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Two fresh BVRLA blogs are live this week, each offering valuable insights ahead of Thursday’s Industry Outlook Conference.

Ryan Naughton, Head of B2B Connected Car and European Relations at The AA digs into one of the industry’s most topical issues. Fleet management is undergoing one of its most significant transformations in decades, driven by rising costs, tightening sustainability demands, and increasingly connected vehicles. In this shifting landscape, data and AI are emerging as the tools that can turn reactive operations into proactive, efficient, and safer fleets. Drawing on The AA’s own experience managing a 3,000-vehicle fleet, Ryan explores how intelligent technologies are reshaping operations, cutting downtime, and unlocking new performance gains across the industry.

As part of next month’s Industry Outlook Conference 2025, the ‘Leasing 2.0: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow,’ deep dive will look ahead to the skills and structures needed to drive leasing forward over the next five years.

With just one month to go until the BVRLA Industry Outlook Conference 2025, anticipation is building for the event that will bring members together to assess the economic, political, and industry trends that will shape the year ahead.

The BVRLA’s Industry Outlook Conference returns this December, bringing together leaders from across the rental and leasing sectors to explore what lies ahead.

Last week brought scores of industry representatives and stakeholders together under a shared goal: raise awareness of the benefits offered by used electric vehicles and the challenges being faced by the market.

The BVRLA is hosting the Industry Outlook Conference at the British Motor Museum in just over six weeks’ time. As part of its ongoing activity to support SME members, a discounted ticket rate is available.

BVRLA Chief Executive Toby Poston comments: Every month we see tens of thousands of new electric vehicles being registered. Driven by the company car sector and fleet operators, the UK’s transition to zero-emission vehicles is ticking along. It remains fragile though. The players responsible for the progress to date can only take the transition so far; they alone cannot get us over the finish line. 

As December fast approaches, the BVRLA is increasing preparations for this year’s Industry Outlook Conference. Built around the theme Accelerate Performance: Navigate the Future, the full-day event is designed to help members prepare for the challenges and opportunities of 2026 and beyond.

Mark your calendar for the 2025 Industry Outlook Conference, which is scheduled for Thursday 4 December at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire.

David Smith, Economics Editor at The Sunday Times, is back by popular demand as a keynote speaker for the BVRLA’s Industry Outlook Conference in early December.

Parliament is currently in recess as the political parties align on their policy priorities, values and respective activities as part of Party Conference season.