Now you might think that any right-on managing director and successful management team wouldn’t countenance such nonsense as dressing up in onesies (for the day).
Or having treat days, a pancake day (on Shrove Tuesday naturally) or Easter egg decorating competitions.
Now I’m sure more conservative management teams would throw their hands up in horror. But not us. We positively embrace such a culture – which we call ‘Fleet Alliance Loves’. Because we think it helps create a better working environment.
And we’re not the only ones. So do Investors in People.
Gold Investors in People accreditation is part of an ongoing process of continual improvement.
We’ve held Investors in People accreditation since 2002, and a few years ago progressed to Silver standard. But now I’m – justly, I think – proud to tell you that we have been awarded Gold Standard in the prestigious Investors in People programme.
That means Fleet Alliance, with its off-the-wall staff celebration ideas, is in the top 1% of UK businesses that has achieved gold standard accreditation. We join the likes of the Chartered Management Institute and Sainsbury’s.
The accreditation comes after Fleet Alliance was voted the best place to work in Scotland and the fifth best place in the UK by the Great Places to Work Institute.
But having achieved all this and the Gold standard, that doesn’t mean we’re going to relax. Far from it.
The Gold Investors in People accreditation is part of an ongoing process of continual development. We must strive to maintain the very high standards we’ve set to ensure we continue to deliver great service from our award-winning people, which I hope you notice.
Now the next step in the continual development process is find a screwdriver to fix up that gold plaque – and announce a special ‘wear something gold day’ to celebrate!
Well, it would be a shame not to.
Now you might think that any right-on managing director and successful management team wouldn’t countenance such nonsense as dressing up in onesies (for the day). Or having treat days, a pancake day (on Shrove Tuesday naturally) or Easter egg decorating competitions. Now I’m sure more conservative management teams would throw their hands up in horror. … Continued
Last week in my blog I talked about the New York Motor Show – and offered my pick of the exciting cars on show Stateside. This week it’s the turn of the Beijing Motor Show, which has just finished. And the Chinese market is where it’s all happening – car growth is booming: nearly 22m … Continued
Motor shows used to be just for Europe – plus the great Tokyo Show in Japan and Detroit in the US, of course, but no more. In the world economy, car makers need to display their new cars around the world and in different, more affluent areas. So the New York International Auto Show runs … Continued
I’ve talked about Fleet Alliance Loves before in this blog. It’s the bit where we let the staff loose, so to speak, to do their own thing. Some of it’s daft, some of it’s highly strenuous, but the concept is all based around charitable giving, involvement in the community, and environmental engagement. So whether it’s … Continued
I don’t know about you, but my first instinct on hearing the Budget yesterday was to go down to the pub. There were no great tax giveaways, but at least the Chancellor knocked 1p a pint off a beer in tax. But if you’re a company car driver, will you have more money to spend … Continued
The Geneva Motor Show – the start of the European season for motor shows – is always a great event, so full of optimism and bristling with new models and new technologies. Some of them, like fuel cells, will be coming and are clearly important for fleets in the longer term – see my blog … Continued
As I carefully tore around the perforations of my new tax disc – only, as ever, to rip the paper roundel in one place (why does that always happen?) – I did think: this is the last time I’ll be doing this. From 01 October 2014 the paper tax disc is being replaced by a … Continued
Will your next company car be missing something? Nothing serious, of course, but it could be to your advantage that it’s not all present and correct: there’s a swathe of new cars arriving missing a cylinder as four-cylinder engines start to give way to three-pots. The most high profile three-cylinder entrant will be the new … Continued
Hands-free. I’m not talking about your mobile phone, which I’m hoping is hands-free when you drive. No, I’m talking about the steering wheel. Would you be brave enough to let go and allow the car to self-drive you? It’s an eerie concept isn’t it? Driving without having control. I don’t know about that… But already … Continued
Do you remember when many fleets had a ‘Buy British’ only policy? Those were the days when Ford, Vauxhall and British Leyland were major car producers. Competition, better quality and the user chooser gradually eroded the ‘Buy British’ fleet policies. But, perhaps, such policies might make a comeback. Last week, the SMMT announced that car … Continued