Do we really need so many vans on our roads?
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February 2nd - 8th is, apparently, National Van Week. Quite what this entails I’m not sure – it seems to be a wonderful excuse for van manufacturers to advertise their new models and attract lots of new customers. For a lot of people, driving a van is an essential part of day to day life. Many businesses rely on them for daily transport of staff and goods, and there is no question of their usefulness.
In these difficult times many people with small businesses rely on their van for transport of staff or goods, or even as their portable office. Buying is an option, but far more predictable, reliable and certainly less costly is looking at available van lease deals. You’ll get a modern van without any of the worries of paying upfront, and the chance to trade it in for the latest new one every three years.
Even if it’s a brand new, eco friendly van, they can still cause problems on the roads. Many would say it’s not unusual to find one blocking the road and it makes things very awkward for other drivers when they’re left parked on small streets and in residential areas. What those complainers are forgetting is how many of the services they rely on depend on a man in a van.For those who rely on their van in their everyday business life it’s hard to imagine how they’d be able to cope without it.
But for businesses that rely on using vans every day maintenance and servicing costs can be a problem.It’s not surprising that most businesses that use vans don’t have anywhere to store them overnight but instead ask the drivers to take them home, to save cost. A far more viable option for these businesses would be to look at van lease contracts – if manageable monthly payments and always having the latest model wasn’t enough, many deals come with tax and servicing cost thrown in as well.
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