The
English lexicographer Samuel Johnson said “Knowledge is of two
kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find
information on it.”
When it comes to fleet management, Professor
Colin Tourick has knowledge of the first kind and, luckily, has
compiled the information in several handy books for those who do
not.
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As editor of Managing your company cars:
expert opinion, the second edition of which is now available,
Tourick has brought to together seasoned specialists from across
the spectrum of the fleet industry.
Following the model of the first edition,
Managing your company cars, is a collection of essays,
reports and case studies from the likes of Matt Dyer, commercial
director of LeasePlan UK and Paul Lippitt from Lex Autolease
Strategic Fleet Consultancy produced largely in a question and
answer format.
With a diverse array of contributions from
software providers, lessors, remarketing firms, maintenance
companies and more, there are chapters which will be of use to most
professionals in the fleet industry, while some will serve more as
a reminder of best-practices than as ground-breaking strategy
guides.
Nevertheless, chapters on funding,
cost-effective green fleet management and using technology
successfully, for example, are filled with useful insight and
analysis thanks to the pertinent questioning of Tourick and the
bulk of guidance is intended for fleet managers rather than those
on the financing side.
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By GlobalDataRather than covering old ground, the material
for second edition is original and provided by different
contributors from the first edition and therefore serves as a
companion piece rather than a replacement.
Just as well perhaps as the second version is
half the size at 21 chapters and 296 pages compared to 43 chapters
and 559 pages of the first edition.
Tourick, a consultant specialising in vehicle
leasing and management and visiting professor at the centre for
automotive management at the University of Buckingham Business
School, has also produced a supplement to Managing your company
cars.
Company car and van tax 2011-2012 has
self-explanatory title and Tourick provides a comprehensive and
up-to-the-minute guide to the relevant UK tax law from the
perspective of both the employer and employee.
Containing useful examples and quick-reference
tables and with sections on salary sacrifice, prestige cars and tax
positions for the self-employed to name but a few, the slim-line
volume is an invaluable pocket guide for those lacking a diploma in
law or accountancy and several decades of taxation expertise.
Indeed, decades of experience are what both
titles would bring to the book shelf of any office involved in the
fleet business.
