Employing first electrician - van question

[Undirection]

We are planning on employing an electrician who does a fair bit of work for us but I'm not sure what to do about a van. He has his own which is fine. Options are:

1. Buy it off him and then give him fuel card
2. He keeps it/uses it and we pay mileage
3. Lease him a new for a couple of hundred a month plus insurance, road tax etc.

Also, not sure about tools, do we just get him to use his own?

Not really worked out any numbers or pros/cons yet but just wanted to post this on here as hopefully others will have done similar.

[stevemcs]

Undirection said:

We are planning on employing an electrician who does a fair bit of work for us but I'm not sure what to do about a van. He has his own which is fine. Options are:

1. Buy it off him and then give him fuel card
2. He keeps it/uses it and we pay mileage
3. Lease him a new for a couple of hundred a month plus insurance, road tax etc.

Also, not sure about tools, do we just get him to use his own?

Not really worked out any numbers or pros/cons yet but just wanted to post this on here as hopefully others will have done similar.

Personally i'd pay them mileage to start off with and see how it goes, then if they leave you are not left with a lease vehicle. The mileage would cover the wear and tear.

Just get them to provide copies of the service history to prove its maintained, check the mot history and have a copy of their insurance on file. Then just get them to sign something to say they will carry out weekly checks.

[KevinCamaroSS]

stevemcs said:

Personally i'd pay them mileage to start off with and see how it goes, then if they leave you are not left with a lease vehicle. The mileage would cover the wear and tear.

Just get them to provide copies of the service history to prove its maintained, check the mot history and have a copy of their insurance on file. Then just get them to sign something to say they will carry out weekly checks.

I agree.

Don't forget to carry out driving licence and insurance checks on a regular basis as well.

[UVB-76]

He’ll also be doing private work out of hours. If it’s his van there are fewer issues to consider.

[Undirection]

Fair points, thanks guys. we can always buy/lease a van later on.

It's a good point about private mileage but I guess at some point the costs will be better for a leased van, I guess...

[stevemcs]

Its usually around 11,000 miles per year where i would start to consider supplying a van. The biggest headache is ensuring its looked after and maintained and providing back up should something happen.

[Nick928]

stevemcs said:

Its usually around 11,000 miles per year where i would start to consider supplying a van. The biggest headache is ensuring its looked after and maintained and providing back up should something happen.

And when they smack it into the back of another vehicle and it buggers the company NCB across all the other vehicles. VOE!