Fleet briefs: Latest from TMC, Fleet Operations and Epyx

New service launches to assess end-of-contract vehicle damage

Fleet Evolution has launched a new service, ReturnCheck, to assess damage on a salary sacrifice car at the point that an employee leaves a company, enabling the employer to recharge any damage costs to their final salary payment.

The company said ReturnCheck, which is available via a new app for customers, is intended to remove the risk of the employee handing back a damaged car after their final salary payment has been made, leaving the employer no means of recovering the cost.

Andrew Leech, founder and managing director (MD) at Fleet Evolution, said: “With ReturnCheck, the employer notifies us of an employee leaving 30 days in advance. We then download the app to the employee’s mobile phone and, through it, assess the condition of the vehicle and whether any remedial work is required.

“If work is needed to repair the vehicle, we can provide an estimate to the employer who can recharge this to the employee’s final salary payment before they leave the company, so that the employer is not liable for the cost.

“This service also speeds up the repair process, allowing us to repair the vehicle in good time before it can then be allocated to another colleague or customer.

TMC to help corporates baseline report GHG reporting

The Miles Consultancy (TMC) have announced the launch of Mobility iQ phase one, which aims to help corporates and their employees create transparency of all ground transportation programs, commuting and fleet car carbon-emissions (Scope 1, 2 & 3) data via its new mobile app.

The company said the app will bring greater focus to corporates to help accelerate their carbon reduction plans and meet both their science-based 2030 target milestone, but also the European Union’s (EU’s) corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD).

Phase 1 will calculate and display for users via the Mobility iQ mobile app their individual 4Cs Mobility iQ score. An individual’s 4Cs profile relates to the cost, carbon, mobility steps (calories) and time (clock) per instance of travel and is calculating and scoring daily ground transportation/mobility activities.

The app then gamifies the results by benchmarking the user’s iQ with regards to cost, carbon, and calories to show the areas that can be improved upon.

Stuart Donnelly, president of mobility at The Miles Consultancy, said: “Ground transportation and mobility is highly fragmented and decentralised; it has been my vision for many years now to aggregate all ground transportation into one smart and sustainable mobility app that steers better decision making when we move from A to B to C.

“It’s door-to-door mobility combined with the Amazon super-app experience and that’s what we will bring you very soon with phase two.”

The Mobility iQ app can track all journey types including car, walking, cycling and public transport, including bus and rail.

The first users of Mobility iQ phase one will be live across Europe by the end of Q1 and phase 2 shortly thereafter the start of Q2.

2022 was ‘record year’ for Epyx 1link Service Network

Epyx is reporting that 2022 was a record year for its 1link Service Network service, maintenance, and repair (SMR) platform with the total number of UK transactions up by 17% on the previous 12 months.

The quantity of invoices raised by users in Ireland was also up 220%, Denmark (209%), Portugal (12%) and France (6%).

Tim Meadows, chief commercial officer at Epyx, said: “It is perhaps remarkable that 1link Service Network is posting record performance figures more than 20 years after it was first introduced.

“This achievement is very much due to the policy of ongoing development that we apply to the platform, and which continues to bring new efficiencies to our fleet customers. Simply, the product is growing because it is getting ever more effective.

“It’s especially pleasing to see progress across our other European territories. International expansion is a big theme for Epyx for the next few years.

“We’ve started work on a project called 1link Service Network 2.0 which is the first total rewrite of the platform since it was first created and will ensure it is ready for the demands of the decades ahead. The first results of this should be seen later in 2023 and are designed to help drive further growth.”

Fleet Operations raises £20,000 for charity

Fleet Operations has raised £20,000 for 20 charities as part of its 20th anniversary campaign.

Activities included walking more than 49m steps (equivalent to circumnavigating the globe), a fancy dress hike up Snowdon, cycling 874-miles on three static bikes in just 24 hours (equal to travelling from Land’s End to John O’Groats), charity football matches and a marathon.

The money raised will be split between 20 local and national charitable organisations selected by Fleet Operations’ staff.

“As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we wanted to give back to the charities that matter most to the company and its employees,” said Richard Hipkiss, MD at Fleet Operations.

“It was an ambitious target, but we knew our enthusiastic team would rise to the challenge.”

The 20 charities that will benefit from the fundraising campaign are DKMS, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support, British Heart Foundation, Miscarriage Association, Peter Pan Centre, Donna Louise Hospice, Savana, Aspire Spinal Injury Charity, Dementia UK, Anthony Nolan Trust, RNLI, Asthma and Lung UK, MIND, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, Four Paws International, Unbeatable Eva Foundation, St John Ambulance and Sarcoma UK.