Best Business Fuel Cards

[vxrandy]

As the title suggests, who on here has a fuel account and what sort of saving to you get with it? if

any. My reason for asking is that i have been with tesco for about 5 years but we dont get a

discount on our fuel. We don't have a massive spend £500 - £600 per month, but there must be a

provider who gives discounts or incentives.

Ive done an online search but some of the sites out there look like scams.


Andy

[jamoor]

Personally I would just go with Arval, used Abbey fuels fast fuel for around a year, started cheap and then they just kept going up and up until they were consistently 3-4p above the pump price.

Told them to shove it in the end and just got Arval who charge you pump prices.

[scirocco265]

Personally recommend the Arval fuel card, as above: you pay the price at the pump, no more.

[dfen5]

Think you'll find with Total you get a good few p per litre off..

[Scraggles]

company got bought out, used to use arval, dumped to save cash

so weekly expense claims @ £0.50 per week, around £25, when there is postal strike, it is £4.50 special delivery

cost of the card I guess is around £12 per year.... so nothing saved, employees have to carry the hassle of claiming every week

[Timja]

We use Arval.

Depends on your fleet size and what area you operate in. If your vehicles all operate within easy reach of a particular fuel brand station it may be worth looking at getting a card for just e.g. Shell/Esso to get a 2p discount (or whatever they do) but Arval gives the flexibility to fill up a the cheapest petrol stations (such as Asda) and you will save more than the discount you would get by being tied to one supplier.

FYI - BP has historically been the most expensive place to buy fuel, so get your staff to avoid BP and encourage them to compare prices, but usually supermarkets (particularly ASDA) are the cheapest places.

[jamoor]

Timja said:

We use Arval.

Depends on your fleet size and what area you operate in. If your vehicles all operate within easy reach of a particular fuel brand station it may be worth looking at getting a card for just e.g. Shell/Esso to get a 2p discount (or whatever they do) but Arval gives the flexibility to fill up a the cheapest petrol stations (such as Asda) and you will save more than the discount you would get by being tied to one supplier.

FYI - BP has historically been the most expensive place to buy fuel, so get your staff to avoid BP and encourage them to compare prices, but usually supermarkets (particularly ASDA) are the cheapest places.

I encourage staff to use supermarkets by saying they get clubcard points.

[vxrandy]

Thanks for the replies, I have been talking with these people www.thefuelcardpeople.co.uk they have

a lot of different cards but iam really looking for the simplest option with the most filling

stations. Can you use arval at most places? I just hate to spend money with tesco tbh.

Andy

[jamoor]

vxrandy said:

Thanks for the replies, I have been talking with these people www.thefuelcardpeople.co.uk they have

a lot of different cards but iam really looking for the simplest option with the most filling

stations. Can you use arval at most places? I just hate to spend money with tesco tbh.

Andy

I haven't come accross a station that has refused ARval.

[Scraggles]

found one that refused arval, mind you it was a single garage owned by some guys who seem to have no other garages

apple might be the name...

[Stitch]

try Morgan Fuels

http://www.morganfuels.com/fuelcards.html

Based in Ireland, my family's business has been using them for a number of years - decent service, they issue a price every Friday by e mail and stick to that for the week.

[Timja]

jamoor said:

Timja said:

We use Arval.

Depends on your fleet size and what area you operate in. If your vehicles all operate within easy reach of a particular fuel brand station it may be worth looking at getting a card for just e.g. Shell/Esso to get a 2p discount (or whatever they do) but Arval gives the flexibility to fill up a the cheapest petrol stations (such as Asda) and you will save more than the discount you would get by being tied to one supplier.

FYI - BP has historically been the most expensive place to buy fuel, so get your staff to avoid BP and encourage them to compare prices, but usually supermarkets (particularly ASDA) are the cheapest places.

I encourage staff to use supermarkets by saying they get clubcard points.

Are they getting taxed on that BIK?! Staff who do a lot of miles actually do very well on points using cards for fuel purchases. Unfortunately i think lots of them must have Nectar Cards and keep filling up at BP despite being asked to avoid them!

[Scraggles]

seems the people who insisted on using BP, tended to have difficulties with expenses....

bought a walkman and stuff not long ago and paid over 2/3 of the cost with nectar points, so it certainly helps

[jamoor]

Timja said:

jamoor said:

Timja said:

We use Arval.

Depends on your fleet size and what area you operate in. If your vehicles all operate within easy reach of a particular fuel brand station it may be worth looking at getting a card for just e.g. Shell/Esso to get a 2p discount (or whatever they do) but Arval gives the flexibility to fill up a the cheapest petrol stations (such as Asda) and you will save more than the discount you would get by being tied to one supplier.

FYI - BP has historically been the most expensive place to buy fuel, so get your staff to avoid BP and encourage them to compare prices, but usually supermarkets (particularly ASDA) are the cheapest places.

I encourage staff to use supermarkets by saying they get clubcard points.

Are they getting taxed on that BIK?! Staff who do a lot of miles actually do very well on points using cards for fuel purchases. Unfortunately i think lots of them must have Nectar Cards and keep filling up at BP despite being asked to avoid them!

WOW never thought of it like that, I wouldn't be surprised if HMRC took that much detail

[Terry Tibbs]

credit card that gives cash back
use shell citi card - they pay me as i pay it off every month discount level has recently changed

[Stitch]

Terry Tibbs said:

credit card that gives cash back
use shell citi card - they pay me as i pay it off every month discount level has recently changed

That is a good option - especially if combined with a Shell Drivers card

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Terry Tibbs said:

credit card that gives cash back
use shell citi card - they pay me as i pay it off every month discount level has recently changed

Now 1% back, so it's not worth using it any more - cheaper to shop around. When it was 3% it was worth it.

[wizzbilly]

we use key fuels but have a few and play them of against each other , dont spend on one for the week they call to ask why , when you explain it's to expensive the price drops .

on avreage use between 8000-1000litres per week .

[triggersbroom]

Pipeline anyone?


Seriously though, Arval is the one, and you can get oil and a car wash on it too.

[shopper150]

I’m giving this very old thread a bump as I’m looking got recommendations for a fuel card