Awards

For over 30 years, the Motor Transport Awards have been seen as a benchmark for excellence among UK road transport fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers and other innovators. Every year since 1986 a who’s who of road transport has gathered together to see who are the winners of the 20 awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London. Keep tracks of our shortlist and winners stories here.

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Safety in Operation Award shortlist profiled

June 8, 2012 Steve Hobson

Tradeteam DHL’s drinks distribution operation Tradeteam operates 500 vehicles and employs 2,000 staff, and in a sector that has traditionally involved a lot of manual handling has invested a lot of time, money and effort in creating a safer working environment. The focus has been on reducing its lost time injury frequency rate, a key […]

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Fleet Truck of the Year shortlist profiled

June 8, 2012 Steve Hobson

Daf CF Narrowly beating its more upmarket cousin the XF to make the long list, the Daf CF has been a frequent winner of this award over the past 12 years ago. Unsurprisingly it remains popular with operators in both its tractor and rigid guises, offering excellent cost of ownership, fuel economy and driver acceptance. […]

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Team of the Year shortlist profiled

May 31, 2012 Steve Hobson

Ceva Ceva manages warehousing, as well as finance and facilities, training and HR for one of the UK’s leading DIY and garden centre retailers at a site in Burton upon Trent. The company drew up a plan for staff to: ensure they understand what its client requires; turn those requirements into measurable statements; measure and […]

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Training Award shortlist profiled

May 31, 2012 Steve Hobson

Eddie Stobart Recognising a need to identify, nurture and develop emerging leaders within the company, Stobart Group designed a Management Development Programme (MDP) and First Line Manager course, launching both in September 2010. All MDP delegates are mentored one-on-one by a Stobart company director throughout the programme while completing a mixture of training courses, job […]

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Dealer of the Year shortlist profiled

May 31, 2012 Steve Hobson

AN Richards AN Richards is the MAN service dealer covering North Wales based out of Froncysylte, near Llangollen. The family-run business first opened its doors in 1905 and today is run by Bryn and Gary Richards. As a service agent it relies on its reputation for service and parts; technicians booked 96% of the time, […]

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Fleet Van of the Year shortlist profiled

May 31, 2012 Steve Hobson

Renault Kangoo Z.E. The first mass production full electric van, the Kangoo Z.E. benefits from the government’s 20% grant towards the purchase of plug-in light commercial vehicles. Sharing most components with the standard Kangoo, the Z.E. (zero emissions) offers the same 650kg payload. There are a range of options for funding the van and its […]

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Low Carbon & Efficiency shortlist profiled

May 29, 2012 Steve Hobson

Keystone Distribution/McDonald’s Keystone Distribution manages the supply chain for McDonald’s 1,172 UK restaurants. It has DCs in Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke and Heywood, and runs 140 vehicles on the contract, which make in excess of 200,000 store deliveries each year. Since 2008, Keystone has collected, initially through a third party, used oil from the restaurants for […]

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Innovation shortlist profiled

May 29, 2012 Steve Hobson

Abbey Logistics Abbey’s twin cargo trailer – with a tanker for liquid food products on the bottom, and a top deck capable of taking pallets – was described by judges as potentially “game changing”. Because of its design, the dual cargo trailer is described as having the potential to reduce costs, slash empty running and […]

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Customer Care shortlist profiled

May 29, 2012 Steve Hobson

APC Overnight  APC Overnight claims to operate the largest next day parcel network in the UK, with more than 120 regional depots supported by two central processing hubs. The Essington, Wolverhampton company is a cooperative with shareholding members made up from the courier companies. APC says that its cooperative approach enables it to set industry standards […]

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Partnership of the Year shortlist profiled

May 22, 2012 Steve Hobson

Abbey Logistics Group/Cargill Abbey Logistics Group and food producer Cargill have worked together for over a decade and 2011 saw the partnership grow further. Cargill’s Trafford Park plant blends glucose syrup, and Abbey has to collect time critical loads to avoid halting production. In 2011 the pair took measures to improve OTIF (On Time In […]