A new Public Sector Fleet Operator Working Group is being established by the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).
The new group is intended to allow discussion of the specific challenges facing public sector fleet managers.
It will be led by AFP board member and national fleet manager at National Highways Martin Edgecox, and will meet for the first time in January.
Edgecox 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 thirty 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 public sector fleet operation can attend on request.
Edgecox 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.”
