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Fleet News is to run two salary sacrifice seminars for fleet decision makers in April.

ALD Automotive has achieved the milestone of managing one million vehicles around the world.

Fleet Evolution has launched a salary sacrifice package for employees choosing an electric car.

Fleet Evolution has announced figures which reveal how employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%.

The rental management division of Leasedrive Group has secured the vehicle rental business for Imtech UK, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest technical services providers.

Employee and customer engagement provider Grass Roots has introduced Zenith’s salary sacrifice car scheme to its 700 UK employees.

For the past four years Arval has been successfully operating as the outsource partner for the provision of Contract Hire to the Renault, Dacia, Nissan and Infiniti dealer networks.

A new comparison website aimed at helping fleets find the lowest contract hire quotes is claimed to have already have saved businesses money.

Support for electric vehicles (EVs) from global car makers has reached a crucial tipping point, which will make 2014 the year fleets finally switch on to alternative fuels, according to Alphabet.

Tusker has been re-appointed to provide lease cars, salary sacrifice cars and grey fleet management services to NHS Trusts and other public sector bodies across the UK.

Zenith has developed a salary sacrifice tool which shows manufacturers at what level to price their cars in order to win business with each of the leasing provider’s salary sacrifice customers.

Lex Autolease has been appointed by the Ministry of Defence as its vehicle supplier for the department’s latest fleet requirement.

Fleet Evolution has successfully launched car salary sacrifice schemes for businesses often classed as too small for traditional car salary sacrifice arrangements.

Tax expert warns of potential effect of changes to lease accounting standards.

Interest in offering car salary sacrifice schemes to staff is increasing, but there remain significant concerns about the viability of such a benefit in some organisations, according to a survey by fleet decision-makers’ organisation ACFO.

Employers are reducing two headline areas of corporate concern – CO2 reduction and occupational road risk management – by introducing car salary sacrifice schemes.

SMA Vehicle Remarketing, the UK's largest independent vehicle remarketing group, has switched all of its banking facilities to Lloyds Bank as part of a new £13.8 million funding package.

David Riches, managing director, Ultracar, on why the credit scoring system is stacked against enterprising young companies.

Car Leasing Made Simple has appointed Laura Heathcote-Smith and Leonie Channell as senior relationship managers.

ACFO wants to find out how popular car salary sacrifice schemes are with its latest online survey.

Company car drivers would face a tax hike while salary sacrifice schemes would be undermined if Liberal Democrat proposals are adopted.

Leasedrive Group has just launched version 4.0 of its dedicated website for its Mycar salary sacrifice scheme, which is now enjoyed by more than 5,000 employees throughout the UK.

Hill Dickinson, an international law firm, has launched a salary sacrifice car scheme through Zenith for its UK based employees.

A new way of operating company cars is being launched, effectively creating a halfway house between car clubs and traditional company car leasing or ownership.

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has re-launched its impartial online guide for customers buying a car on finance.

Australian tax proposals that make salary sacrifice-type car schemes inefficient will not dent the UK aspirations of leasing companies from the Australasian country.

Fleet optimisation specialist FMG has signed a deal to provide incident management services for Tusker’s specialist salary sacrifice customers and drivers.

Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show a good performance from the motor market in the first six months of the year, with consumer new car finance growing 31% by value.

Salary sacrifice continues to prove popular, particularly in the public sector, but one tax expert is claiming that some schemes amount to a raid on the Government’s pension pot

Companies with fleets of less than 100 company cars are turning their backs on salary sacrifice, according to a survey by Grosvenor Contracts.

Your Housing, a social housing company covering the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, has partnered with Lex Autolease to launch a salary sacrifice scheme for its staff.

Salary sacrifice market leader Tusker is increasing its focus on the contract hire and leasing market with the appointment of two experienced business development managers.

Following the Benefit in Kind tax changes in April earlier this year, interest in salary sacrifice from prospective drivers and employers remains strong, reports Zenith.

Tusker has taken part in the Energy Saving Trust’s (EST) ‘Smarter Driving’ eco-driver training initiative which they have been offering to their customers – and seen fuel consumption fall by 12%.

ALD Automotive has appointed WNS Assistance for the provision of branded motor claims accident management for existing and new customers.

A strong performance by expanding Ogilvie Fleet helped its parent company maintain profitability, the company has announced.

A franchised dealer group is believed to be the first in the country to capitalise on increasing corporate demand for salary sacrifice car schemes by launching its own initiative targeting employers and businesses throughout the UK.

Tusker has launched a new driver site with upgraded features, new functionality and improved user experience to help drivers select the most suitable salary sacrifice car.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions’ salary sacrifice fleet has reached 6,200 vehicles in just 18 months thanks to ensuring the fleet, HR and finance departments all work together to deliver a successful scheme for their employees.

Co-operative Flexible Benefits has launched a new partnership with Zenith to provide an innovative car scheme to its customers.