Leominster-based Thomas Panels & Profiles has won £20,000 worth of diesel fuel in MAN Truck & Bus UK's Free Fuel promotion.
The draw was made on day two of the CV Show 2013 at the NEC, Birmingham, after additional prizes of £5,000 and £1,000 were also awarded earlier at the three-day show.
Surprised transport planner Paul Thomas received the news via a phone call from the MAN Show Stand, directly from MAN's CEO in the UK Des Evans.
"I just couldn't believe it," says Thomas. "Des told me we had won, but I had to call him back a little later to check it was all for real.
"My boss, Richard Thomas and I were invited to the CV Show the next day as guests of MAN, and it was a brilliant experience. For a company with a small truck fleet, £20,000 is a significant sum."
MAN's Free Fuel promotion was open to any truck operator who visited the company's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) website – www.man-tco.co.uk – to register interest.
Alongside the top prize of £20,000 of free fuel, MAN offered a second prize of £5,000 of fuel and five third prizes of £1,000 of fuel each.
"The objective," says Sandy Millar, sales director of MAN Truck & Bus in the UK, "was to try and bring home to people just what they are missing, if they don't have MAN trucks in their fleet.
"We know from independent tests and hands-on experience with operators taking our trucks and driver training for the first time just how much people can save. Up to 15—20% in many cases."
