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Multifleet Vehicle Management has become an official supporter of Birmingham Dogs Home after being announced as a new Silver Patron. The Solihull-based company, which trades as runyourfleet, has been looking after vans for Birmingham Dogs Home since March last year. As well as providing services, runyourfleet has regularly contributed to the charity, one example being collecting a festive package of dog toys, food, blankets and treats at Christmas.This and other support from staff at runyourfleet has now qualified the company to become an official Silver Patron of Birmingham Dogs Home. Sophie Evans, corporate partnerships officer at Birmingham Dogs Home, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome runyourfleet as one of our new S...
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Players in the T20 team at a top cricket club in Hampshire are proudly wearing new team shirts sponsored by Multifleet Vehicle Management, which trades as runyourfleet. The company is one of the main sponsors of Sparsholt Cricket Club, whose first team plays in the ECB Southern Premier League, with its second and third teams playing in the Hampshire Cricket League. The club also fields a women’s team, a midweek T20 league team, and a Sunday team playing friendly fixtures with local and touring sides, plus a thriving junior section with nearly 200 members including children aged from five to 19. Steve Whitmarsh, chief executive of runyourfleet, explained that the company was now in its third consecutive year...
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Huge signage and branding at Multifleet Vehicle Management’s new Solihull headquarters has been installed by an organisation that supports people with mental health challenges, learning difficulties and disabilities. The Solihull-based leasing company, which trades as runyourfleet, commissioned Better Signage to undertake the project, a social enterprise that is part of Better Pathways, a charity and trading company based in Digbeth. A team of two full-time team members from Better Signage worked on the project at Cranbrook Way on Solihull Business Park, with assistance from charity volunteers on parts of the production process. Together, they created 14 branded elements for the office’s interior wa...
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Multifleet Vehicle Management has delivered a Midlands first responder charity with its 14th life-saving vehicle. The Solihull-based leasing company, which trades as runyourfleet, handed over the brand-new Kia XCeed Sportswagon to the Arrive Alive charity. The vehicle, which has been funded by donations made to Arrive Alive by its supporters, will now go on duty in the North Warwickshire area. The Birmingham-based charity, founded by Debbie Roscoe following her youngest daughter Ellie’s life-threatening case of measles in 2017, provides life-saving vehicles for community first responder teams to attend 999 calls. Mrs Roscoe from Arrive Alive said: “We are delighted to have received what is now our 14th responde...
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Steve Whitmarsh, chief executive officer of runyourfleet is encouraging Solihull businesses to take part in a webinar on Wednesday, 7 May, to discover how to apply for the 2026 King’s Awards. The King's Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen's Award for Enterprise, is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility). They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses. The scheme was established as The Queen's Award to Industry by a royal warrant of 30 November 1965, and awards are given for outstanding achievement by...
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Company cars for non-essential drivers used to be such a great perk, until the financial advantages of having what was largely a ‘free’ car were slowly eroded by increased taxation. Over time, these ‘perk’ cars have largely been replaced with car allowances. But now salary sacrifice schemes mean that staff can once again get access to brand new, environmentally friendly cars in a tax efficient way. And there’s no cost and no risk to the employer when they partner with the right supplier on these schemes. The way the salary sacrifice scheme works is simple: staff simply choose a car, usually an electric vehicle (EV), and they pay for the lease costs from their gross salary, which means befor...
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Multifleet Vehicle Management has taken up a new business leadership role by becoming a patron of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. The fleet management firm, which trades as runyourfleet and is based in Solihull, is the latest company to join the top membership tier at the Chamber, the Midland region’s premier business membership organisation. runyourfleet joins some of the region’s most high-profile and influential organisations as patrons, including Birmingham Airport, Jaguar Land Rover, Mondelez, Birmingham City FC and HS2, as well as leading universities and professional services firms. Steve Whitmarsh, the chief executive of runyourfleet, has also had his appointment renewed as an executive council member f...
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A model of the British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) rescue vehicle has been presented to Multifleet Vehicle Management to acknowledge the company’s commitment to safety. Multifleet, which trades as runyourfleet and is based in Solihull, supplies the BRSCC with the latest motorsport rescue vehicle in a longstanding partnership programme. The vehicle, valued at over £50,000, is kitted out with the latest medical and rescue equipment and is on standby at events throughout the UK. Trevor Parry, the Midland Centre chairman and board director at the BRSCC, visited runyourfleet’s offices with the scale model of the rescue vehicle, complete with company branding. Mr Parry said: “We’re thrilled with our m...
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runyourfleet vans keep tails wagging at Birmingham Dogs Home
04th March 2025
Lovable pooches are enjoying a smoother ride thanks to three new Ford Transit vans supplied to Birmingham Dogs Home by Multifleet Vehicle Management. Multifleet, which trades as runyourfleet and is based in Solihull, delivered a diesel Transit last summer and the latest two electric Transit vans in December. And now the new vehicles are proudly sporting the Birmingham Dogs Home charity branding to help raise vital awareness as they complete multiple journeys across the Midlands. Tony Rostill, the runyourfleet manager who looks after Birmingham Dogs Home’s account, said: “We have a wide range of valued customers, but we especially enjoy helping to look after stranded pooches across the region. We have now supplied the c...
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The Griffin Report: runyourfleet boss on how frustration led to Kings prize and £18m
12th February 2025
STEVE WHITMARSH'S career was honed in the rough and tumble of the late 20th century car industry, where at 22 he became Land Rover’s youngest production manager. But he eventually left the sights and sounds of a blue-collar factory to create runyourfleet, now an £18m turnover business which led to Steve meeting the King. JON GRIFFIN looks at the business success story of a man who attended eight different schools by the time he was 14. Steve Whitmarsh (pictured, right) was once the youngest production manager in Land Rover’s history – now he has a new role helping keep the timeless genius of Shakespeare’s plays on the road for theatre lovers. His colourful CV ranges fr...
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