Grey fleet - Page 6

The Fleet Safety Forum, a division of road safety charity Brake, has published new guidance for fleet managers on grey fleets (privately-owned cars used on business).

Rutland County Council has announced it has reduced mileage claims by approximately a third after using a car sharing programme run by Enterprise Rent-A-Car to replace its existing pool cars and grey fleet.

But HMRC warns Total People case will not result in a cash windfall for fleets.

"Giving drivers a cash allowance is lazy" - Lafarge takes a no-nonsense approach to grey fleet.

Public sector organisations should look at well proven fleet solutions - such as shared pool car schemes – rather than simply cutting mileage rates, according to Alphabet.

Eight out of 10 businesses do not restrict the age of private vehicles used for work, a survey suggests.

York City Council is now using the hourly rental car share service provided by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, as part of its continuing efforts to reduce transport costs and provide an alternative to the grey fleet.

83 per cent of Britain’s largest fleet-based companies are concerned by their ‘grey fleet’ operations, and intend to make changes to control costs and reduce their environmental impact.

Survey finds 80% of businesses do not measure carbon emissions of employee-owned vehicles that are used for business purposes.

Businesses are in danger of resting on their laurels when it comes to grey fleets, according to new research from Thrifty Car and Van Rental.

Improving the green credentials of a grey fleet is more difficult than tackling an in-house fleet.

A council has cut its staff travel bill by more than a quarter of a million pounds in just two years after launching a pool car scheme.

“Few organisations fully understand the cost of grey fleet,” Nigel Trotman, head of strategic consultancy at Alphabet, told attendees at the ‘grey fleet management’ best practice seminar.

Total Accident Management is launching a joined up range of accident management, risk management and administration services for the thousands of companies with grey fleet drivers.

If grey fleet was included when calculating fleet size, many companies would find their vehicle numbers doubling overnight.

Jon Mackney, head of consultancy, Arval, on grey fleet.

ALD Automotive has announced the results of the latest ALD Automotive/YouGov survey of UK financial directors, which reveals that 63% of businesses are potentially exposing themselves to an unnecessary level of risk associated with private vehicles being used for business purposes.

Nigel Trotman, head of strategic consultancy, Alphabet, looks at managing the grey fleet.

Cash allowance is in decline as staff and business favour the company car option.

Company fleet managers still have huge concerns about their grey fleet drivers and the risks they expose their companies to through having inadequate insurance, poorly serviced vehicles and too infrequent licence checks.

Tusker believes problems of uninsured and poorly maintained grey fleet vehicles can be easily overcome by the implementation of a salary sacrifice car scheme.

Derby-based Fleet Evolution could help relieve the stresses and strains of managing the grey fleet, after launching a product tailored to manage driver issues, duty of care and safety areas.

New scheme persuades health professionals to explore alternatives that help deliver savings.

Online management system aims to reduce grey fleet mileage.

Fleet News award winner’s strategic view of fleet management has clear and measurable outcomes.

Mycompanyfleet is warning of an increased risk posed by grey fleet drivers.

Council car scheme cuts costs and carbon, while tackling the grey fleet.

Tracey Scarr's mission is to raise safety of Arval's fleet and share solutions with other fleets

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.