32Fleet200profilesBritain'sbiggestfleetsAuniquereportintothemostpowerfulfleetsinBritainhasrevealedhowthedriveforefficiencyischangingtheirpurchasingplansandreducingrunningcosts.ThereportisbasedontheFleet200,auniquegroupofthe20largestfleetsineachof10keyindustrycategories.Theycreateacommunitywhichcontrolsmorethan£3billioninannualspendingand484,037carsandvans.TheFleet200companiesalsooperatemorethan50,000trucks.Thismulti-billionpoundforceinfleetisresponsibleforaroundone-fifthofthecompanycarsandvansontheroadandthekeytrendsidentifiedamongthelargestfleetsarelikelytobereflectedelsewherewithintheirsectors.DetailedresearchcarriedoutoverthepastfewmonthsbyreportauthorSewellsResearch&Insighthasidentifiedacleartrendtowardsreducedspending.ThetotalannualspendoftheFleet200companieshasbeenreducedbyabout£300million,reflectingreducedoverallbudgets,lowerspendingpervehicleandreducedannualmileage.Thedrophasbeendriveninpartbylowervehiclenumbers,eitherbecausecompaniesarereducingthenumberofpeopleeligibleforacompanyvehicleorbecausethey

33Fleet200-auniquecommunityTheFleet200isauniquecommunityofBritain'sbiggestfleetscreatedbyFleetNews.Itisbasedonthe20largestcarandvanfleetsin10keyindustrysectors,whichcovereveryareaofBritishbusiness.Thesectorsare:Architecture/construction/building;Bluelight/NHSTrust;Businessservices;Government/PublicSector/Education/Health;HeavyIndustries/Mining/Engineering/OtherIndustries;Insurance/Accounting/Banking/Finance/Other;IT/Software/Leisure/Media;Transport/Communications/Distribution;Utilities/Energy/Water/Forestry/Fishing;Wholesale/Retail/Food/Medical.FleetsizeswithintheFleet200rangefrom33,000vehiclesto420vehicleswithanaveragefleetsizeofaround2,400vehicles.Sinceitsinceptionin2010,theFleet200hasbeenfocusedonbringingtheresearchtolifewithaseriesofroundtablediscussionswherethekeyissuesfacingtheFleet200arediscussed.?FormoreinformationabouttheFleet200andrelatedreportspleasecontactSewellsResearch&Insighton01733468254orvisitourwebsitewww.sewells.co.ukhavefeweremployeesasaresultoftherecessionandthecountry'songoingeconomicproblems.Thereductioninoverallnumbersmayhavealsobeencausedbycompaniesreviewinghowtheyapproachemployeetransport,eitherbyconsideringalternativeoptions,suchascashforcar,orreassessingwhenanemployeeshouldbecomeeligibleforavehicle.Lastyeartheindustryfocusedonincreasingreplacementcycles,butthisyearthereisevidencethatthefocushasshiftedtousingvehiclesmoreeffectivelybyincreasingthemileagesatwhichtheyareconsidereddueforreplacement.Asvehiclesnowcoverlowerannualmileages,theycanthereforebeoperatedforlongerperiodsbeforebeingreplaced.Onaverage,industryreplacementcyclesnowsitatfouryears/80,000milesforcarsandfiveyears/90,000miles.Someofthelongestreplacementcyclesremaininthepublicsector,withBluelight/NHSTrustfleetsreplacingcarsevery4.2yearsonaverageandvansevery5.5years.ThereisalsoatrendamongasmallnumberofFleet200companiestokeepvehiclesforevenlonger.Around10%ofFleet200companieskeeptheircarsformorethanfouryears.