If you’ve ever done a lot of mileage as part of your job, you’ll be fully aware how much of a parp it can be making sure you get reimbursed for all the money you’ve spent on either petrol or diesel. Not only will you have to keep a track of your mileage but you also have to keep hold of any fuel receipts as proofs of purchase. These, along with your mileage sheets will be handed over at the end of the week or month to the poor soul who has to make sure each mobile employee is fully reimbursed for their fuel purchases. If this sounds familiar, then the company you work for could streamline the whole process by adopting business fuel cards.
Also known as a company fuel card, these handy payment cards will put an end to dipping into your own pocket when purchasing fuel for work purposes. They also make it much easier for the management to pay for fuel and to keep a track of overall fuel costs. Company petrol cards may only be used for petrol purchases and in some cases, lubricants. You won’t be able to buy a sly Ginster’s pasty on the company account and you wont have to worry about losing your fuel receipts.
The great news for your manager is that by using business fuel cards, they’ll be paying slightly less than the pump prices, which could end up saving the company hundreds or thousands of pounds over the course of a year. In addition to this, they can also keep a close eye on fuel costs at any time of the day or night by logging into their company fuel account, held with their fuel card provider to check how much fuel each driver has drawn, and where.
By Barry Summers
