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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.

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

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 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.

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.

Cable&Wireless have been staggered by the response to the salary sacrifice scheme at Zenith Provecta.

Opinion is split over the funding option, but Tusker boss David Hosking has bullish growth plans.

The new Ford C-Max currently on offer from £261 per month!

Citroën introduces contract hire savings for the month of September on selected Citroën Berlingo vans.

Leasing and rental will remain popular forms of vehicle finance, despite new lease accounting proposals, explains BVRLA.

Leasedrive Velo has produced an 'Essential Guide to Car Salary Sacrifice Schemes.'

Fleets have been warned to be extra careful when using credit hire to replace vehicles taken off the road by a no-fault crash.

Fleet News has linked up with comparecontracthire.com to launch a leasing comparator tool for cars.

Industry experts say deal between Santander and Zenith Provecta is good news for the sector

Fleet Alliance have launched a new salary sacrifice car scheme to provide wider car choice for employees as part of their benefits package

New technology and rising fuel prices need a clear 10-year fleet strategy, says Alphabet boss

Alphabet has formally announced its own version of salary sacrifice called Motivational Leasing, which it claims is the most intuitive quoting system on the market.

Volkswagen Financial Services is now using the 1link Disposal Network e-commerce platform to repatriate its own end-of contract lease vehicles back into the Volkswagen franchise network.