How UK Businesses Are Using Fleet Tracking To Get Ahead of the Competition

Posted on by Sarath
a fleet of taxis equipped with GPS tracker for real time location tracking
05
Sep

A quick look at the screen can tell you more than ten phone calls ever could.

A blue color car displayed with GPS Tracker mobile application

If you work in logistics or move goods across the country, you have probably had the dreaded call from a client. They want to know where their delivery is or when help will arrive. With GPS fleet tracking, the answer is easy. Without it, you must call the driver to check their location, which takes time.

How nice would it be to just look at the computer and be able to give them an answer in seconds? This is the exact reason why you need GPS vehicle tracking on your fleet of vehicles.

Key Takeaways

  • You can start adding tracking to your company even if you only have a few cars. These are not just for big businesses.
  • Live location tracking saves time and money. You can track your drivers and send the nearest one to the job.
  • Customers will love you for it as it will be easier to give them an estimated time of arrival.
  • You can fit more jobs into your workload without feeling like you are pushing the team too hard.

Let’s Look at Some Real Life Fleet Tracking Examples

Removal and Delivery Companies

One of our clients runs a small removal company in Leeds. They recently told us about a big job moving a client over to the Lake District. The customer was getting stressed and was asking for updates all the time (a crash on the motorway had caused delays).

Instead of calling the drivers, they sent the customer a text link showing exactly where the vans were.The customer stopped calling, and everyone was happy.

Trades and Repairs

Every minute can count in the trade industry, as you might be dealing with a customer who has a burst pipe that needs help quickly. If you don’t have tracking, then it will be hard work ringing up team members to see who’s closest. With GPS tracker, you won’t have that issue as you will be able to quickly see who is closest and assign the job to them.

This all helps with a business’s reputation and helps with those all-important Google and Trustpilot reviews

Construction and Plant Hire

Thieves often target construction equipment, and replacing it is expensive. . If one of these machines goes missing, it can bring big projects to a standstill or cause delays costing time and money.

GPS tracking these machines helps you keep an eye on them as you can set up ring geofencing that automatically lets you know if they stray from the authorised area.

Service-Based Businesses

We have a cleaning company that we work with, which has contracts all over the city. One morning, a school called up to ask if the cleaners hadn’t arrived.Within seconds, the manager saw they were stuck behind an accident and would miss the job. They were able to send another team that was nearby to the job, and the school opened on time without any issues. The original team then went on to another job. 

Without this, the company would struggle to give a definite answer without ringing around. This could possibly lose them the contract.

Security Firms

GPS tracker might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of security firms, but proving a patrol took place can be important.. It allows you to see where the vehicle (or person) was, and you can share this data with clients and use it to find any gaps in patrols.

Medical Couriers

Medical supplies or equipment can be life-threatening. Fleet tracking device allows the medical team to see how far away they are and how fast they are moving. If one vehicle is delayed from the other side of town, it could be that they can call in another unit that is closer by.

Taxi Companies

There is no excuse for not having GPS fleet tracker fitted in taxis in 2025. Uber has come in and made it standard for customers to see exactly where their taxi is in real time.  If your company is not doing this, then it runs the risk of being left behind as customers expect up to the minute updates, as they don’t want to be stranded outside in the freezing cold, wondering where their lift is.

Waste Management and Skip Hire

A skip hire company that we work with lost one of their skips. The site manager thought someone had collected it, but the Skip’s tracker device showed it on someone’s front drive. Within an hour, they had driven down and recovered it.

Companies sometimes leave skips on site longer than planned, but with GPS tracking, they can see exactly where each skip is. This means they can sort out better scheduling and it’s just one less thing to worry about on a busy day.

Why Fleet Tracker Matters for Any Size Business

All the above examples we have discussed are businesses of various sizes, but our GPS technology works for all of them.

  • Smaller fleet businesses save money as the cost per vehicle is a larger percentage of their overall costs.
  • Fuel prices are high, and even cutting out a few unnecessary journeys can help save money.
  • Staff stay accountable as they can’t sit in a car park having their lunch for longer than the time allowed.
  • Accurate records help you resolve disputes quickly.
  • The most important reason is happy customers, as they know where you are, even if you are running late.

See How We Can Help You

If you want to look at an example of how fleet tracking can help you in real time, then give us a call, and we can set up a demo and show you how it can make your life easier.