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The Savings Are There. Let Us Help You Find Them.

Join Ed Barrie for a live webinar on the hidden costs eating into fleet profit, and how to win them back.

Every fleet is losing money somewhere. Not usually in one dramatic breakdown or a single large claim, but in small, repeated losses that never appear as a line on the accounts: an hour of unplanned downtime, a minor bump in the yard, a heavy right foot, a defect that was spotted but not acted on.

Here is the good news. Those savings are there, and they are attainable.

At 11am on Wednesday 4 November, Ed Barrie, Partner Manager at Fleet Focus, hosts How Fleets Save Thousands with Technology, a live webinar on Zoom showing operators where hidden costs build up and the practical steps that start recovering them. It takes just 10 minutes, followed by your questions. If fleet profitability matters to you, this is one not to be missed.

Small losses, big numbers

Take an operator running 50 HGVs. If avoidable inefficiencies cost just £10 per vehicle per working day, that is £500 a day. Across 230 working days, it comes to £115,000 a year.

It is an illustrative example rather than an industry average, but it shows how quickly small losses add up to a serious figure. And it raises the question Ed will put to everyone on the call:

You probably know your cost per mile. But do you know your avoidable cost per mile?

What you will take away

Ed will walk through the five areas where fleets most often lose money without realising it:

  • Vehicle downtime: what unplanned repairs, missed deliveries and lost revenue really cost, and how to see problems coming.
  • Minor incidents: the repair bills, insurance excesses, admin and time off the road that follow even small scrapes.
  • Driver behaviour: excess fuel, harsh braking and tyre wear, and how targeted coaching turns that data into savings.
  • Administration: the time lost to multiple platforms and duplicate data entry.
  • Poor visibility: missed defects, delayed decisions and vehicles not working as hard as they could.

You already have the data

Most operators already collect the information they need. Tracking, cameras, telematics, tachograph analysis and maintenance records all generate it, every day. The real question is whether those systems are talking to each other, and whether the information is driving better decisions.

Ed will show how connected fleet data moves a business from recording what happened to preventing unnecessary cost, and how the same approach helps identify risks such as fatigue and distraction early enough to support drivers before something goes wrong.

Who should attend

Transport managers, fleet managers, operations directors and finance directors: anyone responsible for the cost, safety or performance of a commercial vehicle fleet. Ten minutes is all it takes, and Ed will be taking your questions live afterwards.

Webinar details

Webinar

     How Fleets Save Thousands with Technology

Presenter

     Ed Barrie, Partner Manager, Fleet Focus

Date

     Wednesday 4 November 2026

Time

     11am: a 10 minute presentation, followed by live questions

Where

     Online, via Zoom

Cost

     Free

Register

      Register here on Zoom

Questions before the day?

    Inbox Ed on Linkedin

Can’t make it on the day? Register anyway and we will send you the recording.

Don’t leave money on the table

The biggest opportunity to improve your fleet’s profitability may not be winning another contract. It could be recovering the profit you are already losing. The savings are there. They are attainable. Let us help you find them.

Reserve your place today: Register here on Zoom

Or for a word with Ed before the day, call him on 07484 463 642.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IiTpE89NRFqtG6AKoe38TA

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Customer story produced for Fleet Focus. Comments quoted with the customer’s permission.  © Fleet Focus.

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