Thurlow Nunn partners with Jigcar to optimise vehicle movements

Thurlow Nunn has appointed Jigcar to streamline and optimise retail vehicle movements across its 15-showroom network.

The move follows the completion of a successful three-month pilot which identified "significant cost per mile and efficiency improvements" for the top AM100 dealer group, which operates in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Jigcar’s AI-powered technology pairs up vehicle movements to reduce wasteful empty mileage journeys.

The tech also helps minimise duplicated journeys through smarter scheduling.

Elliott Perks, Jigcar chief executive, said the partnership has already seen a significant increase in the number of monthly paired vehicle movements being achieved by Thurlow Nunn.

“An issue common to many dealer groups is the use of one driver to move a vehicle from A to B and another from B to A, meaning they cross each other on the road and then use public transport to get back.

“What we’re doing with Thurlow Nunn is matching those movements up, so one driver does both movements: saving hourly wages and eliminating public transport costs,” said Perks.

Simon Gylls, director of Thurlow Nunn, said the business is already seeing tangible efficiencies and the group now has "much better visibility into our logistics performance".

The next phase of the partnership will see Jigcar rolling out a new wave of driver management and movement software to further enhance operational performance across the group.

Jigcar was established in 2024 as a start-up to deliver AI-driven transport software for multi-site dealer groups and car supermarkets.

Co-founded by former Cazoo colleagues Elliott Perks, Rupert Wood and Jackson Jacob, the business is positioning itself as key to unlocking greater dealer efficiencies and profitability by reducing the operational costs associated with transporting and holding stock.