Free short course · about 30 minutes

Owner Driver Business Basics

Your vehicle is a business, and a business has to know what it costs to run. In about 30 minutes you will learn to work out your cost per kilometre, cost and price a trip, and see why cash in the bank is not the same as profit.

What you will learn


  • Sort the costs of running a vehicle into fixed costs and running costs
  • Work out a cost per kilometre from your own costs and kilometres
  • Cost a trip, add a markup and test a customer's offer against your cost
  • Explain why a profitable month can still leave you short of cash
  • Use simple habits to keep business money safe and separate

The lessons


  1. 1Your vehicle is a business
  2. 2Working out your cost per kilometre
  3. 3Costing a trip and setting a price
  4. 4Cash flow and keeping money safe