Reduce exposure to grey fleet

Date: 25 September 2014   |   Author: Tristan Young

Ogilvie Fleet sales and marketing director Nick Hardy highlights a different aspect - that of the time involved in managing grey fleet.

"Some organisations are finding that the burden of responsibility in managing the grey fleet is too great, even when introducing specialist grey fleet management software, which some companies view as the total solution, but it isn't. Employers still have work to do in populating the system and keeping it up to date and accurate, and chasing drivers to update documentation.

"The cost of employing a third party to do the administration work is significant and we are finding that many clients and prospects are actually seeing that it is simpler, and perhaps better value to move back to company cars or introduce salary sacrifice," he says.

"In addition, as an interim solution, while company car or salary sacrifice policies and procedures are being worked on ahead of implementation, employers are turning to hire cars for staff to make a business journey as and when required regardless of the distance. That takes away a significant chunk of administration responsibility, particularly in respect of duty of care issues around privately-owned vehicles used on business trips."

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