Fleet Solutions, Built to Order
Bespoke business leasing services that enable you to build a fleet based on a total value proposition.
Our services
Business leasing
Our bread and butter. Keep your fleet on the road, up to date and cost-effective without the financial and administrative weight of ownership – no matter the nature, size or requirements of your business.
Salary sacrifice
The ultimate employer-employee benefit. Save up to 60% on EV leasing, boost talent attraction, improve staff retention and gain a greener corporate profile. All outsourced to us, at zero cost to you.
Fleet electrification
Cut your carbon emissions, support your sustainability goals and boost the image, efficiency and operational predictability of your fleet, all while enjoying lower costs and boosted tax incentives.
Free fleet audit
Maximise the utility of every element of your fleet with a Hippo audit. We’ll uncover opportunities for improvement and set you on an optimal course with your costs, compliance and day-to-day efficiencies.
Why choose Hippo Fleet Solutions?
Tailored solutions that fit the unique requirements of your organisation.
A comprehensive vehicle range that covers personal, commercial and executive options.
60 years experience in the industry, allowing for unique and trusted insight into fleet solutions.
Dedicated account managers who get to know your business before making recommendations.
Transparent, competitive pricing via a diverse panel of lenders to offer you the best possible value.
Expert Electrification services that make your transition to hybrid and electric seamless.
One-week delivery service on thousands of in-stock options for businesses that need fast fleet resources.
Regional expertise built from our roots as a family-run Lancashire business.
Build a bespoke business fleet package today.
Hippo business fleet solutions are tailored to you. Our knowledge of the market allows us to offer the same flexibility and value-focused approach for individual business leases and large-scale corporate fleet solutions alike.
Even if you’re at square one, we’ll help you find the answer.
Add the ultimate employee benefit – and you’ll reap the rewards, too.
A salary sacrifice scheme can do wonders for your business. It’s the sort of perk that encourages better talent into your business, enhances employee satisfaction and paints an even better picture of your brand.
But there’s more for you. As well as being able to get in on the scheme yourself, you’ll benefit from improved tax efficiencies and be better placed to meet your sustainability targets.
Answers to your fleet and salary sacrifice queries
Get quick answers to common questions about our fleet solutions, salary sacrifice schemes, and how they can benefit your business. If you need more details, our team is here to help.
What is business leasing?
Business leasing or, to be more specific, business contract hire (BCH) is a type of lease agreement available to sole traders, partnerships, limited companies and LLPs.
In simple terms, BCH is a long-term rental agreement that typically lasts two to four years. During that period, the business pays fixed monthly payments to operate the vehicle. Once the deal has ended, the car is returned, with no ownership option typically available to the leasing party.
BCH is the primary form of financing we provide with our fleet solutions service. The financial flexibility and short-term nature of a BCH agreement are highly popular with businesses looking to efficiently manage their vehicle fleet without the financial and administrative burdens of ownership.
Do you offer any other types of business finance?
Virtually all of the acquisition services we offer are facilitated by business contract hire, but in some instances, we can offer other types of business finance including:
- Finance lease.
- Contract purchase.
- Lease purchase.
Please don’t hesitate to ask about any of these alternative funding options when you speak to us.
What is salary sacrifice?
A salary sacrifice scheme offers employees the ability to lease a hybrid or electric vehicle through the business using their gross (pre-tax) salary.
The lease is paid for directly out of the employee’s salary before tax, which means the employee pays less tax overall, in turn making the lease cheaper. The lease is also essentially fully catered, with insurance, maintenance, servicing, tyres and breakdown assistance all included in the fixed monthly cost.
In some cases, users can save up to 60% versus the cost of a standard lease.
What fleet services do you offer?
We offer the following services:
- Acquisition: we provide a diversified acquisition service that covers all areas of business leasing. We’re equally well-versed in helping small enterprises with small-scale (even individual) fleet options and larger corporate entities with strategic fleets. Essentially, whatever your acquisition requirements are as a business, we can help.
- Salary sacrifice: fully managed salary sacrifice schemes that can either support or replace your current fleet infrastructure.
- Fleet audits: a specialist audit service that carries out a granular assessment of existing fleet infrastructure, with the goal being to analyse and optimise those fleet processes across key areas of cost, compliance and efficiency.
Do you offer fleet management services?
Currently, we are an acquisition-focused business leasing and fleet specialist with no fleet management resource.
This, however, is something we’re exploring with a view to providing comprehensive fleet management provisions in the future.
Insights & innovations in fleet management
Post-Budget: Salary Sacrifice Makes Even More Sense
The first Labour Budget in 14 years has been met with a mixed reaction. Initial polling from YouGov has the British public divided, while feedback from the private sector has been much more partisan – with the UK economy going in reverse for the first time in a year....
How does business car leasing work? BCH explained
Leasing a car or van as a business – at least in terms of the process itself – isn’t too dissimilar from personal leasing. However, there are a few fundamental differences between business contract hire (BCH) and personal contract hire (PCH) when it comes to...
What happens at the end of a car lease?
The basics of car leasing are pretty simple, particularly when it comes to what happens at the end of the contract. Once your lease is up, you give the car back. That, however, is not the end of this guide. If you’re coming to the end of your lease, you might be...