{"id":81960,"date":"2020-09-03T11:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=81960"},"modified":"2020-09-03T11:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:47:47","slug":"vehicle-tracking-fleet-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/vehicle-tracking-fleet-activity\/81960\/","title":{"rendered":"UK fleet activity returns to pre-Covid levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research conducted by vehicle tracking systems supplier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/en-gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quartix<\/a> shows UK fleet activity levels returning to normal following the Covid-19 national lockdown period<\/h2>\n<p>The UK-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/vehicle-tracking-dashboard\/78372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vehicle tracking<\/a> company provides over 17,500 businesses worldwide with real-time GPS fleet tracking and has been able to closely monitor its customer base during the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Quartix says its UK fleet customers are now travelling 91% of the \u2018norm\u2019, established using fleet data from before the lockdown period.<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, mid-March to April saw a substantial reduction in the distances collectively travelled, as businesses paused activity and followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/social-distancing-technology-2\/81537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social distancing<\/a> protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The total mileage dipped as low as 35% over the Easter bank holiday, and 46% in the surrounding weeks of lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>However, since April there has been a surge in fleet activity, indicating that businesses have been steadily resuming operations.<\/p>\n<p>The graph below shows Covid-19\u2019s impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/sh-quartix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quartix\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0customer fleets\u00a0specifically,\u00a0and the combined distances driven since 1 March 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81961 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"vehicle tracking\" width=\"696\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-696x410.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-1068x629.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-713x420.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking-610x359.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vehicle-tracking.jpg 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to see our customers recover from this challenging time,\u201d says Andy Walters, CEO of\u00a0Quartix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses across the country have navigated the pandemic admirably and kept on track. This encouraging data we are seeing shows great strength from our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Covid-19,\u00a0Quartix\u00a0saw an increase in customer preference for self-installed devices across all geographical regions, giving customers increased flexibility on where and when installations take place.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the year\u2019s events, Quartix reported customer growth in all markets since 31 December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Its customer base in France and the US rose by 12% and 9% respectively, despite contractions in the volume of new subscriptions during the pandemic.\u00a0In newer territories across Europe,\u00a0Quartix\u00a0saw an 85% increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/vehicle-tracking-system\/61246\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vehicle tracking<\/a> customers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research conducted by vehicle tracking systems supplier, Quartix shows UK fleet activity levels returning to normal following the Covid-19 national lockdown period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[664,652,54592,574,908,920,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172504],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction-services","8":"tag-construction-vehicles","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-data-management","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-sh-quartix","13":"tag-transport","14":"stakeholder_rel_tag-quartix"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK fleet activity returns to pre-Covid levels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Research conducted by vehicle tracking systems supplier, Quartix shows UK fleet activity levels returning to normal following the Covid-19 lockdown period\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/vehicle-tracking-fleet-activity\/81960\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK fleet activity returns to pre-Covid levels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research conducted by vehicle tracking systems supplier, Quartix shows UK fleet activity levels returning to normal, following the Covid-19 national lockdown period\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/vehicle-tracking-fleet-activity\/81960\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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