Business profiles - fleet - Page 9

Meridian keeps leases short and sweet

Three- to six-month mini leases fill fleet need for temporary company cars with big potential savings, reports Stephen Briers

Winton Engineeering: Mobile power can increase productivity

Engineering company can turn a 3.5-tonne van into a versatile tool capable of becoming a mobile compressor, generator or hydraulic pump using the vehicle’s own engine

Mitie: Outsourcing brings fleet management efficiencies

Fifteen months ago Simon Gray began outsourcing part of Mitie’s fleet management to Lex Autolease. Has the move paid off? Stephen Briers finds out

Absolutely: We can deliver everything

Established 150 years ago but with a modern approach, this multi-tasking delivery and chauffeur fleet is dedicated to professionalism. Stephen Briers reports

Ajax Couriers: You have to think big when you are small

Derek Golding on why Ajax Couriers became the first operator to join the FTA’s new Van Excellence Small Fleet Programme

South East Coast Ambulance Service: ‘Telematics will change the culture of the organisation’

Secamb has stripped a lot of cost from the fleet and improved efficiencies. Now its focus is on driver culture, says John Griffiths

Rydon: ‘No third party could operate to our level’

Managing the fleet in-house is important in a company where the chief executive likes his staff to be hands-on, trained and knowledgeable

Ajax Couriers: You have to think big when you are small

Derek Golding on why Ajax Couriers became the first operator to join the FTA’s new Van Excellence Small Fleet Programme. Matt de Prez reports

Mobile Mini: ‘We’ll develop HGV drivers for ourselves’

City of London Corporation: Fleet bans diesel to cut Nox emissions

The City of London Corporation is tackling air quality head on, with a range of initiatives it hopes other fleets will follow.

University of Cambridge: We can’t ignore our own carbon footprint

Cambridge is one of five universities in the UK to be awarded Go Ultra Low Company status but the drivers had to be won over first.

Justin Wand: ‘Let me invest £10m and I’ll save you £28m’

That’s the claim award winner Justin Wand made when he joined LAS, the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the ambulance service

Fleets and the environment: Go Ultra Low city takes the lead on electric vehicles

Nottingham wants to “lead by example” to encourage businesses to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) after it was named as a Go Ultra Low City.

Gwent Police: You don’t need a technical background

The force is with Julie Reynolds in more ways than one. Some 13 years ago she became the UK’s first female police fleet manager.

Wrings Transport: 'Dashcams were the best thing we've ever done'

Installing forward-facing cameras has reduced insurance claims and protects drivers

Wates Group: ‘We will not accept the status quo’

Ted Sakyi was parachuted into Wates Group with a brief to oversee a root and branch transformation of its fleet business.

Balfour Beatty: Innovation and information are the keys to success

Embrace change and reject the status quo, says Balfour Beatty’s Carl Hanson

Amey: From transact and execute to manage and improve

Amey’s Tom Lawless explains how outsourcing its fleet management to Hitachi will save money and aid strategic thinking.

Balfour Beatty: ‘It gave us licence to get under the skin of our operations’

Balfour Beatty is renowned for its innovative approach and came up trumps again with its Build To Last programme

New York City: The man behind 29,000 vehicles

Keith Kerman, New York City’s first chief fleet officer, has big targets to meet: create the largest EV fleet of any US city by 2025 and help end traffic fatalities and major injuries on New York’s streets.