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SUMMER ROUTE PLANNING
In the summertime, journey duration's go up and road hazards increase. More traffic means more congestion, squeezing your delivery times and increasing the time spent in traffic jams.
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DRIVING ABROAD—ARE YOUR DRIVERS COVERED?
Are your drivers properly covered for driving abroad? If your staff are taking company cars or vans across the Channel, they may assume their insurance already covers breakdown, recovery, and accidents.
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Annual Leave Cover
Unmanaged, annual leave can leave you with a big headache. Your staff are entitled to 5.6 weeks of annual leave for every 12 months worked, if they work 5 days per week. And summer is the most popular time of year for time off, particularly if drivers have families and need to work around school holidays.
LEASING CHANGES
For 10 years, accounting academics and lessors have been arguing about the ways in which leases are recorded on your balance sheets. Now, a change to the rules has been approved. We take a look at what it is, and what it could mean for your fleet.
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FRIENDLY DRIVERS, MORE BUSINESS
They say good manners cost nothing. In the fleet business, a friendly face and a good attitude can actually generate revenue. You treat your vehicles well, keeping them maintained and on top of their game.
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TYRED OUT?
Better weather means more miles on the road. If you’re going on holiday in a vehicle, you could clock up hundreds or even thousands of extra miles in the warm weather.
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DRINK DRIVING IN THE SUMMER
Some of you may be old enough to remember the ad: ‘in the summertime, when the weather is high… drinking and driving wrecks lives’. This 1992 public information campaign, one of the most effective ever in the UK.
