 Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that me and technology are not the closest of bedfellows.I can push the buttons on my phone and call people, but anything after that becomes, shall we say – erm…Tricky?OK, so you do know me… Inevitably I have to rely on those around me for assistance, which I have to say is always given generously. And helpfully. In fact, I’m always bowled over by the team spirit here – as you’ll see from our Facebook page (don’t ask me how it actually got there, of course) which always seems to contain lots of smiling faces. Or cakes. Or chocolates. Or charitable events that involves lots of cycling. (No wonder they need the cake and chocolates!) I can’t tell you how proud I am of the staff here at our Glasgow HQ and at our offices throughout the UK. The Fleet Alliance staff always do have fun. Smiling faces make for such a better team spirit in my estimation. So I can’t tell you how proud I am of the staff here at our Glasgow HQ and at or offices throughout the UK, that – thanks to them – Fleet Alliance has been shortlisted as Employer of the Year in the Scottish Business Awards. The judging panel is led by no less than billionaire entrepreneur, Sir Tom Hunter while the guest speaker for the announcement of the winners will be former US President, Bill Clinton. It already has the feel of a prestigious event. The results will be announced at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday June 21. In the meantime, there’s a press release about it on our website that will tell you in rather more detail and with more eloquence than my ramblings here, but please do have a read. And here’s to crossed fingers for June 21. Click here for the full news release: Fleet Alliance shortlisted as Employer of the Year. |
Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that me and technology are not the closest of bedfellows.I can push the buttons on my phone and call people, but anything after that becomes, shall we say – erm…Tricky? OK, so you do know me… Inevitably I have to rely on those around me … Continued
OK, so perhaps road safety isn’t quite as ‘exciting’ as an episode of Sex in the City, but staying alive in an accident is always quite high up my agenda. In fact, keeping other people alive in an accident is also right up there. According to the number crunchers, if you drive regularly in city … Continued
Thank you Mr Osborne. I’m off down the pub to fill up my car with beer. The 3p fuel duty rise due in September may have been scrapped, but the tax on beer has gone down. Impressive. “Landlord! I’ll have eight gallons of your finest ‘heavy’. And one for yourself.” Well, if the Chancellor can … Continued
The Geneva Motor Show started last week and kicked off the European season of new car debuts. Geneva is always a great shop window on what we can expect to be seeing on fleets over the next year. But what really caught my attention was not the fuel sipping, low CO2 embracing cars – of … Continued
It’s nearly April, and if you’re a company car driver, are you wondering what the taxman might be liberating from your hard-earned wages at the end of the month? Company car tax rarely stands still; and this April will be no exception as the tax bands move up by 5g/km CO2 putting most company cars … Continued
As a company car driver, is size a measure of success to you? I mean, bigger is always better, of course, a reflection of progress on the career ladder. Well it is, isn’t it? But just look at your mobile phone: once this was the famous Motorola ‘brick’, an enormous hand-held device that required its … Continued
I have to say, I’m genuinely intrigued by BMW’s new i brand, and particularly the new BMW i3. Not heard of it? It’s BMW’s electric small car built for so-called megacities. Or, as BMW puts it, the very first electrically powered premium vehicle. It’s due here later this year. I just feel that if anyone … Continued
I was having a look at the CO2 emission figures recently published by the SMMT. It shows an interesting – if not unexpected – downward trend: 2012 finished on an average 133.1g/km of CO2. The other item I noted was the 15.8% reduction in CO2 emissions between 2008-12. The SMMT statistics show a drop from158g/km … Continued
There was a moment during this cold snap when the Fleet Alliance Head Office (based as it is in Glasgow) was bathed in winter sunshine while the south of England was swathed in deep, white snow. How we felt smug. Though not for very long, of course… As the current news and weather reports constantly … Continued
Are we all back in our driving seats, so to speak? The Christmas and new year break is always a good one, but the first week back is always something of a slog. But with that behind us, and the immediate issues of implementing Q1 strategies immediately before us, what faces us in the future … Continued