| 17 June |
Getting Better Pricing And Services For Your Company Car Fleet |
It can be frustrating to learn that your’re not getting the best prices for your lease cars, even when you have a strong fleet (say 50 for example). Most business owners in this situation would assume that their fleet was easily lsrge enough for them to be considered important clients, and get themselves better car leasing rates.
What really matters here in how you’re treated and considered is the size of the contract hire company. If they are one of the larger operators, a reasonable size fleet would be 250 -500 + cars and those are the clients that have the keenest rates.
What then can a smaller company do to get to the higher levels of pricing and service? The most effective way is to either take on a smaller car lease company, or alternatively a large contract hire broker; it is the larger broker that would have the facilities and back up necessary to look after a fleet of company cars.
A small broker is not really any good for a company with a fleet of cars, as they lack time, resources and manpower and could prove extremely distuptive to companies. Another disadvantage with a smaller broker is that they often don’t have access to all the car leasing dealsthat are available on the market.
A larger broker, on the other hand, will be able to provide services that can essential to a fleet owning company; one of the most pertinent services being the driivers’ history check, ensuring all company drivers hold no convictions or limitations to their driving licence. It’s often surprising what can be found during these history checks; from suspended licences, to criminal convictions, to fully disqualified drivers.
You can expect a large Contract hire broker to have access to the whole range of financial facilities that are on the market and will often get first refusal on many of the manufacturer’s special offers. Whilst these companies are large when compared with the majority of brokers, a client with thirty to fifty company vehicles will be considered a valuable client.