Grey fleet - Page 6

Public sector fleets begin to look for ways to reduce costs after the spending review cuts.

Local authorities pay inflated mileage rates to employees

HMRC has introduced an initiative to try to get the grey fleet drivers covering the highest mileage into company cars.

Jaama has launched a new version of its Electronic Driver Services (EDS) module that enables employees who drive their own vehicles on business to record documentation online.

Moves by public sector organisations to bring mileage reimbursement rates inline with approved rates are likely to be met with severe opposition.

Fleet managers have been advised they can ignore the latest Advisory Fuel Rates (AFR) after HMRC failed to raise the rates for drivers of sub-2.0-litre diesel vehicles.

The number of people using their own vehicles for work has almost halved, according to a survey of more than 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Fostering Solutions has become one of the first privately-owned companies to be awarded the Driving for Better Business, business champion status by the road safety charity Brake for including its grey fleet drivers in its ”driving at work safely” campaign.

Fleet software provider Mycompanyfleet has enhanced its grey fleet solution, Driver Self-Serve, by launching a new business journey logger which allows drivers to independently log all business trips and update their mileage claims through their mobile phone.

The scale of abuse by some grey fleet drivers taking advantage of the lack of checks on their mileage claims has been highlighted.

Despite the Government’s Authorised Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates being only advisory, over 72% of fleets surveyed in a Fleet News poll still use them to reimburse their grey fleet drivers for business trips.

The extent to which grey fleet vehicles are being used as an alternative to company cars has been revealed in a major industry survey.

Fleet software provider Mycompanyfleet is extending its grey fleet roadshows into May, following the success of the series of free events it has been running across the country since mid-March.

So what do you want to know about your so called ‘grey fleet’? Perhaps there is another question you may want to ask first, “How much do I need to know?”