highly commended
Fleet dealer of the Year
- Norton Way Corporate Sales – winner
FLEET CATEGORIES
Fleet of the Year – up to 250 vehicles
- Red Bull Company - winner
- Yorkshire Housing – highly commended
Fleet of the Year – 251-500 vehicles
- South Tyneside Council - winner
Fleet of the Year – 501-1000 vehicles
- Stannah Management Services – winner
Fleet of the Year – 1001-plus vehicles
- Kelly Group – winner
- G4S Cash Solutions – highly commended
Safe Fleet of the Year
- Speedy Hire – winner
- NHS Blood and Transplant – highly commended
Green Fleet of the Year
- BT Group – winner
- Oxford City Council – highly commended
Cost Saving Initiative of the Year
- Autoglass - winner
Best Kept Fleet of the Year
- NHS Blood and Transplant – winner
HEADLINE CATEGORIES
Fleet Supplier of the year
- Autoglass – winner
- Kwik-Fit – highly commended
New Company Car of the year
- BMW 5 Series - winner
Fleet Manufacturer of the year
- BMW (UK) - winner
Fleet Manager of the Year
- Darren Bell, G4S Cash Solutions - winner
Fleet News Hall of Fame
WINNER: Val South
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Nick Bennett - 21/03/2014 06:59
Far too many awards now. Makes the evening a parade and the awards have minimal value. This may sound cynical, but saddly is a view shared by most who attend. Look at the background noise created throughout the awards ceremony. People are bored and would prefer to chatter. Perhaps for next year try something completely different. Use the NEC in Birmingham, have it more like a garden party in the day, with areas of vehicles, This needs thought, but would be worthwhile.
bristol_bri - 21/03/2014 13:22
@Nick Bennett - Hi Nick, thanks for your feedback. We value all opinions, of course, but we have received numerous emails from people telling us what a wonderful night they had (not including the emails from those that won awards). It is difficult to please everyone, but this is an awards ceremony and we make no apology for that. We have had around 30 categories for many years and I thought the way we split the event into two sections worked well. Noise will always be an issue when we have more than 1,500 people in the room, but on the whole I thought the vast majority were well behaved and showed considerable respect to the winners. Your comment that the awards are of "minimal value" is disrespectful to those winners and, from the feedback I received from fleet, supplier and manufacturer winners, other finalists and even those who didn't make the shortlist, very wide of the mark. You are, of course, entitled to your view, and we will do our own research with table hosts about their view of the event to make sure we are possession of everyone's opinion, but (despite my obvious bias) I firmly believe the awards are the pinnacle of fleet achievement and do mean a lot to those involved, as well as to much of the wider fleet community. Regards Steve Briers Editor, Fleet News