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Departments confirm only the amount given up for the car will be considered.

Once deal is complete, SME-focused company will be better placed to fulfil potential.

Ogilvie Fleet has launched a standalone rental division following a continuing boom in short-term hire business.

Tantalum Corporation announced its expansion within the United States, adding an office in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley following a £2.5m investment.

BVRLA is urging the Chancellor to consider the adverse implications of placing a further tax burden upon the company car market.

Areas covered in LeasePlan’s latest guide include: Optional Remuneration Arrangements, company car tax, Lease Accounting Standard and WLTP.

To better service its customers in the Central America area, Sofico has made its first move into the region by opening an office in Mexico.

The contract hire company of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Bank has seen rapid growth, with a year on year increase of more than 35% in September 2017.

Ogilvie Group, the parent company of Ogilvie Fleet, has acquired privately-owned Active Auto Solutions to support plans to grow its daily rental business.

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Personal leasing is growing faster than business leasing, according to the BVRLA’s latest Leasing Survey.

Leasing company Arval is expanding its Arval Outsourcing Solutions in response to a significant increase in demand from customers.

BCF Wessex’s director has urged finance chiefs to challenge traditional assumptions about vehicle choices, to maintain cost-effective fleets.

Fleets received clarification on two major issues on Friday: future company car tax bands and car salary sacrifice.

By David Hosking, CEO of Tusker

Construction company Mick George has branched out into leasing and fleet management with the launch of a broker division.

Demand for diesel cars fell by more than 21% in August, while registrations of conventional petrol vehicles grew by almost 4%, says SMMT.

Study, from Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance, shows that a quarter of operators have accessed a personal loan for their business in the past 12 months.

New deal includes mix of Octavia Hatchback, Rapid Spaceback and Superb models.

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Some 32 vehicles are being provided through the supply and full service lease contract, which runs for five years.

Fleet operators call for clarity on the future basis of vehicle taxation beyond the current system of CO2 emissions derived from the combined mpg figure.

Eight companies have signed up for Easi-Fleet Management so far this year, Grovesnor Leasing's solution for small fleets.

New LCV sales will hit 360,000 this year according to automotive data experts, Cap HPI, a 5% fall on 2016.

The number of old vans on UK roads has hit a record high as business owners are forced to sink money into maintain ageing fleets rather than investing in new vans.

Hundreds of industry leaders from vehicle manufacturers, leasing, rental, service providers and major fleets are expected to attend.

Zenith Vehicle Contracts has hired 100% of its interns into permanent roles as the business moves to address the automotive industry’s skills shortage.

With the debate raging about the future of diesel, experts at Fleet Management LIVE 2017 will be on hand to provide advice on strategies for fleets.

Almost two thirds (61%) of fleets turn to manufacturers for key information covering safety, model specifications, and costs, new research suggests.

The fleet market was hit with this year’s second month of double-digit negative growth in July, sliding by 13.1%, according to Dataforce.

Isuzu have strengthened their fleet team with two new appointments, Neil Scott as national fleet sales manager and Sean Smith as fleet and used car manager.

Palletways’ owned depots in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Oxford have invested in a new fleet of electric pump trucks.

The number of employees paying company car tax has reached a five-year high, boosting Treasury coffers by millions of pounds, newly-released data shows.

Vehicle leasing and finance credit broker, Synergy Automotive, has ramped up its growth strategy with two further board appointments.

Škoda UK has won a new contract with Molly Maid to supply an additional 15 Fabia S 1.0 Hatch models to its UK fleet and a further 60 in the next year.

The new van market remained stable in July, rising 1.1% with 24,766 registrations, according to figures released by the SMMT.

By Martin Brown, managing director of Fleet Alliance

Overall figures from the SMMT also show that diesel registrations fell by a fifth.

FCA Fleet Services UK has seen its contract hire business taken over by Leasys S.p.A, the contract hire and mobility company of FCA Bank.

The medium-term rental specialist says that the new regime creates too many anomalies when it came to low emissions.