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Fleets paying for damage without seeing evidence that repairs are carried out, or their real cost, has raised concerns over pro-forma invoicing, reports Catherine Chetwynd

Leasedrive has won a four-year contract to supply its Mycar salary sacrifice scheme to TRL.

Advice from speakers at the Fleet News Salary Sacrifice Seminars, sponsored by Škoda and SG Fleet. Simon Harris and Sarah Tooze report

Leasedrive has won a four-year contract to supply its mycar salary sacrifice scheme to the Guide Dogs organisation.

Global strategy consultants OC&C predicts that salary sacrifice could account for up to 10% of new car sales in the UK by 2025. Here it analyses its potential

A recent survey carried out by Zenith has revealed that 85 per cent of eligible salary sacrifice car scheme employees surveyed would be open to further communications about the schemes.

The contract hire industry is broadly united in its view that new consumer rights legislation will not have an impact on salary sacrifice car and employee car ownership (ECO) schemes, although dissenting voices have emerged suggesting that certain types of scheme will need to be reappraised.

Conservative MP David Davies has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons to make thousands of teachers working in England and Wales’ state schools eligible for cars through salary sacrifice schemes.

Dealer group Sytner has launched a contract hire comparator, that it claims can save SME customers an average of £50 per vehicle every month.

Fleet Evolution has implemented a lite version of its car scheme which has taken customers from enquiry to launch in under a week.

Tusker has seen a record performance in its salary sacrifice scheme, SS4C, in the first four months of 2014, with the highest ever number of new car orders and its largest ever order bank.

Alphabet has appointed David Joyce as wholesale funding manager.

Fleet Logistics has launched a new salary sacrifice car scheme in the UK, applying multi-bidding to every new car via a panel of funders to find the most attractive rate for the driver.

Leasedrive Group has secured a four-year contract to supply its MyCar salary sacrifice scheme to Prudential.

Leicester City Council has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Staff Travel Policy’ category at the Employee Benefits Awards for its low carbon salary sacrifice car scheme.

New research conducted by Zenith has revealed a company is more likely to adopt a car salary sacrifice scheme where there is a large employee base, a high proportion of eligible employees and a pre-existing benefits platform and a mobile workforce.

Report suggests end to car schemes is due to impact on employees’ pensions

Alphabet is further expanding its account management team following twelve months of continued sales success.

Property consultants Carter Jonas has appointed Tusker to provide full maintenance contract hire for its growing fleet of 100 vehicles and a salary sacrifice car scheme for its cash allowance employees.

Tusker has welcomed new research amongst UK businesses which shows that salary sacrifice car schemes are the most popular benefit that employers intend to add to their flexible benefits plan for employees.

Zenith has strengthened its focus on its employee benefits portfolio by appointing Andrew Kirby to its board as its first ever commercial director for employee benefit schemes.

LeasePlan has been certified as one of Britain's top employers for for the third consecutive year.

Neil Birkbeck, director and founder, CompareMyFleet.com on why greater transparency will go a long way to improving the experience of leasing.

Fleet News has launched a new event aimed at businesses considering salary sacrifice car schemes.

Fleet Evolution has moved to a bigger headquarters near Tamworth, following a series of client wins.

Thousands of teachers working in state schools could become eligible for cars though salary sacrifice schemes if a campaign by one of the UK’s leading providers is successful.

Zenith says drivers can make significant savings by opting for an electric vehicle through a salary sacrifice scheme compared to driving an equivalent diesel car.

Tusker has seen a 250% increase in orders for electric vehicles since promoting them to its SalarySacrifice4Cars (SS4C) scheme customers over the last three months.

Gordon Calder-Jones, business development director, Maxxia, on why salary sacrifice is financially most attractive when buying a low emission car.

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.