One of the big issues for fleet owners of commercial vehicles is that of Low Emission Zones. The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London covers the same are as the Congestion Charge, but is to be expanded by the mayor, Sadiq Khan.
What this means for fleet owners is that, if your vehicles are not compliant, there is a charge of £12.50 a day for driving in the ULEZ. If you have an older vehicle and need to go into London five days a week, that is another £3,250 a year, all of which comes straight off your bottom line. There is also a fine of £160 for failing to pay, although this is reduced to £80 if paid within 14 days (isn’t that nice of them?).
OK, so maybe you don’t drive into London in the course of your business. But the problem is that several other areas are looking at doing the same thing in their towns and cities. After all, why wouldn’t they? They can collect a lot more in their coffers while at the same time appearing to the world to be doing the “right thing” by helping to reduce the effects of climate change and pollution. Yes, it’s money for doing nothing.
These requirements are continually changing in order to meet emissions and safety standards, which means that it is necessary to keep upgrading your fleet in order to remain compliant. That is yet another expense for the poor harassed fleet owner, and another reason why you might wish to consider van rental in Bradford, or wherever you are based.
When you rent your commercial vehicles from us at TG Commercials Self Hire you have absolutely none of these worries and costs because we continually upgrade our fleet. In turn, that means that your staff will always be driving the very latest models which, among other things, will make your drivers happy.
No ULEZ Charges At All
It also means that you will not have to pay any ULEZ charges at all. Just imagine, a year or two down the line, if you have to use your own vehicles and go to Nottingham, Chesterfield, Warrington, Manchester, and back to Sheffield in the course of a single day, and have to pay £12.50 in each of them! Worryingly, that day is not so far off. So, van rental in Bradford or trailer rental in Nottingham will save you a small fortune.
Another advantage of renting from us, if you need skip hire in Leeds or trailer rental in Nottingham, is that, since you always have the very latest vehicles when you hire them from us, you are very unlikely to suffer from any breakdowns. Even if by some unlucky chance you should, you won’t have to pay for the cost of recovery and repairs.
Those are just some of the benefits of hiring your vehicles from us rather than investing a lot of cash in your own fleet. There are many more, such as no maintenance, and the flexibility of only paying when you need transport without having vehicles sitting there doing nothing in quiet periods. It is well worth spending a little time to do some costing exercises to see how much you could save.