National Highways fleet manager to lead new AFP public sector group

Martin Edgecox, National Highways national fleet manager, will lead a new public sector group for the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).

The Public Sector Fleet Operator Working Group will meet for the first time in January.

The new group is intended to provide an opportunity to discuss the particular concerns facing public sector fleet management.

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 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.

Edgecox added: “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.”