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Companies who remain with the same contract hire providers without monitoring market prices could be wasting huge sums of money.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have formed a corporate asset finance team, which aims to help ease the funding gap in the wholesale vehicle fleet market.

There is plenty to consider when choosing a leasing provider.

But despite higher rates, rental still has key role for fleets.

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has hailed the second Commercial Finance Expo as a huge success after 900 delegates attended the show.

Norton Rose, an international legal practice, is now offering Zenith Provecta’s salary exchange scheme to its UK employees.

Tusker has congratulated two of its customers for their achievements in being recognised in this year’s coveted Employee Benefits Awards.

Microlease, a worldwide supplier of equipment to the telecommunications, aerospace and defence industries, is introducing salary sacrifice from Pendragon Contracts, the contract hire division of motor group Pendragon.

Cash for car arrangements appear to be falling out of favour, according to the latest quarterly Company Car Trends research from GE Capital, Fleet Services.

Europcar will 'put trust' back into vehicle rental, says MD Ken McCall.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has introduced Tusker’s salary sacrifice car scheme SS4C for up to 3,500 employees within its 6,000 strong workforce, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions, increasing the choice of flexible benefits and generating savings for the council.

Tusker has announced that its online salary sacrifice car scheme SS4C has been selected by NYSE Euronext Group to power its new carbon efficient car scheme.

North Yorkshire County Council has rated its Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme a ‘huge success’ after its first 12 months in which time some 250 employees have had new cars delivered, saving approximately £1,000 per car, while total carbon emissions have fallen dramatically across the fleet.

Commercial vehicle finance is leading the recovery as small and medium sized businesses seek alternative forms of financing.

Savvy firms are going greener, keeping their workers happy and driving down company costs, according to Fleet Evolution.

Eight out of 10 employees would sacrifice a portion of their salaries to opt into a company car scheme, according to a survey by Lex Autolease.

Tusker believes problems of uninsured and poorly maintained grey fleet vehicles can be easily overcome by the implementation of a salary sacrifice car scheme.

The BVRLA has set up a new steering group to improve the availability of competitively-priced funding for the vehicle rental and leasing industry.

The popularity of outright purchase as a method for fleets acquiring cars and vans has halved in the past 18 months, new research suggests.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has selected NHS CPC Drive’s salary sacrifice solution for more than 2,000 staff so that they can select a new car as part of their flexible benefits package.

Corporate Vehicle Rentals (CVR), the corporate rental arm of CLM, has extended its mini-lease offering to 12 months to provide fleet operators with greater flexibility in the length of contract to which they can commit and help bridge their mobility gap.

Telegraph Media Group has launched the TMG Benefits Xchange scheme for employees and will include car salary sacrifice.

Inchcape Fleet Solutions is expecting to see a rise in demand from company car salary sacrifice schemes.

Two of the country’s largest fleets have launched salary sacrifice car schemes. The move gives 28,000 employees access to a company car.

Fleet Evolution is offering a free fleet funding and efficiency review to any business running up to 100 vehicles.

CLM has launched AlphaDrive, an online solution to provide company employees with a choice of new vehicles with all the benefits of a company car, but without the BIK liability.

Funding decision allows award winner to react quickly to changing demands of rental market.

TR Fleet launches in-house HR salary sacrifice platform.

Jean-Marc Torre considers innovation, quality of service and customer trust as fundamental to Arval's growth aspirations

Aston University scheme gets a positive reaction as staff are given access to more efficient cars

The past year has seen acquisitions, administrations and a widespread focus on cost cutting

New banks will help the industry meet growing demand for rental and contract hire.

Bombardier Transportation switches to salary sacrifice with Tusker.

Employees who choose cars through their company’s salary sacrifice car scheme are driving down their company’s carbon footprint, says Tusker.

Lex Autoloease gives fleet operators top tips for introducing salary sacrifice.

Lex Autolease has formally entered the salary sacrifice market with a scheme that is aimed at companies’ employees, and also their friends and family members.

OCS Group sign up to Zenith Provecta’s Salary Exchange scheme.

Fleet News survey reveals that cutting costs was the main motivation for 60% of companies adopting an environmental policy.

Avis has pre-ordered 500 Renault Electric Vehicles for customers to hire.

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK is celebrating 20 years of growth with its highest-ever share of the UK vehicle finance market.