APEA Live

Thursday 13th November 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

APEA Innovation Award

Celebrating Innovation That Moves the Industry Forward

The APEA Innovation Award recognises the ingenuity, creativity, and bold thinking that drive meaningful progress in the downstream fuel and forecourt sector. In an economic landscape where challenges demand smarter solutions, this award celebrates the organisations that have embraced innovation not just to adapt, but to lead.

Open to companies of all sizes, this award highlights groundbreaking achievements in product development, service delivery, process improvement, or business model innovation - any of which has delivered tangible benefit to the industry.

Submissions will be assessed on:

  • Originality and Creativity: Solutions that break new ground or tackle long-standing challenges in new ways.
  • Industry Impact: Demonstrated benefits such as cost savings, improved efficiency, enhanced safety, sustainability gains, or stronger customer outcomes.
  • Scalability and Longevity: Innovations with the potential to be adopted across the sector and deliver ongoing, sustainable value.

Whether you've transformed a legacy process, introduced cutting-edge tech, or found a new way to serve the market, this is your opportunity to showcase what makes your innovation truly standout.

We welcome nominations from companies pushing boundaries and redefining what’s possible—setting new standards for others to follow.

Join us in recognising the pioneers shaping the future of our industry through bold ideas and breakthrough thinking.
 

Nominate your company for the APEA Innovation Award and give your business the chance of recognition amongst peers and customers!

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