Fleet Alliance sees electric vehicle orders soar as ICE interest thaws

An appetite among smaller businesses to reduce their carbon footprint is helping to fuel the growth of Glasgow-based vehicle funding and fleet management company Fleet Alliance.

A growing number of small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are exploring the opportunity of providing low-emission cars to their employees, who seem equally as keen to do their bit for the environment, through salary sacrifice schemes.

These key trends have been identified by Fleet Alliance, which has seen orders for pure electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) exceed for more than half (52%) of all new car orders over the past 12 months for the first time.

The vehicle funding and fleet management specialist was started more than 20 years ago in Scotland’s largest city by Allen and Marjory Flynn.

As part of its ambitious growth plans, last year it recruited former Lookers duo Andy Bruce (pictured) and Nigel McMinn, as chief executive officer (CEO) and as chief operating officer (CEO) respectively, while managing director Martin Brown moved up to chair in a more strategic role.

Bruce believes his and McMinn’s background will help Fleet Alliance to achieve ‘substantial’ growth.

“We bring a few things to the Fleet Alliance table and put the company on a bigger stage in the wider automotive world,” he says.