Category Archives: Fleet Management Services

Vehicle checks can’t be done from a remote location!!

In order to comply with UK legislation, employers need fleet drivers to adopt and apply their vehicle safety policies when driving on business. In practice this means sticking to some straightforward rules whether driving a company vehicle or indeed a private vehicle being driven for business purposes. These rules will include (amongst other things) routine safety checks,...

Protect Your Drivers with a New Year Resolution

As we embark on a new calendar year, what better time to look again at whether your fleet risks are being managed in the best way.  This is a prime trading period for business so the roads are full, they’re also still dark and very slippery. Do all your drivers possess the skills and awareness required to...

Reduce Fleet Risk to Make Savings

The fleet department understands what it is and why it’s needed.  The Directors aren’t sure if it’ll work, why it’s necessary or what it’ll save for the business” If I had a pound for every time I hear this! The truth is that a fleet risk proposal does come across as all ‘jam tomorrow’, or ‘certain cost:...

Telematics is like a steering wheel

What does that mean? Well, a steering wheel’s true purpose in guiding a vehicle round a corner or keeping it on the straight and narrow is not revealed until it is being used properly.  In other words connected to the front wheels so the driver can control the vehicle. Similarly, a telematics system cannot help you to...

Why is the need to integrate sources of fleet risk data so important?

What is the issue here? In the latter part of the 20thcentury, we saw a dramatic rise in the use of contract hire as a way of acquiring motor vehicles for business.  The reason was not just because it was off-balance sheet but because in one monthly payment, the fleet could buy an integrated solution that included...

FLEET RISK COST versus FLEET INSURANCE COST

As was revealed in a recent survey (by Tom Tom Business), 40% of fleets suffered insurance premium rises in the last year and 24% admit they don’t really know what they’re required to do in terms of managing road risk. These statistics combined are very illuminating because they imply that despite rising insurance premiums, many fleets don’t...