To be honest rigger we dont use many Accounts now, we have a couple of accounts for things like tyres, H&S ( gloves vests hats hazard tape etc etc ) basically consumerable stuff and breakdown recovery or puntures and maintainance etc etc.
For two reasons :
A) The last time we took a big hit it did my head in constantly trying to do deals with people , getting people paid , chasing round an round to get paid off people so I could pay People, some were brilliant to deal with some were impossible.
It was right before the recession kicked in im convinced we started the recession :nuts: we were busy as fcuk had some good biggish jobs on go and buying and hiring fair bit kit ( there was at least 2 artic trailer load of hire gear locked on a site by administrators of building firm. there was a lot of people and a lot of money to sort , and I promised myself never again, that was the third time and never again.
B) By having 3 credit cards, each only used for a specific function, like fuel, kit purchases and a general everyday kinda use card, aswell as cash payment on delivery purchasing you get a better deal on things , you are more versatile when needing to purchase stuff, we always pay off in full monthly, but if there was a hitch its not a major headache , you can make monthly payment no questions asked , doesnt matter where you at you can sort kit out or anything by using a card.
Warning : Im hoping no one on here is numb enough to look at what I do above then do it themselves but not pay off in full allowing interest to be charged on money owed. That is first step to disaster dont do it.:laugh:
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We use Diesel Fleet Services.
We get an update every friday of next week's rate. Latest one is £1.16 a liter + VAT.
Sometimes it would be cheaper using Morrisons or another supermarket but most times it works out better using the cards
Prices maybe stablised now dass, We started using credit card bout 18 month ago poss little longer not sure, so not now fully upto date with current card prices plus we now have an Asda, Morrisons, Tesco and sainsbury petrol station within 3 miles of yard, they fight like mad between themselves pricewise.
What kinda volume you use per month couple thousand litres or lots more