A new Public Sector Fleet Operator Working Group is being launched by the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) and will meet for the first time in January.
Led by AFP board member and national fleet manager at National Highways, Martin Edgecox, it is intended to provide an opportunity to discuss the particular concerns facing public sector fleet management.
He said: “Everyone working in public sector fleet management faces quite specific challenges and having a forum to share best practice and raise issues among our peers promises to be very valuable.
“Initial interest has been very high and we’re expecting to have around 30 of the UK’s leading public sector fleets attending the initial meeting.”
The new group plans to meet four times a year and any member of the AFP involved in the operation of a public sector fleet can attend on request.
Martin said: “There will be several big challenges facing public sector fleets in 2025 but chief among them will be electrification – most publicly funded bodies have a target of completely electrifying by 2027 under the Greening Government environmental commitments – and ongoing budgetary pressures, especially in local government. We’re confident it will prove highly positive to tackle these and other issues in a collegiate manner within the group.”
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