The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) will use its 2023 conference as a platform to provide practical advice for fleets facing a range of current issues.

AFP chair Paul Hollick

The event, which takes place at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon on Wednesday 17 May, will feature sessions on subjects including managing supply matters, dealing with the rising costs of leasing and rental, managing an aged fleet, reimbursing drivers of electric vehicles, and optimising van fleets while gearing up for electrification.

It will also include a live training exercise that will explore fleet policy for the future.

Paul Hollick, chair at the AFP, said that while the fleet sector had focused in recent years on big, strategic subjects such as electrification, many AFP members were looking for advice and assistance on how to deal with a whole series of everyday challenges.

“The ongoing impacts of everything from the pandemic to the current economic crisis means fleet managers are today facing a multitude of difficult issues for which there are often no easy answers such as rising costs across the board, ongoing supply difficulties, and the ageing of their existing cars and vans.

“The purpose of our annual conference is to tackle several of these subjects, with a focus on practical solutions that have been proven to work, explained by leading fleet managers and industry experts from across our sector. We want delegates to leave with ideas they can put straight into action.”

He added that last year’s AFP conference, the organisation’s first, had been a major success with more than 250 members attending.

“While this is just the second time we have held the conference, it feels to us as though it is already well-established on the fleet calendar, thanks to the enthusiastic response we received last year. We are delighted to announce that Mina are headline sponsor for the conference and we will finalise the agenda and announce our list of speakers shortly. We’re very much looking forward to the event.”

Ashley Tate, CEO at Mina said: “We are delighted to be AFP headline sponsors for the second year running. The sense of collaboration and desire for electrification was so strong at last year’s conference that there was no question that we wanted to be involved again this year.”

Registration for the conference, which is available to all AFP members, is now open online.