Danwood Group - 13.8% reduction in fuel costs due to more efficient private fuel process, increased VAT recovery & tax-efficient mileage scheme
Danwood Group - 13.8% reduction in fuel costs due to more efficient private fuel process, increased VAT recovery & tax-efficient mileage scheme
3 PagesDANWOOD GROUP runs a fleet of 400 company cars, 160 cash-allowance cars and 40 commercial vehicles. By 2014, finding a new, more robust fuel and mileage solution had become a priority for Danwood’s Head of Fleet & Facilities, Geoff Wray. The company’s existing fuel card provider had just introduced a flat fee on pump transactions that cost Danwood £1.20 every time one of their drivers refuelled a vehicle. The new charge would cost the fleet an extra £35,000 a year merely to keep using the cards. At the same time, the fleet team were increasingly dissatisfied with the adequacy of the management information they were receiving from their existing supplier, as well as with continual administration issues around ordering and cancelling cards. Paying fuel expenses was another big issue. The com
