Broken trophy wins car leasing deal
I had a rather sheepish email from Fleetdrive boss Mike Potter, winner of our Best Small Fleet Green Leasing Award in our Small Fleet Leasing Awards.
“Could we have another trophy please, ours has had a mishap,” read the sorry email. And, to accompany it, was a photograph of the broken trophy.
Turns out that a new staffer, in his first week, was on the phone to a prospective client and was explaining about the award and then accidentally swiped it off his desk. Mortification followed.
However, the client at the other end of the phone was won over and a new leasing deal was confirmed Mike told me when I went down to present the replacement at their Marlow, Bucks, HQ.
As you can see in the photo, Mike is pleased to have his trophy back in one piece.
A Bentley Flying Spur for your company car? If you’re on the council…
What do you think your council representatives drive around in? I know in the London Borough of Richmond the Mayor plumped for a hybrid Toyota Prius some time ago.
A survey by Intelligent Car Leasing found that the cheapest spender was the London Borough of Hillingdon with a sub-£7k Smart car. But not all councils have such a CO2 conscious attitude to company cars it seems.
Cheshire East Council, and Cheshire West and Chester Council own between them a £140k Bentley Flying Spur.
But before you splutter moral indignation, remember who builds cars at Crewe. Yes, that’s right: Bentley. And I wonder how much the two councils actually pay for the car?
If you want more info – and the majority of councils choose Fords – check out the infographic below on the spending habits of UK councils (and sorry it’s a funny shape).
