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Road Safety Week 2020
This November, Brake is calling for companies, organisations, schools and individuals to get involved in Road Safety Week to help raise awareness about the need to reduce speed to help make our roads safer to help save lives. Brake is a road safety charity that...
Global Fleet Champions campaign – how you can champion fleet safety and sustainability
Fleet operators around the world are being asked to join a global campaign to help tackle the rising epidemic of road deaths, injuries and poisonous air from vehicles being driven for work. Sarah Plumb, senior fleet officer at Brake, the road safety charity tells...
How To Control Expenses For Your Business Sales Team
You may run a business sales team who drive a fleet of company cars, but it is actually a consumer- driven society we live in! Company profits and losses are affected by the cut and thrust of a competitive market place where customer is king but it goes without saying...
Treating Your Household as a Small Business
If, like many people, you have a few people in your household, there are bound to be times where you’ve totted up your costs of living and wondered just how on earth it became so expensive to get through the month. While many of us are sharp on the figures at work,...
How to Build Your Small Fleet Business
Building a small fleet is something that requires a careful and considered strategy, especially when you consider all of the costs that are entailed. You also need to consider what sort of business you are going to set up, as well as the licenses you are going to...
How Should Your Salespeople Be Selling Your Fleet?
When it comes to making sales for your fleet of vehicles, whether they’re small courier runs or larger lorries, it’s essential that the important bases are covered such as the fact that you have comprehensive company fleet insurance and that your vehicles are...
4 Strategies for Getting Corporate Vehicle Costs Down
In these uncertain times the only we can be sure of is that costs for businesses are going up and probably will continue to do so. So it’s not surprising that corporate fleet owners are constantly on the lookout for ways to keep costs as low as possible. Here are a...
How Often Should You Check on Your Delivery Drivers?
Whether you run a fleet of courier drivers, operate a private hire firm or run a food delivery service, there are a lot of things to think about. From truck fleet insurance, to servicing and maintaining your vehicles, there’s a lot to be worrying about before we even...
3 of the Best Tech Buys for Motor Fleet Operators
There can be absolutely no doubt that technology is making business more streamlined across pretty much every industry and the motor fleet industry is no different. There is an array of tech applications which can help motor fleet operators to improve the efficiency...
What is the Difference Between Fleet Insurance Types?
There are lots of different insurance products on the market, especially when it comes to vehicles on the road. You can get car fleet insurance, van fleet insurance, lorry fleet insurance etc. Making sure you are correctly covered for the use of your vehicles will...
What Pushes up Fleet Insurance Premiums and How You Can Avoid It
Just like many things at the moment, insurance prices have been creeping up, including fleet insurance. Last year it was estimated that motor premiums have risen by 15.7% in the past year. This is especially damaging for a business that has to ensure an entire fleet...
5 Cost-cutting Tips for Transport Companies
Cutting costs and boosting profit is vital for all companies, not just logistic based businesses. So, what are the best ways to save money when transporting goods? Look at labour costs Take a look at where you could reduce labour if you have a warehouse operation in...
Transporting Dangerous Goods by Road – Extra Considerations to Make
Transporting dangerous goods on the roads is a straightforward procedure when all the right rules are in place and abided by. Here are the considerations you need to make before transporting dangerous goods. Packaging It is essential that you have a qualified...
From man with van to men with lorries
It can be hard as a small business to compete with the top dogs as larger transport companies are able to attract business in with larger fleets, more competitive pricing, supplier discounts and more delivery options. However, it is not impossible to compete with the...
4 small business issues with setting up small business courier firms
The numbers of people shopping online has increased dramatically in recent years and this has been matched by a similar rise in small businesses selling goods from their homes. With more and more people turning away from the high street, there is also an increased...
Fleet insurance no-no’s you’ll want to avoid
Fleet insurance cover essentially allows you to “bulk buy” your insurance to cover all the vehicles used within your business. Buying all your insurance in one go from one provider allows the providers to give you the insurance at a discounted rate which is why motor...
Road Safety Week 2017
Cheap Fleet. the fleet insurance comparison site is proud to support Road Safety Week 2017. Road Safety Week is run by road safety charity, Brake and aims to raise awareness in the community about the importance of road safety as well as providing useful tips on how...
4 things to consider when setting up a private hire taxi firm
Setting up your own private hire taxi firm sounds relatively simple but there are quite a few hoops to jump through before you can begin trading. Once you have all the correct equipment, fleet and paperwork however, you can almost guarantee that your venture will be a...
FleetCheck Launch New Consultancy Service
Following on from the launch of their Policy Manager product earlier this year, FleetCheck have announced that they are to provide a new consultancy service to its more than 600 customers. Fleet management comes with some unique challenges, from remarketing to getting...
Nissan Appoint New Head of Leasing
Michael Stewart has been appointed as the new head of leasing for Nissan. His new role will involve building relationships with leasing companies in the UK and to help grow the company's market share in the fleet sector. Speaking about his new position, Stewart said -...