We are delighted to be holding our first face-to-face Housing Association Working Group meeting at The AFP Expo on 10th September at the British Motor Museum.
The meeting will be held in The South Wing 4 meeting room and will take place at 13.30-14.30.
The AFP Expo is the perfect opportunity for this group to meet face-to-face. The aim of the day is to bring everyone involved in The AFP together, and there will be plenty of time before and after the meeting to take part in The Expo, where there will be a number of roundtables as well as the opportunity to catch-up and network with fellow members.
Our Fleet Service Provider members will also be exhibiting, so you can find what’s new with them and how they can help you achieve your ambitions.
Find out more about the event – The AFP Expo 2025 – AFP
Register for the working group meeting in the form besides >>>
*You are welcome to extend this invitation out to fellow public sector peers and colleagues involved in fleet, even if they are not yet members. It’s a great chance for people to get a taste of what the AFP – and this group specifically – is all about!
We hope you can join us.
Join us for a relaxed and inspiring afternoon designed exclusively for women working in fleet operator roles.
Taking place just a short 7-minute drive from the British Motor Museum, this special event – kindly sponsored by Mercedes-Benz London Corporate Sales – offers a space to connect with fellow women in the industry over a classic Afternoon Tea. Enjoy sandwiches, cakes, and homemade scones with clotted cream, served with tea or coffee – all in the beautiful setting of The Falcon at Warmington.
📍 The Falcon at Warmington, Warwick Road, Warmington, Banbury, OX17 1JJ
🕞 Wednesday, 10 September | 15:30 – 17:00
This relaxed meeting offers the chance to wind down after a busy day at the AFP Expo — connect with peers, exchange stories, reflect on your professional journey, and enjoy some laughter and great food in good company.
Please note: This event is open to women fleet operators only (not open to fleet service providers).
We look forward to welcoming you!
Join us at the AFP Annual Conference and network, learn and collaborate with fellow members.
The AFP Annual Conference is designed to give you actionable, practical information to help you navigate the current conditions and provides you with ample opportunities to network with fellow members – both fleet operators and fleet support providers.
📅 13th May 2026
📍 British Motor Museum
The conference will focus on overcoming the main challenges currently being faced by fleet professionals, as reported by our members.
When you register, you will be able to request the topics you’d like to see covered at the conference. We will build the agenda around the topics most commonly asked for by our members.
As always, the conference is designed to give you actionable insights that you can take away from the day. The day will comprise of a number of sessions, each covering a different area affecting fleets, with expert speakers and panels sharing their knowledge and experiences.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a very insightful, practical and collaborative day!
The next of our popular quarterly online forums, designed to bring fleet operator members together to share challenges and best practice, will take place on 4th November 2025 at 09.30-11.00.
Join our open forum – there is no formal agenda as the discussion is led by what you, our members, want to discuss. The forums are friendly, relaxed, informative and collaborative. So come and join us!
Register via the form to the right >>
If there’s something you would like to discuss, you can either bring it up on the call or let us know in advance.
Taking place from 09:30 to 11:00, connect with your fellow fleet operator members and hear their views and experiences on the issues you are facing.
Once you have registered we will send you an invite and link to the Teams meeting ahead of the forum.
Fines Management is one of the most talked-about topics among AFP members – and we’re diving straight into the heart of it in our next webinar!
Join AFP Board Director Julie Summerell on 15th July from 10:30 to 11:30 AM for a must-attend session that brings together expert insights and real-world strategies from leading fleet professionals.
Julie will be joined by Fleet Operators Yvonne Cannon (SMS) and Martin Putt (Bauer Media Outdoor UK), who will reveal the day-to-day challenges their fleets face when it comes to fines and how they tackle them.
Also joining the panel:
➤ Dario Cambiano and Shona Harper from Safo Group – who handle over 5 million fines annually on behalf of fleets
➤ Chris Beaumont from Ayvens, who will share examples of best practice.
The webinar will include a live Q&A session to give you the chance to tap directly into the panel’s experience and expertise.
Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable knowledge that can save your fleet time, money, and hassle.
We look forward to seeing you there!
With members reporting premiums increasing by 25-30% year-over-year, managing insurance costs has become one of the most pressing financial challenges for fleet operators.
In this timely webinar, AFP Board Director Peter Milchard leads the conversation on how to demystify the fleet insurance landscape. Joined by by Phil Ball (Zurich), James Walkington (Miele), Stewart Lightbody (Sureserve), Richard Parker (Webfleet) and Lee Jackson (NG Bailey and AFP Board Director)The session explores practical, proactive strategies fleets can adopt to manage insurance costs.
Key topics include:
✔️ Understanding what’s driving the increase in fleet insurance premiums
✔️ How insurers assess risk and what fleet operators can do to influence it positively
✔️ The role of telematics, data, and driver behaviour in lowering insurance costs
✔️ Tips for negotiating better terms with insurers and brokers
Independent of your fleet size, this webinar will equip you with the insights and tools needed to approach insurance with confidence and control.
To join us, please register HERE
Join us for the first meeting of 2026! The Housing Association Working Group comprises AFP members from various housing associations who come together to discuss and address fleet-related challenges specific to the sector.
This collaborative forum aims to create a dedicated space for discussion, knowledge-sharing, and problem-solving around the unique challenges of managing fleets within housing associations.
Led by Matthew Neale and Paul Millican, the meeting will take place online on Tuesday, 13 January, at 15:00h!
If you are a housing association fleet operator and would like to join the group, please fill in your details and we will send you a link to the meeting.
We look forward to having you attend the event!
A core function within any organisation, the fleet has an impact on almost every department.
So how do you get buy in and collaboration across the business?
Join us for our second webinar of 2025, in which AFP Directors Lee Jackson and Matt Hammond, both fleet operators themselves, and Aaron Powell, Fleet & Logistics Director at Speedy Hire, will be discussing ways to do this.
Topics covered will include:
Providing leadership
Driving success
Create innovation
Communication
There will also be an opportunity to ask Lee, Matt and Aaron questions.
To join us, please register HERE
Join us for a fleet operator members dinner, on 21st April at 18:00, after Day One of the CV Show, at the family-run, multi-award-winning, The Barn At Berryfields (Berryfields Farm, Meriden, CV77LB)
The dinner, kindly sponsored by Fleet on Demand, is exclusively for Fleet Operators and offers an excellent opportunity to network and chat with fellow fleet professionals while enjoying great food.
If you would like to attend, please register via the form on the right or RSVP to [email protected]. Spaces are limited, so please get in touch to secure your place.
We are delighted to announce the first webinar of 2025 will be on tax/year end.
Host Paul Hollick will be joined by Tax Specialist Harvey Perkins of HRUX and mileage reimbursement specialist Barry Monks of TMC. The webinar will cover:
Tax Year End – covering the P11D process and the announced switch to payrolling
PHEV Benefit in Kind Changes – Test Cycle Change WLTP Euro 6e-bis
VED changes from 2025
Double Cab Pick Ups – change in rules & what this means for us
Car Allowance Payments – how do the Willmott Dixon and Laing O’Rourke cases now change the landscape?
What is (and isn’t) a business mile?
CO2 tax changes from 2028.
The second half of the webinar will be a Q&A to enable you to ask any tax related questions about your fleet.
To register, please fill out your details on the form to the left.