It’s a very good question, and one which needs a certain amount of consideration. No matter what your business is, if you need a van to transport goods, then nothing else will do the job.
Many business owners who need a van, or vans, for work have never even considered hiring them instead of buying them. Why would you do that, after all? Hiring vans is expensive, isn’t it?
The short answer is that it could save you a lot of money! Then again, it might not!
Look at it this way: if you own a business in manufacturing and you produce goods on a regular basis that need to be delivered to your customers daily, then it may be right to buy your own van.
However, there are many businesses that – for one reason or another – sometimes need to use a van or vans and at other times don’t. When they are not in use, they are simply sitting on your premises or on the road doing nothing. For example, many businesses are seasonal. Sometimes they are rushed off their feet, and at others business is quiet.
Paying When You Are Not Using It
If that is your situation, then if you own the van, you are paying road tax, insurance, and so on, when you are not using it. You also have the heavy investment to buy the van in the first place. That is either cash out of pocket or you may take out a loan, in which case you are paying the loan when you are not using the van as well.
It makes good sense to sit down and do the sums if you are thinking of van hire in Grimsby, for example. At T G Commercials Self Drive, we have many customers who hire their vans from us rather than buy – not just locally or in Grimsby, but in many other different parts of the North and Midlands as well.
There are lots of advantages in hiring from us, not the least of which is that we regularly upgrade our fleet. That means that you are always driving a van which is new, or nearly new. We pay the tax and insurance and servicing costs of course. It is a bit like using a train: you wouldn’t buy one (even if you could!), and you only pay for it when you use it.
Give us a call and let’s discuss your individual situation. You may well find that van hire in Grimsby can save you a lot of money.