The SME Company Car of the Year Awards categories are:
- Best SME Company Car To Buy
- Best SME Company Car For Tax
- Best SME Compact Company Car
- Best SME Large Company Car
- Best SME Director’s Company Car
- Best SME Green Company Car
- Best SME Company Car Programme
- Best SME After Sales Programme
PAUL HOLLICK, recently elected to the chairmanship of the Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM), has agreed to chair the SME Company Car of the Year judging panel.
Paul, who is the commercial director at TMC, will oversee an impressive array of independent SME specialists who will also choose the overall SME Company Car of the Year.
The full list of judges are:
Martin Brown, managing director of Fleet Alliance, the winner of the Small Fleet Leasing Company of the Year
Steve Cocks, director broker division, Lex Autolease, the largest leasing company in the UK
Andy Brown, managing director of CD Auction Group, a specialist online auction house with an SME focus
Paul Bulloch, managing director of Concept Vehicle Leasing, a specialist small fleet leasing company to the SME sector
Colin Tourick of Colin Tourick Associates, a specialist in company car and van tax, and a former managing director of a leasing company
Jonathan Burn, assistant news editor Auto Express, the leading automotive weekly and a contributor to Business Car Manager
Jim McNally, head of asset risk at Alphabet, the specialist mobility supplier
“I’m very grateful of the time and expertise that our chair and judges bring to the awards,” commented Business Car Manager editorial director, Ralph Morton.
“Their experience and knowledge of the SME sector will ensure we have an independent and rigorous scrutiny of the entries for this critical set of awards for the SME sector.”
There are eight categories that will be judged, as well as choosing the overall company car of the year. In addition there is a special readers’ awards.
The results will be announced on 22 January at a special awards luncheon in London.
Last year’s overall SME Company Car of the Year was the Vauxhall Insignia.