News and Advice - Run Your Fleet

runyourfleet are delighted to extend partnership programme with BRSCC

17th January 2023

The British Racing & Sports Car Club is thrilled to announce a continuation of their much-valued partnership with leading UK fleet management specialists runyourfleet with news of an agreement to extend their commercial relationship into 2023 and beyond. Headed by BRSCC Director and Midland Centre Chairman, Trevor Parry along with runyourfleet Managing Director Steve Whitmarsh, the partnership commenced in 2021, and in return for a wide and varied runyourfleet marketing and branding campaign across multiple BRSCC channels, runyourfleet supplied the BRSCC with a Jaguar XF Sportbrake as the Club’s official Safety Car. The distinctive Jaguar Safety Car has since travelled the length and breadth of the UK to be on duty at many B...

Support for businesses as they move into EVs

20th October 2022

Founded eleven years ago, runyourfleet.com has grown year on year to become one of the largest fleet services providers in the UK and now manages more than 30,000 vehicles on behalf of over 1,200 businesses. A disrupter to the fleet management and vehicle leasing market, the team at runyourfleet.com are now supporting many UK businesses as they transition their fleet into electric vehicles. According to figures released in January 2022, more than one in four new cars sold in the UK are now electrified in some way. The sale of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rocketed last year, with more registered than over the previous five years combined. The UK is very much among the leaders on an international scale when it comes to car fleet...

runyourfleet.com - Birmingham’s Tech Innovator of the year

03rd October 2022

Midlands based Fleet Management and Vehicle Leasing business, runyourfleet.com, wins big at The Birmingham Innovation Awards. The prestigious event was held on 16th September at Edgbaston Cricket Ground to celebrate businesses, organisations and individuals who are dedicated to innovation from across the region. runyourfleet.com was awarded Tech Innovator of the year 2022 for their fresh and adaptable Fleet Management platform. Re-launched last year, the completely new cloud-based system has been developed in-house by their own software engineers to meet the specific needs of their varied and wide customer base. On winning the prestigious award, Steve Whitmarsh, Managing Director said: “We are absolutely delighted...

runyourfleet.com accelerates past 30,000 vehicles

31st August 2022

West Midlands based fleet management and vehicle leasing business, runyourfleet.com is celebrating as it accelerates past 30,000 vehicles! Founded 11 years ago, runyourfleet.com has grown year on year to become one of the largest fleet services providers in the UK and now manages more than 30,000 vehicles on behalf of over 1,200 businesses. A disrupter to the fleet management, vehicle leasing and rental market, runyourfleet.com’s multi award-winning platform continues to deliver benefits to its wide customer base. Conceived to benefit SME businesses, runyourfleet.com is now attracting large, blue chip customers seeking innovation and flexibility in the management of their ever-changing fleets. This is particularly the case as...

Lifesaving vehicle provided by runyourfleet.com

20th July 2022

West Midlands based business runyourfleet.com handed over a brand-new lifesaving vehicle to non-government funded Charity, Arrive Alive, at their head office in Henley-in-Arden on Wednesday 20th July 2022. The Fleet Management and Vehicle leasing company, who manages more than 30,000 vehicles across the UK, has provided the fully expensed vehicle for three years so that it can be used on the roads of the West Midlands, responding to those vital 999 calls. Of supporting the Charity, Steve Whitmarsh, Managing Director of runyourfleet.com said; “We are delighted to be able to support the fantastic work that Arrive Alive are doing with various community fast responder groups across the midlands. The service these people...

Exciting times for runyourfleet.com

28th June 2022

What an exciting time for Henley- in-Arden based, fleet management and vehicle leasing company, runyourfleet.com. The award-winning business has welcomed ten new employees recently due to an ever-increasing demand for their variety of products and services. Two new employees welcomed into the account management team are John Couppleditch and Dane Kierstenson. John has enjoyed a career in vehicle funding and management for over thirty years, having worked with some of the UKs leading leasing companies and supplying some of the UKs largest fleets. For the last thirteen years John has developed expertise in the minibus market, supplying schools, colleges, universities, charities and care homes. He has a wide knowledge of the compli...

runyourfleet.com launches grey fleet management service and licence checking

14th February 2022

Grey Fleet is the term used to describe personal cars that are used for business purposes. For instance, a company that offers a cash alternative to a company car which is then used for business travel is operating a “grey fleet”. Whilst operating a grey fleet outsources the acquisition of the fleet to the drivers, it is often overlooked that the company is still responsible for the duty of care under the Driving At Work act for their employees when driving on business. This means that the directors of a business can receive unlimited fines and a potential jail sentence if an employee is driving a vehicle that is not roadworthy, taxed or insured, or if the driver does not have a valid driving licence. This is the case even if t...

runyourfleet support Arrive Alive during 2022

14th January 2022

The Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce preferred Fleet Management and Vehicle Funding partner, runyourfleet.com have announced their chosen charity for 2022. The Henley-in-Arden based business will be offering support to the UK’s lifesaving Charity, Arrive Alive. Serving over 1,200 businesses and operating over 27,000 vehicles across the UK, runyoufleet’s customer base includes most sectors and business types, but they also work closely with companies and charities that operate first response vehicles and deploy those all-important front-line workers. The runyourfleet.com team continue to work tirelessly to help and support these customers during the COVID 19 pandemic by keeping their vehicles safely on the road. O...

runyourfleet.com win big at prestigious What Van? Awards

14th December 2021

runyourfleet.com have been awarded the Technology award for their innovative and exciting, cloud based runyourfleet.com Fleet Management platform. They were also highly commended in the telematics category at the prestigious What Van? Awards Ceremony which took place at The Nobu Hotel, Portman Square, London, on 9 December 2021. The What Van? Awards are recognised as one of the most highly regarded independent accolades in the UK’s light commercial vehicle industry. Awards provide recognition for brands, businesses and organisations that have reached the pinnacle of their fields. What Van? assembles an experienced panel of independent judges from across the LCV sector to evaluate the entrants. The categories evolve from year to...

Working in partnership with ADESA

14th June 2021

Here at runyourfleet we are always looking to improve the services that we offer to our customers, therefore we are pleased to announce we are now working in partnership with ADESA. The service offered streamlines the vehicle disposal process to make it faster, more efficient and cost effective. Here’s how it works: Intelligent Vehicle Inspection: Our inspection app, ADESA IVI, empowers you or your drivers to self-inspect their vehicle using a mobile phone, and it takes just 10 minutes! Trained inspectors are not required! AI technology automatically appraises and calculates any damage and you’ll receive a comprehensive inspection report. Selling UPSTREAM: Through integration with our digital auction pl...