UKWA North West Regional Meeting

MAN Truck & Bus UK welcomes members of UKWA to their Manchester site at Bailey Road, Trafford Park, M17 1SA for our North West Regional Meeting on Wednesday 1^st December 2010 beginning at 1030am. Members should indicate their interest to attend by emailing Mick Davison, Membership Services Manager, at: mdavison@ukwa.org.uk or tel: 0207 836 5522 stating their name and position within their company asap.

Car parking is available.

About MAN

Based in Munich, Germany, the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group can trace its origins back to 1758, with the founding of St Anthony´s Ironworks in Oberhausen. The company branched-out into many industries throughout the years, including locomotion and propulsion, investing heavily in new technology. In 1893, MAN engineers aided Rudolph Diesel in producing the world´s first diesel engine, however, it wasn´t until after the war that MAN started to focus more attention on commercial vehicles. Today, MAN Group is one of the leading international providers of commercial vehicles and transport solutions. In fiscal year 2006 the company, with some 36,000 employees, generated a turnover of € 8.7 billion with sales of just under 80,000 trucks and over 7,300 buses and bus chassis.

The current MAN Trucknology Generation range, which features MAN’s environmentally sensitive Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) engines, covers virtually every road transport application from lightweight 7.5 tonne rigid vehicles up to maximum weight articulated vehicles. The range is well-established across a wide range of operations, from Fire Appliances to Heavy Haulage and in most major Parcel Delivery, Supermarket and Fuel distribution fleets. The company is currently engaged in the on-schedule delivery of over 7,000 MAN trucks for the British Armed Forces – the biggest single truck order placed in Europe in the past 25 years.

Programme

1030

Coffee & Tea on Arrival

1100

Introduction and welcome by Iain Speak, North West Regional Chairman

1110

Presentation by Des Evans, Chief Executive Officer of MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd. Des has spent over 30 years in commercial vehicle sales and marketing and during the last 17 years, has developed MAN and its dealer network into a leading player in the market. He has also been involved in the development of added-value, finance packages as the operating industry has shifted its acquisition methods and has championed the introduction of MAN Fleet Management (MFM) with its new MAN EcoStyle driver and vehicle performance reporting package, products on which operators will rely increasingly for their fleet and business management information. MFM is recognised by VOSA as a major advance in helping operators ensure compliance with strict Operating License requirements. His presentation today will focus on "Cutting Carbon Cutting Costs" highlighting the importance of Driver behaviour with regard to fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and what we at MAN can do to help operators manage this.

1145

Presentation by Dave Golding, Bibby Financial Service Group. David has a wealth of experience and expertise within the UK financial services sector having worked in the industry for over 18 years. He joined the Bibby Financial Services almost 9 years ago as Business Development Manager and has been awarded top performing sales person in the UK for 8 years running. In 2007 Dave was promoted to Head of Sales of the Groups’ Manchester and Liverpool offices, where he has mentored and encouraged his team to become the best performing sales offices within the company. His presentation today is “An Introduction to Invoice Factoring” What is it? What are the Benefits? And how can it help your business?

1215

Update on Association news and events by Roger Williams, CEO UKWA

1230

Overview of the business and tour of the workshop facility by Des Evans

Lunch and networking

1430

Depart