New Public Sector Fleet Group Launched by AFP

We've launched a new Public Sector Fleet Operator Working Group, with its first meeting scheduled for January.

Led by AFP board member and national fleet manager at National Highways, Martin Edgecox MAFP. IA Cert. , the group is 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 practices 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, as well as presentations from BYD and Enterprise Rent-a-Car.”

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.”

Further details about the AFP Public Sector Group can be obtained by e-mailing [email protected].

To become a member of the AFP, you just need to fill out the form on our website.

Membership plans start at ￡99 p/a, and provide several benefits, such as online support, free networking conferences, dinners and lunches, unlimited access to webinars and seminars, and access to training and development opportunities.