3 useful ways to streamline your business operations in 2025

So, it’s a brand new year – is your business ready? Like us, we’re sure you want to get off to a flying start in 2025. At Intack Self Drive, we’re keen on helping you get there with a range of great deals when you hire a car or van from us. What’s more, you may well find that looking internally, there are plenty of opportunities to streamline your business in 2025 – it’s just a case of what you want to prioritise first. If you’re not quite sure where to start, here are a couple of key areas we’d suggest!

Eliminate grey fleets to reduce risks and costs

Plenty of businesses these days still rely on grey fleets (employee-owned cars used for work purposes) as a quick fix to the complex and expensive challenge of growing business fleets. However, we’ve spoken about the risks of grey fleets on the blog before here at Intack – in a nutshell, they can include compliance issues, inconsistent maintenance, and higher insurance liabilities. All these factors can drain your resources and expose your business to potential legal and financial problems.

When you hire a car or van, on the other hand, that essentially puts control back into your hands. All cars in a hire fleet are professionally maintained and compliant with the latest emissions and safety standards. This simplifies compliance while ensuring your team operates with reliable transport. It’s worth noting that it also eliminates the administrative hassle of processing mileage claims or vetting personal cars, freeing up time and resources for other priorities.

Use data insights to choose the right cars

Here’s something you may or may not have considered before – with the recent explosion in AI usage, there are plenty of ways you can now use data to optimise your business decisions – including choosing the right hire cars. Web-based platforms and analytics apps can essentially enable you to analyse usage patterns and operational demands in detail. These technologies make it easier to identify trends, such as peak demand times, frequently travelled routes, or underutilised capacity.

For instance, if your business regularly transports heavy loads, data insights might highlight the need for larger vans to maximise efficiency. Similarly, companies focusing on urban deliveries can benefit from analytics that suggest smaller, fuel-efficient cars for navigating city streets and reducing fuel costs.

All that can help you hire the right cars to meet your goals while avoiding unnecessary costs or mismatched resources. Once your analysis points to the right transport solution, we provide the fleet to bring your plans to life. (And of course, if you ever still need a bit more of a steer in the right direction, one of our team will always be happy to help at Intack Self Drive!)

Scale operations with flexible hire agreements

Flexibility is a cornerstone of streamlined operations, and that’s exactly where our Flexi Hire service can make life easier. When business demands change, flexi hire is really useful for helping you to easily adjust the size of your fleet, without incurring unnecessary costs or being locked into long-term commitments.

Here at Intack Self Drive, there are no long-term commitments - our minimum hire period is just 28 days (which you can renew this as often as you like), and prices start from just £74.90 per week!

If you’d like to know more, don’t hesitate to talk to one of our team about flexi hire, or our daily hire and weekly hire options. We have a fleet of more than 500 vehicles to choose from, encompassing cars, vans and minibuses – so whatever type of vehicle you need, you can count on us to have you covered. You can contact us using the form on our website, or just give us a call on 01254 57811, and we’ll be happy to see how we can help!