If you’re looking to include vehicles in your business, you may find yourself deciding whether to buy them outright or opt for a fleet vehicle supplier. Vehicles are one of the most expensive assets a company has, particularly if you have a commercial fleet of company cars or vans.
Choosing the right fleet vehicle supplier can make a massive difference to your business, particularly with employee morale, finances and the company’s image. Most suppliers work with fleet management services to ensure that your vehicles are well-maintained, thus reducing the risk of accidents occuring, while also reducing fuel costs.
There are many reasons why your business should use a fleet vehicle supplier. We explore a few benefits to using this type of service, as well as how Nationwide Cars can provide fleet vehicles for your business.
What are fleet management services?
Fleet management services involve a team of specialists managing your business’ fleet of cars and vans. The modern fleet management service involves more than just maintaining and procuring vehicles, a team is responsible for doing several roles. That can include driver management and environmental impact to operational efficiency to name but a few.
More fleet management teams are using fleet management software to access and record information from their vehicle fleet. Having the right piece of software can provide both the supplier and business with full visibility of their fleet. It can also simplify tasks and identify issues which can have an impact on your business’ bottom line.
If you use a fleet management service, it can provide you and your fleet vehicle supplier with information around your vehicle fleet. If drivers in your business are driving badly, you will be able to identify this and give them more coaching to help them improve how they drive from job to job.
How Nationwide Cars can provide fleet vehicles for your business
At Nationwide Cars, we have a wide range of vehicles to choose from when sourcing fleet vehicles for your business. Our reputation as a dealership is second-to-none as we have relationships with some of the biggest manufacturers in the world, such as Ford, Vauxhall and Peugeot to name but a few.
If you choose us as your fleet vehicle supplier, you will benefit from a range of fantastic deals from our cars and vans that we offer. We can save your business hundreds, if not thousands of pounds, thus enabling you to spend on other areas within your company. Best of all, the vehicles we supply are brand new and are equipped with the latest technology as standard.
No matter how many vans or cars you want, we can help ensure that you get the right amount of vehicles for your business’ employees.
The benefits of using Nationwide Cars as your fleet vehicle dealer
Nationwide Cars originally started as a fleet vehicle supplier over more than four decades and prides itself as one of the best vehicle dealers in the UK. There are many benefits for businesses using us as our fleet vehicle dealer, but what exactly are they? We’ve outlined a few benefits for companies using Nationwide Cars as your fleet vehicle dealer.
Extend lifespan of your vehicles
Alongside using a fleet vehicle supplier, you can use a fleet management service to track the lifespan of your vehicles. Most service providers offer customers a specialist vehicle maintenance service for the fleet they have. Each provider will offer their own set of services to customers to ensure that your vehicles continue to run on the road without any problems.
Fleet management services can help reduce vehicle maintenance costs, particularly if your business has a large fleet of vehicles. The cost of doing regular maintenance checks can become a huge expense on your company, particularly if you have 20 or more vehicles in your fleet.
While some fleet vehicle providers offer free vehicle maintenance, it’s common for companies to include this service for an additional monthly fee for businesses.
Improved driver safety
The biggest benefit of using a fleet management service is that it keeps a record of your drivers’ performances. Poor driving can not only reduce the lifespan of your vehicle, but also increase the chances of your drivers’ being involved in a major accident.
One component that fleet managers can use with fleet management software is the ability to monitor your drivers’ behaviour. By using the video recording feature, it can allow you to monitor any noticeable habits, such as harsh braking and accelerating. This can help improve driver performance, while reducing the risk of damage occurring to vehicles in your fleet.
Make cost savings to how much you spend on fuel
Fuel is one of the biggest expenses in any vehicle fleet’s budget for a business. By having a GPS tracking system fitted to all your vehicles, it means that fleet managers can identify areas where drivers can reduce the cost of fuel by driving more efficiently.
Monitoring the performance of your vehicles, which includes how long a vehicle has spent idling around. This information can be extremely valuable for your business as it can be used to educate your drivers on how to drive in a more fuel efficient way while also reducing idling time.
Why choose Nationwide Cars as your fleet vehicle supplier?
We hope some of the benefits we’ve listed have convinced you to consider us as your fleet vehicle supplier. Once you’ve decided to buy your fleet of commercial vehicles, we’ll make sure that your fleet of company cars and vans are ready to be used by your workforce.
Nationwide Cars offers the best commercial fleet vehicle offers throughout the UK. No matter how big or small you want your fleet to be, we work with fleet management companies to ensure that you get the best possible deal on your business’ fleet of vans and cars.
If you have any questions about what fleet vehicles we offer as a supplier, contact our team today. We also offer finance options, which can help you finance your business’ fleet of vehicles, as well as manage your vans and cars too.
