Dawsongroup emc is the UK’s leading supplier of self-drive municipal, industrial, and specialist vehicles for contract hire. We offer a wide range of vehicles, award-winning customer service, and best-in-class maintenance across numerous sectors, including but not limited to Environmental, Municipal and Civil.
Fleet specialists
We supply a wide range of premium vehicles from some of the most respected manufacturers in the fleet industry. Our team of experts work closely with you to ensure you receive the best machines for your operation, and our first-class service and maintenance offer keeps your fleet manageable, and more importantly, on the road.
Whether you are looking for a gully tanker, a pedestrian industrial street sweeper, or a large chassis-mounted road sweeper, we’ve got you covered. Our huge variety of industrial, municipal, and specialist vehicles are available through multiple funding models.
Our Mission
Whole Lifetime Cost
Maintenance costs are fixed with all of our rental agreements and included in your weekly rate, meaning that you have less to worry about when it comes to machine breakdowns and defects. If your decision is to purchase, we can provide a full service and maintenance package tailored to suit your needs, thanks to our team of manufacturer-trained engineers. This ensures that the residual value is at its highest at the end of the vehicle's life.
Flexibility
Every company has its fair share of changes but with leased or purchased assets, change can be difficult and costly. With rental, you are given more options to switch equipment as your requirements change. We can ensure that your fleet is adapted to fit your operation, and there is a lower rate for exchanging or taking back equipment when your requirement does change. If you need to extend your contract, we can give you the option of a contract extension with the same machine or with a newer machine.
Fleet Availability
Our vehicles are ready for when you need them. Due to the buying power of Dawsongroup, we can purchase bulk amounts of stock ready for when demand hits. We have nationwide coverage of field service engineers, meaning that wherever your machine breaks down, response can get to you within four hours. Our 92% 24-hour fix rate ensures you have your machine back on the road the next day, and if we can't achieve this, we can provide you with a replacement vehicle while yours is out of service.
Manufacturer Relationships
We have been building relationships with our customers and suppliers for many years. We work with some of the largest manufacturers in the industry, including Johnston, Scarab, Schmidt, Whale, Dennis Eagle, Farid, Thompsons, and Tennant. Our relationship means that we can be flexible with our equipment, so if you have a specific requirement, we can find a machine that fits your needs.
Impartial Advice
When purchasing from a manufacturer, you are limited to their equipment. With Dawsongroup, we work with a number of different suppliers to give you a bigger range of options for your fleet. Our Sales Executives are fully trained by our manufacturers in the latest technology so they can give you the best advice on a fleet mix that works for your requirements. As we are part of a larger group, we can also provide you with expertise on other vehicle types that your business may need, including material handling equipment, vans, trucks and trailers, buses and coaches, and even cold storage equipment.
Review Meetings
As a company, we are very customer-focused. We know that you want the best for your fleet, including the lowest amount of downtime and the highest quality service package. As a part of your contract, we can offer monthly, quarterly, or bi-annual review meetings to discuss service performance and review any out-of-contract costs. We can also provide you with weekly or monthly KPIs to help you keep on top of your operator and our engineer performance.
Our Executive Team
Glen Carruthers
Managing Director
Glen has been with Dawsongroup emc since April 2006. Beginning his career with sweepers as an area sales executive, he worked his way through various positions to become Managing Director at the start of 2021. He oversees all elements of the business, from supplier account management to strategic planning, as well as working with the senior management team day-to-day to ensure the smooth running and continued growth of the business.
With a finance degree and a background in sales and commercial management, Glen ensures that customers always receive excellent service whilst providing them with the perfect solution for their business. He has been instrumental in making Dawsongroup emc market leaders in gully tankers and sweepers, and his aim is to build up the specialist fleet product portfolio to become market leaders across the board.
Moving forward, Glen wants to use his team’s expertise, knowledge and industry contracts to develop more products and to diversify whilst still focusing on excellent customer service and technical excellence. His ethos is that of sales and service working in harmony across multiple machine types and industry sectors.
Paul Brewer
Operations Director
Paul’s career with Dawsongroup emc began in 2005 as Engineering Manager. He progressed to Operations Manager five years later and became Operations Director in 2016. With a total of 34 years’ experience in the industry, Paul oversees the service and operations side of the business and ensures that the company’s excellent reputation is always lived up to.
Looking after staff, customers and suppliers is essential to a growing company, and Paul’s love of customer service and solving problems keeps people happy and retention of staff high. He is always exploring ways to improve operations and communication to provide efficient service and reliable sweepers and specialist equipment.
Paul has ambitious plans for the future of the company. He wants to diversify the current fleet to provide solutions for more industries, expand the depot network to compliment the new, larger types of equipment that are being brought in, and establish new sites outside of mainland UK.
John Metcalfe
Finance Director
John’s role covers both Dawsongroup emc and Dawsongroup material handling. After studying biology at university, he worked in finance within the oil, car parking and print industries. He joined Dawsongroup in 2011 as Financial Controller and was made Finance Director eight years later.
Managing and producing all the financial information for both business units is John’s priority, and he is significantly involved in the commercial side of the business, with a focus on strategic planning. John’s entrepreneurial spirit has involved him in decisions that shape the business, and he has seen it grow extensively over the last few years.
Constantly adding new products that fit the customers’ requirements to the Dawsongroup portfolio, John sees the future of the company as being very bright. Other than the constraints of industry, he thinks that there are no limits to what they can do.
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