Sector expertise
Road Haulage & Logistics
We help road haulage and logistics operators sharpen cost-per-mile visibility, protect margin, and make better fleet capital decisions.
Why this sector
Every mile counts.
Most aren't costed.
Margins leave no room for error.
Haulage runs on some of the thinnest net margins in the UK economy. A small costing error, repeated across a fleet, becomes real money fast.
Cost per mile is the number nobody has.
Fuel, driver, maintenance, tyres, insurance, compliance and depreciation — most operators know the total but not the true cost of an individual vehicle or route.
Empty running is invisible waste.
Every mile run empty costs the same in fuel, wages and wear as a loaded one, but earns nothing. It rarely shows up as a line on any report.
Fleet decisions are capital decisions.
Replace, repair or refinance is one of the largest calls you make — and it's usually made on gut feel and cash availability rather than a proper payback case.
We understand how haulage businesses actually run — and where margin, cash and capacity quietly leak away.
How we help
Diagnostics built for hauliers and logistics operators.
Five areas. One at a time. Each a fixed-price answer to a question you've been carrying.
Business Control
- Planning and transport-office decision rights
- Who owns the schedule when jobs and drivers collide
- Depot-to-office information flow
- Key-person dependency in planning and compliance
Financial Performance
- True cost per mile, per vehicle and per route
- Margin by customer, contract and job type
- Cash tied up in fuel, parts, tyres and unbilled work
- Whether your operational numbers can be trusted
Growth Clarity
- Which contracts and lanes deserve your capacity
- Rate reviews against real cost movement
- Quote-to-contract conversion and follow-up
- Customer concentration and backhaul opportunities
Funding & Capital
- Readiness before approaching a lender
- How vehicle and trailer finance is structured and priced
- Real headroom across cash and facilities
- Whether that next tractor unit genuinely pays back
Digital & AI Readiness
- Whether telematics, TMS and accounts systems connect
- Getting vehicle and job data out without rekeying
- Where automation removes transport-office admin
- A sequenced plan, not a shopping list
Impact in practice
The numbers behind the pressure.
Haulage is a demanding sector to run profitably. These are the industry realities we help operators see clearly in their own business.
~2%
The margin you're defending
Operating costs excluding fuel rose 5.91% over the year, against margins the RHA describes as wafer-thin at around 2%. A cost increase of that size doesn't dent profit — it removes it.
Reference: RHA Annual Cost Movement Survey 2025
31%
Of HGV miles run empty
In 2025, GB-registered lorries travelled 5,897 million kilometres with nothing on board — 31% of all distance covered. Paid for in fuel, wages and wear, and earning nothing.
Reference: Department for Transport, Domestic Road Freight Statistics UK 2025
60,000 a year
The capacity constraint
The industry needs 60,000 new HGV drivers each year for the next five years, while more than 100,000 drivers did not renew their DQC last year.
Reference: RHA Annual Cost Movement Survey 2025
Ready to improve performance in your haulage or logistics business?
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