Fleet Management: Establishing your vehicle fleet

Often the demands placed on a Fleet Manager, HR Manager or Company Director by the various aspects of running a vehicle fleet day to day are extremely high. It is very time consuming and it is often a better option to engage the services of a Fleet Management company who can ease that burden and save you both time and money.

Fleet management and fleet maintenance companies can often assist with the following:

1. Car Policy Formulation

Help in creating a flexible and usable car policy that suits the size of your fleet. This can be model based, allowance based or even grade based and Fleet Management companies will decide, having discussed the issues with you, which is the most suitable option for you.

2. Multi-franchise New Vehicle Supply.

Many Fleet Management companies have superb relationships with all major vehicle manufacturers and individual dealerships and are therefore able to source and secure cars at very beneficial terms, saving your company money. Depending on your fleet size they can also often negotiate extra support terms directly on your behalf.

3. VAT Qualifying Used Cars.

Fleet Management companies often have access to a number of VAT qualifying nearly-new used cars for use in direct purchase schemes.

4. Fleet Funding.

Fleet management companies are sometimes able to offer a tailored scheme of purchasing and financing your fleet, by operating their own funding plan alongside working with other prestige funders to offer access to the most competitive terms in the marketplace.

5. Fleet Add Ons.

They will also help you decide what services should be included in the running of your fleet, from fuel cards to maintenance plans.

About Fleet Management:

Fleet management is the management of a company's vehicle fleet. Fleet management includes commercial motor vehicles such as cars, vans and trucks and can include a range of functions, such as vehicle financing, vehicle maintenance, vehicle telematics (tracking and diagnostics), driver management, fuel management and health & Safety Management. Fleet Management is a function which allows companies which rely on transportation in their business to remove or minimise the risks associated with vehicle investment, improving efficiency, productivity and reducing their overall transportation costs, providing 100% compliance with government legislation (duty of care) and many more. These functions can be dealt with by either an in-house fleet-management department or an outsourced fleet-management provider.

For further information regarding help establishing your fleet, please call Brofleet FREE on 0800 612 4094 or email Brofleet Vehicle and Fleet Management