Fleet News Awards 2021
Click the thumbs up >Winning a Fleet News Award trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment when the envelope is opened, and your name is read out.
Winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation, studies show.
It can even give a boost to individual careers, with several former Fleet News Awards winners getting promoted or headhunted for more senior positions. Award winners say it has helped them to acquire new talent and improve client relationships.
Shaun Atton described himself as “proud” and “over the moon” after the group fleet manager collected the most improved fleet of the year trophy for Auto Windscreens at last year’s Fleet News Awards. British Gas head of fleet Steve Winter, who collected the fleet of the year gong, said it was “a great reward for our fleet team”.
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Stewart Lightbody has joined Driive Consulting as innovations and EV manager, effective from January 4, 2021.
Driive Consulting’s managing director Colin Hartley said “We are delighted to have Stewart on board to further strengthen an already outstanding senior management team.
“Stewart is at the very forefront of the changes happening in the Fleet industry and will be a huge benefit to our clients who are looking at reducing their CO2 and moving towards a carbon neutral fleet.”
He said: “I am delighted to be joining a company with such a strong focus on reducing fleet risk and an appetite for helping to shape the industry. I enjoy challenging the industry to continually evolve and improve the efficiency of drivers and assets alike.”
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During this year, of all years, the strength of partnerships between fleets and their suppliers has been tested like never before. The need for flexibility, whether postponing orders, extending contracts or rapidly upscaling deliveries to meet urgent demand at a time of disrupted supply, has tested relationships to the maximum. Moreover, the fact that communication during these high pressure months has largely been virtual rather than face-to-face has added even more strain to the links that bond provider to client.
If traditional purchasing was driven by a focus on cutting costs and boosting short-term profits, today’s strategic procurement is shifting the emphasis from transaction to relationship, concentrating instead on securing longer term value.