The Insider
The Insider: Light at the end of the tunnel?
As manufacturers offer ever-easier access to cars, and taxation drives end-users towards cash allowances, The Insider asks; are dealers missing a trick?
The Insider: Striving to win
With unprecedented competition, manufacturers’ fierce fighting for market share is good news for fleet and retail customers alike, writes The Insider.
The Insider: No more ‘Treasure Island’
Long seen as a place for the dealers and manufacturers to reap high margins and generate significant profits, The Insider wonders if the UK is still … Read More »
The Insider: There will be trouble ahead…
“There may be trouble ahead” is the first line of Irving Berlin’s “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” – written, ironically, for the film “Follow the … Read More »
Fast learner: dealing with GDPR challenges
After years of dealing with drivers’ speeding tickets, The Insider has recently had to deal with his own.
The Insider: The fuel picture
With a diesel tax on the way, improving petrol economy and a switch to electric mobility, The Insider reckons it’s never been trickier to model whole-life … Read More »
The Insider: Second Sight
The Insider finds out first hand that drivers and suppliers aren’t always aware of the pitfalls of new safety technology.
The Insider: Close for Comfort
The Insider seeks feedback from his drivers and wonders if there really is a substitute for on-road training.
The Insider: Rate of change
The Insider ponders whether the blanket approach to AMAPs has had its day.
The Insider: Jumping the gun
This month, The Insider is caught off-guard by updates to VED and questions the speed of changes. Well I definitely took my eye off the ball … Read More »
The Insider: New management
Last month I wrote about a clash of interests as cars become controlled more by electronics and apps than mechanical processes. The availability of mass data, … Read More »
The Insider: Crossed wires
The increasing integration of technology with fleet vehicles creates issues of clarity and security, says The Insider.
The Insider: Easy, rider
Fleets are increasingly exploring the potential of motorbikes but the risks must be taken into account, reckons The Insider.
The Insider: Damage Limitation
There must be an easier way to handle end-of-contract charges, reckons The Insider.
The Insider: Driven to distraction
Investing in safety tech is useless without driver eduction, reckons The Insider.
The Insider: The only certainty is uncertainty
The Insider reckons that while Brexit may bring increased costs for fleets, there could be opportunities too.So we’re out! I am of course referring to Brexit, … Read More »
The Insider: Quantifying the unquantifiables
I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy evaluating a new product and trying to make a business case for it, and then seeing how … Read More »
The Insider: Feeling the (Ad)Blues
This month, I’m suffering from the AdBlues. Having read the available information, taken on board the published advice and informed our drivers well in advance, reality … Read More »
The Insider: A wishlist for 2016
Let’s start with the return of the spare wheel to all vehicles as standard. Damaged tyres are one of the biggest causes of trouble in fleet, … Read More »
The Insider: Driving less, living more
As I write this, our company has been making an effort to support Road Safety Week, with initiatives targeted at our own employees. And I’ve been … Read More »
The Insider: The emissions scandal and the tip of the iceberg
First let me say that I don’t dispute that it is totally and utterly wrong to knowingly mislead the public and we could debate the moral … Read More »
The Insider: Medical schooling
The Glasgow bin lorry crash, together with other similar cases that are now coming to light, is incredibly sad, and highlights a number of areas where … Read More »
The Insider: Energy conversation
Now here’s a thing. We recently tackled our ESOS transport energy audit and, reading through all the preamble, I was pretty sure I’d got it taped. Our … Read More »
The Insider: Getting into scrapes
We are all good at complaining about end of contract damage charges, but the thing is, whether damage is incurred during the contract or at … Read More »
The Insider: Ensuring insurance
I’m slightly surprised that the idea of bundling motor insurance together with vehicle leasing is growing, even though it has a certain logic. It was … Read More »
The Insider: A dystopian future
The suggestion that UK cities could have devolved powers to run their transport infrastructure fills me with dread. This seems to be on the grounds that … Read More »
The Insider: Technological Revolution
No matter how clever the latest technology might be, there’s a little experience needed to get past those initial trust issues, The Insider explains.