Hovis has upper crust in driver competition22 May 2018

Hovis driver Richard Barnes has won the Microlise driver of the year award for 2018, beating more than 180,000 other UK drivers to take the top spot.

He also won the medium distance category, for drivers who regularly undertake journeys between 31,000- 60,000 miles per year. In securing the overall prize, Barnes (pictured, second from left) beat off competition from winning drivers in the short and long distance categories.

The short distance category was won by Timothy Murphy of Menzies Distribution, with the long distance category won by Alan Bateman of Ceva.

Meanwhile Culina won the driver excellence award as a result of having the highest proportion of its drivers in the top 1,000, based on analysis of telematics data.

The telematics-based Microlise driver of the year awards this year also featured shortlisted drivers from DHL, Co-op, Eddie Stobart, Warburtons and Culina.

The winners were also named for a number of nomination-based categories including: young driver, most improved driver, extra mile, HGV hero and lifetime achievement. Ceva’s Michael Coker, Roberts Bakery’s Gary Hollinrake, Daryl Honess from BRS, DHL’s Nick Mouyiassi and Mark Lyons won these, respectively.

Bob Harbey, Microlise executive director, congratulated the winners, and added: “Our industry is nothing without the efforts of drivers and we’re pleased to be able to highlight their excellent work via the billions of miles of telematics data we capture every year.”

All 24 shortlisted drivers were treated to a Porsche track day, courtesy of MAN Truck & Bus UK.

Author
Laura Cork

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