Grey fleet - Page 5

‘I have an aversion to grey fleet’ - that’s what Kevin Inns told his new employers when plotting to convert cash-takers to company cars. It’s saved thousands of pounds.

The nation’s grey fleet consists of 14 million cars and costs employers more than £5.5 billion a year in mileage claims and car allowances, research suggests.

Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) has saved £90,000 and halved emissions in the first year of introducing its new travel policy.

Smartdriverclub has launched a new telematics system aimed at grey fleet drivers.

Fleet News picks through some of the headlines from a year in fleet

A significant number of fleet managers are failing to fulfil their duty of care obligations with grey fleet drivers, research suggests.

Cash-strapped councils are stumping up an estimated £50 million a year in lump sum payments to almost 43,000 grey fleet drivers.

UK councils are spending more than a quarter of a billion pounds a year keeping hundreds of thousands of grey fleet drivers on the road.

Fleet News has launched a grey fleet survey – and readers who take part stand a chance of winning a £50 gift voucher.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says it is working its way through a number of claims against Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contributions.

Aylesbury Vale District Council will save an estimated £100,000 a year after introducing a car sharing and rental programme following an in-depth analysis of its grey fleet spend and usage.

Nine million privately-owned cars are regularly used on work-related business out of a total grey fleet of 14 million vehicles, according to Lex Autolease.

NHS England has highlighted how business travel is making what it describes as a “significant contribution” to the greenhouse gas emissions it produces.

Domiciliary care provider Q Care is poised to expand its workforce after signing a new vehicle leasing deal with Lex Autolease.

Britain has been revealed as a nation of hidden business fleets, with one third of British drivers who drive as part of their job uninsured for business miles, according to research from telematics company Masternaut.

Fleet managers are being advised to tighten controls on the grey fleet after a number of reviews by the Energy Saving Trust found drivers have used cars that are more than 70 years old for business journeys.

The Great Grey Fleet Debate will return to this year's Company Car In Action event, to provide some much-needed clarity on the issue of grey fleet.

Thousands of drivers that use their own vehicle for business journeys are driving without the appropriate business insurance.

Council grey fleet drivers, who refused to use their cars for work purposes after bosses stopped their essential car users’ allowance, are understood to be on the brink of calling off their industrial action.

Investors in People Scotland has saved an average of £1,500 per driver per year by replacing mileage reimbursement with car hire through a partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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.

The University of Southampton has enhanced its sustainability credentials by becoming the first university in the UK to adopt the car sharing programme offered by Enterprise Rent-A-Car – a programme used by many universities in the United States.

Hampshire County Council has already saved £3 million through controlling grey fleet costs, but Paul Leaves is targeting further cost efficiencies.

Councils and local authorities are facing a ‘mileage minefield’ as attempts to cut reimbursement rates falter in the face of resistance from unions and employees.

The public sector is being urged to use car clubs to help cut grey fleet mileage and stop some employees being paid more than £5 per mile to drive their own car.

New rules that came into force last week will eventually require thousands of companies to highlight their greenhouse gas emissions in their annual reports, including those from vehicles they ‘own or control’.

Employees have been refusing to drive their own cars on business use at a Welsh county council after it withdrew its annual car allowance of £1,000 for grey fleet users.

Falling accidents rates, improved utilisation and better control of the grey fleet reinforce need for fleet specialist.

Countryside Council for Wales transport manager Gareth Roberts on how he reduced grey fleet mileage by 86% and cut CO2 emissions

One of Britain's largest county councils has developed the capabilities of its fleet management software to ensure even greater compliance with its duty of care obligations.

A public sector roundtable will offer fleets the opportunity to discuss key issues and share best practice on Tuesday, September 3.

Technology is increasingly enabling organisations to reduce the cost of car hire by helping them control closely which vehicle is rented when, and for how long.

Car clubs have seen a recent surge in corporate membership, with numbers doubling in the past year and more than 80% of corporate members having signed up to a scheme in the past three years, research suggests.

Roundtable participants share ideas on managing owner-drivers.

Cambridgeshire County Council has introduced a car sharing programme provided by car hire company Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

A county council in north Wales is facing possible industrial action after giving its grey fleet users formal notification that it intends to withdraw its £1,000 annual car allowance.

Sue Branston, sales director, Total Accident Management, on why the industry should be doing everything it can to help avoid a catastrophe.

The share of grey fleet business mileage as a total of all business mileage has nearly tripled in the past year, potentially increasing exposure to road risk, a new survey suggests.

New research from Fleet21 reveals how UK businesses are failing to implement driver safety initiatives for grey fleet drivers.

Mike Belcher, head of sales, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, asks why companies ignore the grey fleet.