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Salford City Council has cut grey fleet mileage by 95% and saved £400,000 since introducing a green travel plan.

Fleet Evolution has announced the launch of free webinars on grey fleet, salary sacrifice and green motoring.

Europcar UK has launched a new mobility portal to give fleet and travel managers access to the company’s full range of mobility services.

Taxpayers’ Alliance rails against local authorities that pay their grey fleet drivers over the odds.

Road safety charity Brake has published a report in collaboration with Ambit aimed at helping fleet managers and HR professionals reduce their grey fleet risk.

Drivers who have taken a cash option from their employer are often not being considered with the same level of thoroughness as company car drivers.

To celebrate, DriveNow is giving away 10 million free minutes to its customers in all markets including London.

Increased connectivity will assist simpler SMR, make it easier for vehicles to know dangers that lie ahead and open a new world of possibilities.

Prestige Fleet Servicing has launched an online service for grey fleet drivers which aims to offer many of the benefits normally provided for company car drivers.

Research released by Enterprise Rent-A-Car has found that grey fleet drivers do not always carry out basic safety checks on their vehicles.

FleetCheck has announced the release of three free guide papers, designed to help fleets gain expertise.

Better balance between corporates and private required to hit Carplus target.

Trading Standards’ ongoing investigation into Europcar has brought the issue of vehicle rental damage and pro-forma invoicing for fleets into focus.

WESC Foundation has selected Maxxia’s Lifestyle Lease car scheme to widen the number of employee benefits available for staff.

What new initiatives are fleets using or considering to improve safety, data use and fuel consumption?

Europcar UK has created a new tool aimed at giving employers a way of tackling the financial and employee risk burdens of grey fleet usage.

More than half of customers (57%) surveyed by Grosvenor Leasing felt that grey fleet management was either 'unimportant' or 'very unimportant'.

Grey fleet needs are starting to be met by use of medium-term rental by some businesses, according to one of the sector’s suppliers.

Tax experts have warned that Approved Mileage Allowance Payments for grey fleet drivers could come under scrutiny by the Government.

Some 62% of businesses carry out some form of check to mitigate the risk. But more than 16%, almost one in six, carry out no checks at all.

Employees who use their own cars for business journeys may need to do far more to keep those vehicles properly maintained, according to Enterprise Rent-A-Car

New research reveals the most common offences found on driving licences of grey fleet drivers analysed by Licence Check.

Larger employers, rather than SMEs, more likely to let staff use own vehicle

Drivers who use their own vehicle for work are more likely to pose a road safety risk than company car drivers, according to new research from Lex Autolease.

Venson has added a new car salary sacrifice module to its customer portal, which it believes will help employers take control of grey fleet costs.

Venson Automotive Solutions has supported the BVRLA's call for grey fleet best practice guidance and highlights salary sacrifice schemes as a possible solution.

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.