Entries open for Fleet News Awards

The Fleet News Awards is back with new categories and new opportunities for fleets, manufacturers and suppliers to enjoy the huge benefits that go with winning and being shortlisted.

Entries for the 2024 awards are now open. This is your chance to enjoy the “indescribable” moment of being named as a winner, according to Matt Hammond, fleet director at Altrad Services and the fleet & transport manager 2023.

“Winning fleet & transport manager of the year was by far the biggest and most prestigious achievement of my career,” Hammond said.

“Receiving it in front of so many of my peers, friends and colleagues and enjoying the celebrations with the other award winners on the night is an experience I will remember and cherish for many years.”

Like Hammond, you can boost your business and personal profile and credibility, as well improve team motivation. All it takes is half an hour of your time!

Among the new categories are converter of the year and EV breakthrough of the year for vans. In addition, the fleet categories now incorporate a section focusing on staff wellbeing which last year was a separate award.

There are also changes to the judging panel, with new faces including Aaron Powell, fleet director at Speedy, Denise Lane, global commodity manager - fleet at Yunex Traffic, and Nadim Mehar, UK & Ireland fleet manager at Alstom Transport UK.

Judges will be looking for examples of quality, innovation and evidence of improvements in each of the fleet, manufacturer, supplier and headline categories.

Audited by Brian Cooper of EY and chaired by Christopher Macgowan OBE, the Fleet News Awards has the outstanding credentials and credibility to make entering worthwhile.

To enter the awards, head to the website now: awards.fleetnews.co.uk

PANEL: 7 reasons to enter the awards

1. Credibility and recognition of business excellence

2. Personal recognition; career enhancing

3. Benchmarking versus competitors

4. Employee engagement and motivation

5. Free marketing from positive press coverage

6. Increased customer awareness

7. Attract talent to the business

TIMELINE

Awards deadline: November 24, 2023
Judging days:
Supplier: January 23
Cars/vans: January 24
Trucks: January 25
Fleet interviews: February 1-2
Finalists revealed: mid-February 2024 on www.fleetnews.co.uk
Awards night: March 13, 2024, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London

Testimonials

“Winning Fleet & Transport Manager of the Year at the 2022 Fleet Awards was by far the biggest and most prestigious achievement of my career. To be shortlisted for such an award is, in itself, a great accolade but to win and be recognised in the same light as some of the industry heavyweights who have won it previously is indescribable.

Winning this award and receiving it in front of so many of my peers, friends and colleagues and enjoying the celebrations together with the other award winners on the night is an experience I will remember and cherish for many years.”

Matt Hammond, fleet director, Altrad Services

JUDGING PANEL

Chairman: Christopher Macgowan OBE
Auditor: Brian Cooper, Ernst & Young

Fleet Awards

Stephen Briers, group editor, Fleet News
Matt Hammond, Altrad head of fleet and fleet manager of the year
Paul Hollick, AFP chair
Lorna McAtear, head of fleet, National Grid

Supplier Awards

Stephen Briers, Fleet News
Jo Coffey, Anglian Water
Leroy Thomas, Affinity Water
Duncan Webb, The AA
Aaron Powell, Speedy
Denise Lane, Yunex Traffic

Manufacturer Awards – cars/vans/trucks

Stephen Briers, Fleet News
Matt dePrez, Fleet News
Lorna McAtear, National Grid
James Rooney, Network Rail
Nadim Mehar, Alstom
Shaun Sadlier, Arval
Simon Harris
Andy Cutler, Glass’s
Matt Dillon, LeasePlan
Andy Picton, Glass’s
Ken Brown, CAP
Tim Campbell
Sean Clifton, Asda
Justin Laney, John Lewis Transport

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Author: Stephen Briers

Group editor

stephen.briers@bauermedia.co.uk

Bauer B2B group editor Stephen Briers has been an automotive business journalist since 1995. He has been editor of Fleet News since 2009 and before that was editor of Automotive Management for almost seven years. He now oversees both brands, as well as RAIL magazine.