Hovis has upper crust in driver competition

摘要

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. The short distance category was won by Timothy Murphy of Menzies Distribution, and the long-distance category was 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. This year, the telematics-based awards also featured shortlisted drivers from DHL, Co-op, Eddie Stobart, Warburtons and Culina. 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.