Today, Enterprise Car Club has more than 1,600 vehicles available to its nearly 55,000 members in 30 cities across the UK. Of those, 700 belong to more than 30 dedicated car clubs that are used by 15,000 business members from public and private sector organisations. Their customers have ditched their grey fleet, pool and

Stephen Briers, Editor-in-Chief of Fleet News says there is nothing inherently wrong with having a grey fleet. There are plenty of examples where grey fleet happily co-exists with a company fleet but good management takes admin time, the right processes and resource. He says grey fleet will become a more pressing issue for a

In his foreword to our new Grey Fleet Review, John Pryor – Chair of ACFO – reflects on the fundamental changes he’s seen over 30 years in the fleet business. “When I started, ‘grey fleet’ was barely mentioned” he says “whereas now, it is a major phenomenon in its own right.” “But today it’s

Driving for Better Business has just launched its new Grey Fleet Review - the first of what will be a series of in-depth reviews into topics that can have a significant effect on both the risk profile and the operational costs of any organisation. The first – on grey fleet – looks at the

Another leading Highways England contractor has become the latest to be awarded Driving for Better Business Champion status after significantly boosting its safety record, while making major savings on fuel, insurance and collision damage costs. The achievements of Costain Group plc were recognised by Highways England Chief Executive, Jim O’Sullivan, who presented the smart

As the organisation behind Driving for Better Business, Highways England knows that it must lead by example. Following a lengthy review of its own internal processes, including risk assessments of their work-related driving requirements in each region and the development of a new Driving for Work policy, Highways England are now promoting Driving for

At the recent Highways England Supply Chain Masterclass, Chief Executive Jim O’Sullivan outlined his expectations of their supply chain with regards to how they managed their work-related road risk and, importantly, his expectations that all of Highways England’s Tier 1 suppliers would work towards becoming Driving for Better Business Champions.As part of that Masterclass, James

If there’s one overriding change that John Pryor, chairman of ACFO, has witnessed in over 30 years in fleet management, it’s the advent of ‘Mobility’ - the holistic management of business travel. Now, as never before, he says, it is incumbent on employer – and employee – to consider business travel in the broadest terms

Driving for Better Business has announced that Highways England Chief Executive Jim O'Sullivan will open their supply chain masterclass at this year’s Highways UK. The recently awarded contracts under the Area 10 ALD framework are the first to contain new requirements relating to the management of work-related road risk, and Highways England are now

The Department for Transport’s British Road Safety Statement (2015) placed emphasis on improving occupational road safety by promoting good practice to employers. Specific Government priorities objectives include working towards a reduction in work-related road collisions and encouraging faster uptake of new vehicle safety technology such as Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEB) which have been