Increased Congestion Hitting UK Business

Increased congestion is hitting the effectiveness of British businesses, according to a new survey by car and van rental giant Europcar.

70% of the 300 businesses surveyed said that congestion was impacting the efficiency of their staff when travelling for work, with 42% of those who responded saying that up to 20% of business travel time was spent in congested traffic.

80% of those surveyed felt that traffic congestion is getting worse in the UK – no arguments there. David McNeill, Corporate Sales Director at Europcar feels that it’s time for all road users to take responsibility for minimising their contribution to congestion:

“…what this survey has clearly shown is that we must all take responsibility to identify the ways in which we can reduce congestion on our over-stressed road network.  Challenging times lie ahead and the survivors will be those that tighten their belts and explore all the options to work as efficiently as possible.”

Europcar are one of the world’s leading car and van hire companies and their combined UK fleet (which includes National Car & Van Rental) amounts to more than 60,000 cars and vans.

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