The quickest lever on a fuel bill is seeing exactly where the fuel goes.
Fuelmate is a UK fuel card provider and part of The Rix Group. Cards run across BP, Shell, Esso, Texaco, UK Fuels, Keyfuels and supermarket networks, with transparent pricing, no hidden fees and a dedicated account manager for each customer.
Weeks to implement, no capital outlay and nothing to install on a vehicle. This is the entry point of the three levers — the lowest friction and the quickest to tell you something useful.
Source: Fuelmate — about us and fuelmate.co.uk.
CouriersDepot.com introduces operators to Fuelmate.
We are an introducer only. We do not provide financial or energy advice, we do not arrange fuel card agreements, and we do not quote prices or guarantee savings. Pricing, credit terms and the agreement itself are entirely a matter between you and Fuelmate.
Everything described on this page is drawn from Fuelmate's own published material and is attributed to them. CouriersDepot.com may receive a referral fee or commission if an introduction results in business being placed.
A UK fuel card provider with the network coverage a truck fleet actually needs.
Coverage is the whole argument with fuel cards. A card that saves money at sites your drivers never pass is a card that saves nothing.
Sources: Fuelmate — UK Fuels card, Fuelmate homepage, Fuelmate — fleet services. Figures are Fuelmate's own published figures.
Cards, not accounts everywhere
One card set across the major networks replaces a scatter of forecourt accounts, personal cards and reimbursed receipts.
Fixed weekly pricing
A price you know in advance, rather than whatever the pump happened to say when the driver stopped.
One HMRC-ready invoice
Consolidated invoicing with the VAT detail your bookkeeper needs, instead of an envelope of till receipts.
Spend per driver, per vehicle
The data that makes fuel a managed cost rather than a monthly surprise — and the baseline any efficiency trial has to be measured against.
Misuse becomes visible
Odd volumes, odd times and odd locations stand out quickly once every litre is attached to a vehicle and a card.
Wider fleet services
Fuelmate also offer broader fleet management services, so the card can be a starting point rather than the whole relationship.
Cost control and visibility, before anything more ambitious.
Fuel is usually the second largest cost in a transport business and the one with the least reporting attached to it. A card programme does not change how much diesel the fleet burns — that is lever two — but it changes what you pay for it and what you can see.
That visibility is worth having in its own right. It also happens to be the precondition for judging anything else honestly: you cannot evaluate a fuel efficiency trial, an EV switch or a solar business case without knowing what you currently consume, per vehicle, week by week.
- Quickest to show a returnNo installation, no capital, no vehicle downtime. Weeks rather than months.
- ReversibleThe lowest-commitment of the three levers, which is exactly why it belongs first.
- It produces the baselinePer-vehicle consumption data is what makes lever two measurable and lever three arguable.
The relationship is real, and it already shows up in our content.
Justin's contact at Fuelmate is Andy Smith, a Director of the business. Fuelmate also supply the fuel data behind the CouriersDepot Weekly Fuel Report — the pricing commentary operators read here every week.
What that means in practice
- An introduction goes to a named director, not a web form queue
- The same data source behind our weekly fuel pricing content
- A partner already used to talking to courier and haulage operators
What it does not mean
- CouriersDepot does not set, negotiate or quote fuel card pricing
- We give no financial advice and arrange no credit
- Acceptance, credit checks and terms are Fuelmate's decision alone
Three short steps, and none of them involve us giving you advice.
You send the form.
Six questions, so that Fuelmate arrive knowing your fleet size, where you fuel and what you want to fix.
We pass it to Fuelmate.
Your details go to the Fuelmate team and to nobody else. We do not sell or share enquiry data elsewhere.
They quote, you decide.
Network mix, pricing, credit terms and card controls are discussed directly with Fuelmate, on their terms, at your pace.
Worth having ready. Approximate weekly or monthly diesel volume, number of vehicles and drivers, the networks or sites your drivers actually use, and whether you currently reimburse drivers for fuel. None of it is mandatory — it just makes the first conversation shorter.
Ask for an introduction to Fuelmate.
Short form, no obligation, no advice from us. If you would rather look at all three levers first, the overview page lays them out in order.
Fuel card enquiry
Lever 1 · FuelmateYour details are passed to Fuelmate so they can contact you about fuel cards and fuel spend reporting.
Submitting this form asks CouriersDepot.com to pass your details to Fuelmate. Any advice, quotation, credit decision, agreement or decision to proceed is a matter between you and Fuelmate, subject to their own checks and terms. We do not provide financial or energy advice and we do not guarantee savings.
Lever one is the one you can pull this month.
Then look at consumption, and only then at generating your own power.
Introducer only — no financial, insurance or energy advice, no contracts arranged, no savings guaranteed.