Recruitment Agency Saves 1,000s on Fleet Costs with Eco-Friendly Car Club

A Bath recruitment agency has saved 7,000-a-year from their fleet car costs by using a revolutionary new car club scheme.

SJC Recruitment, which is based in Bath has slashed all its staff ìpoolî cars and has chosen to use City Car Club pay-as-you-go scheme instead.

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The car club has cars parked all around Bath on special parking bays which SJCís staff can book for less than 5-an-hour at a momentís notice on the internet at www.citycarclub.co.uk by phone or directly from the cars.

Daniel Birks who works at SJC Recruitment, estimates that the service has saved them around 1,700 for each fleet car they have replaced because they no longer have to pay for maintenance, road tax, depreciation, parking permits or petrol.

Daniel Said: ìI have been using the service for just over a year and itís perfect for a city centre recruitment agency. In total I have saved about 7,000 a year by switching to City Car Club. We donít have to buy company cars and there is always one available which means 2 or 3 of us can be out visiting clients at one time.

ìAnd it wasnít just the money aspect, there was all the hassle of sorting out maintenance, MOTs, car cleaning, parking permits, insurance and tax every year.î

Joining the club is very simple and normally takes 48 hours. There is a one-off joining fee of 50 per user, but for staff with five users or more the membership is discounted to 25 per driver.

And he added: ìIt could not be simpler, I can usually book it out literally as I need to leave the office, taking no more than a minute to go online and sort out the booking.

And when we return, there is always a bay in which to park the car! We used to waste hours every week just looking for a parking space.î

The service is used by SJC staff when going to client meetings and to carry out any other day to day tasks. There are eight cars around Bath, set to grow to by the year end, which are all available to book by the agency. Each staff memberís usage is logged and itemised in a monthly statement.

As well as the cost savings there are environmental benefits and SJC aims to reduce the number of staff coming to work by car. The agency was impressed by the car clubís CO2 reduction profile. It is estimated that every City Car replaces 20 privately owned cars and members reduce mileage by 35% after joining and increase their non car transport modes by 40%. On that basis the eight City Car Club cars that are available to SJC in Bath will save around 64 Tonnes of CO2 a year, the equivalent of 17 flights to Australia.

SJC Recruitment is one of many recruitment agencies who have switched to City Car Clubís service.