THE Fleet News FuelWise campaign, in association with Arval, will help fleet decision-makers deal with the challenges of impending changes to the way firms deal with fuel. Fleet News editor John Maslen launches the campaign.
THE Government is being urged to introduce higher taxes for ‘gas guzzling’ cars and tough environmental targets to reduce carbon dioxide emission.
A pre-election giveaway in this year’s Budget, announced last week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, did not extend to the UK fleet market. However, although he didn’t give anything, his changes haven’t taken any more either.
WELCOMING the freeze on company car tax for 2007/08 and the decision to hold the company car fuel benefit charge at £14,400, Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) director Stewart Whyte said: ‘Fleet operators must have a realistic time-frame against which to plan their strategies.
WHAT is the value of listening and learning? One leading leasing company believes it could be worth millions of pounds a year.
WHILE an international fleet may be part of one company or brand, operations in each country are likely to be as diverse as the cultures in which they operate.
WHILE international attention is focused on Iraq, few people realise the extent of other British Army commitments abroad.
THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.
A LOOPHOLE behind the use of ‘double-cab’ pick-up trucks as company cars has been closed in the 2005 Budget with the confirmation of a 600% increase in benefit-in-kind taxation for some vehicles from 2007/8.
FOR companies looking to reduce headcount, cut back-office admin costs, improve cash flow and spruce up balance sheet ratios, sale and leaseback could provide all the answers.
A EUROPEAN safety body is calling for daytime running lights to be compulsory on all vehicles across Europe.
DIGITAL map data company Tele Atlas has announced plans to provide navigation maps for Russia. The company has established a close co-operation with the Roskartographia agency, which is supervised by the Ministry of Transport in Russia.
BRITAIN is today experiencing the longest period of sustained economic growth since records began in the year seventeen hundred and one.
A EUROPEAN ruling banning companies from claiming VAT on fuel payments reimbursed to staff could cost fleets £1.2 billion
CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has delivered a Budget of pre-election sweeteners in the run-up to Labour's bid for a third term in power.<P>
A TAKEOVER deal between the owner of fleet insurer Norwich Union and RAC could spark a chain reaction of changes throughout the industry
FLEET executives of a nervous disposition should look away now – despite the fact that few company car drivers would ever want to repeat this stunt
EUROTAXGLASS Group chief executive Kevin Gaskell is attempting to walk to the North Pole in memory of his sister who died of leukaemia
PARKER’S Price Guide is usually the first port of call for private car values, but the valuation experts are now offering van prices free for a limited period
THE real-life cost of penalty charges for not paying a fee to enter the London congestion charge has been revealed to Parliament
TWO of the biggest companies in the fleet risk management market have joined forces following a week of high drama in the industry
THE revised Alfa Romeo 147 is now on sale in the UK, starting from £13,660 on-the-road
A FORMIDABLE fleet of four Mega vans will act as fast-response units to the menace of fly-tipping
CENTRICA has announced the result of a major review into the way thousands of British Gas vans are maintained
TRANSPORT Minister David Jamieson has recognised that fleets need to look after their drivers when out on the road
JOHN Given has been named as the new commercial director for GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services
MAZDA is offering its special edition Mazda6 Sakata for a limited production period which is expected to run until the end of this quarter
