FN50 2024
Date: 07-11-2024
Your annual comprehensive insight into the FN50, the UK's biggest car, van and truck contract hire, leasing and fleet management companies.
- Five new entrants, eight new leaders and a record number of cars and vans funded by the UK's biggest leasing companies
- Regulation, cybersecurity and electric transition just some of the challenges facing fleets
- Revenues rise but profits drop as leasing companies hit by residual values slump
- Salary sacrifice continues growth trajectory
- Operating lease dominantes van funding method
- Small dip in funded trucks as companies wrestle with decarbonisation challenges
- Leasing brokers play critical role in growth and EV transition
- Massive EV uptake makes car fleet the greenest ever
- Electric van orders exceed ZEV Mandate targets
- Why the fleet manager role is more important than ever (show this to your boss!)
- Artifical intelligence - friend or foe?
The top 50 countdown
- Car wear & tear charges fall slightly
- Fewer vans hit by wear & tear charges
- Electrification drives trend towards longer car operating cycles
- Average van replacement cycle extends to 46 months
- Leasing companies swamped by dart charge fines
- Car residual values: today and predictions for the future
- Used van prices start to normalise
- German brands voted best for dealer performance
- BMW reclaims top spot as UK's most reliable car manufacturer
- Volkswagen doubles up for most reliable manufacturer and model (Transporter)