Ogilvie’s growth plans

Two years ago the Ogilvie Fleet board devised a strategic growth plan that focused on operating a 10,000-strong company car and van fleet within three years. That target was achieved in less than half the forecasted time and now the business is aspiring to a fleet size of around 12,000 vehicles through organic growth over the next two to three years.

Hardy said: “As our fleet size is growing so our client portfolio is changing and that may also be impacting on the length of new contracts we are now writing.

“However, many of our long-term customers are also changing their lease terms and we believe that Ogilvie’s flexibility is helping the company to both maintain and grow fleet size.”

Additionally, Hardy believes the company’s continuing fleet growth is also due to its investment in customer service levels, new technology to improve fleet reporting and management from both a fleet decision-maker and driver viewpoint and continuous innovation such as its online fleet manager portal, MiFleet Showroom.

That has all resulted in Ogilvie Fleet winning a number of awards including The Fleet News Award for Best Customer Service this year.