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There isn't a one size fits all solution either, but doing your homework, knowing how many vehicles you have out on the road at any one time and what you can get away with is a good start, as you can look to implement an alternative system from there.
Hardy thinks it's a fairly straightforward affair to swap from personal car use to a more cost-effective alternative: "If you can put a system in place that says 'I know I need a car on Thursday' then that works, and someone with authority can approve that. I'd be gobsmacked if rental companies can't handle that. I'm sure they can.
"If there's a need for cars on a regular basis then rental companies should have a number of mini reservation vehicles on site. Something like always having four vehicles on site for you."
Adrian Bewley, director of business rental at Enterprise, admits that there is an issue with moving to a rental or pool car-based scheme, but it's one that forces your hand as an organisation into better managing staff travel.
"It is a problem, but it's one that helps the overall authority yield better cost savings," he says. "If a driver is not thoughtful about travel planning, then by moving people onto a managed travel plan those obstacles exist, but they're managed, and the total amount of mileage drops.
"One example is that grey fleet usage is based around that employee's particular requirements, but the solution is more courteous - they have to use maybe a pool car and they do two journeys a day instead of three.
It regulates people and they have to plan much more."
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