Great Bear driver Marek Mackiewicz has been named Microlise Driver of the Year for 2022.

Marek was presented his trophy by HRH The Princess Royal, at the Microlise Transport Conference on Wednesday, May 18, in front more than 1,000 delegates from across the transport industry.

Marek also won the Medium distance category. The Short Distance category was won by Carl McCabe from Gist and the Long Distance title was taken by Alan Bateman from Ceva Logistics.

Meanwhile Maritime Transport won the Driver Excellence award, as they had the highest proportion of drivers in the top 1,000, based on analysis of all telematics data.

The telematics-based Microlise Driver of the Year Awards this year also featured shortlisted drivers from Culina, Waitrose, Maritime, Co-op and Alliance Healthcare.

The winners of a number of nomination-based categories were also announced including EV Downton’s Luke Tranter as Young Driver and Sam Rawlings from Gist as Most Improved Driver.

Craig Walker from Hovis won the Extra Mile award while Steve Lynch from EV Downton won Driver Hero. The Lifetime Achievement award went to Hovis’s James Elflain.