All Company cars articles – Page 36
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Cars can be a powerful attractor
Despite environmental concerns, cars are an essential part of many job packages, and pitching the right offer for the role will attract the best candidates, says Sarah ColesWhen sales recruitment firm Aaron Wallis was asked to find candidates for a role that came with a particularly sporty Jaguar there was ...
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Coors extends cash allowance
Coors Brewers has decided to extend the option of a cash allowance to its job-need drivers to increase the amount of flexibility available to them, following a review of its car policy.In the past, job-need drivers have been confined to a contract hire scheme with the cash option only being ...
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Fuel rise postponed by Chancellor
Employers have gained a brief respite from rising fleet costs after the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, postponed the planned 2p increase on fuel duty. The rise was due to come into effect on 1 October this year, but has now been put back to spring 2009. Main fuel duty rates will ...
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Incentivise staff to choose green cars
IEmployers can use various incentives to encourage employees to choose more environmentally-friendly cars, but senior management staff may be more difficult to convince, says Nicola SullivanEmployers wishing to avoid the impact of changes to capital allowances that come into effect in 2009 and penalise the ownership of traditional company cars ...
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Fitzpatrick offers cash bonus to encourage low-emission car choice
Fitzpatrick Contractors has re-vamped its employee car ownership (Eco) scheme to encourage staff to select vehicles with low CO2 emissions by offering a cash bonus.The construction and civil engineering company has increased the range of vehicles with low CO2 emissions in its list of cars from which staff can choose. ...
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High-spec cars are big lure for staff
Almost one-third of company car drivers would leave their employer if they were offered an equivalent job but with a higher-spec car, according a study released by Masterlease.The importance of a company car also shows that 27 percent of the 500 company car drivers surveyed who have accepted a cash ...
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Purple Foodservice Solutions switches fleet provider
Purple Foodservice Solutions has switched its fleet provider.†The provider of food to British service personnel now provides its ten-strong management and logistical planning team with a range of diesel cars, from manufacturers such as Audi, BMW and VW.†All vehicles are provided by leasing firm Tusker on three-year leasing contracts and ...
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Ways in which employers can have a safer fleet
The introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 in April this year has put the issue of driver safety under the spotlight for many organisations. Employers are particularly keen to avoid the penalties that will be imposed on those which do not comply with existing regulations. Where ...
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Government postpones increase on fuel duty
Employers have gained a brief respite from increasing fleet costs after Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced that the planned 2p increase in fuel duty is to be postponed.The increase, which was due to come into effect on 1 October, has now been postponed until next spring. Main fuel duty rates will ...
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Treasury stands by plans to increase vehicle excise duty
The Treasury is standing by its plans to increase car tax on the most polluting cars bought since 2002.Members of Parliament voted against an amendment to to the Finance Bill, which was proposed by the Conservatives, to prevent vehicle excise duty applying to all cars registered since 2001. The move ...
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Mileage rate discrepancy is 'nightmare for employers'
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has caused "a nightmare for employers" by increasing the advisory fuel rates that can be reimbursed for drivers of company cars, but not raising rates for people who use their own cars on business.The new rates (see table) will come into effect on 1 July ...
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How will employers deal with the fuel crisis
With fuel prices spiralling, employers are being forced to think of ways to help them and employees cope.Soaring fuel prices are forcing compensation and benefits professionals to review their fleet policies. Fuel prices topped a list of issues impacting on fleet policies when provider Alphabet surveyed fleet managers in May. ...
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Haringey Council introduces green perks
Haringey Council has purchased two electric-powered pool cars for council officers to use while they are travelling around the borough during the working day, in an effort to reduce the number of employees bringing their cars to work.The cars will be parked and charged at the council's headquarters, where employees ...
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Morrison drives gas-guzzlers off company car list
Support services group Morrison has revamped its company car selection list, cutting out gas-guzzlers and including more green cars for employees to choose, following a review of its fleet policy.It wants to make use of the tax breaks on green cars and reduce its carbon footprint. Now all of the ...
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McDonald’s trials mileage capture
McDonald’s is trialling the use of mileage-capture technology to cut its carbon footprint by identifying, and then educating, company car drivers who are driving uneconomically.A total of 48 drivers in mid-management and above, who are based in the company’s central region, will use the technology for the next six months. ...
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Gearing up for a review of fleet policy
Now may be a good time for organisations to conduct a review of their internal fleet policy, but they must be clear about their objectives and listen to their employees' views, says Nick GoldingNow there appears to be some stability in the tax treatment of cash allowance cars and mileage ...
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Vodafone revamps fleet to meet green objectives
Vodafone has revamped its fleet to cut CO2 emissions and encourage staff to drive more environmentally-friendly vehicles. Drivers with company car allowances who buy a car that emits 120g of carbon per km or less will receive a discount. They will also pocket any money left over from their car ...
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Cost is top priority for fleets
Despite political and business pressures to reduce carbon emissions, fleet managers are more concerned about saving money than being green when procuring vehicles.Of the 2,600 fleet decision-makers who took part in the Masterlease Global research survey half cited cost savings as their top priority.This factor came top of the list ...
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Vehicle taxation and law on corporate manslaughter puts a strain on businesses
More than half of companies (53%) claim that government legislation such as the Corporate Manslaughter Act and CO2 based vehicle taxation has put a strain on their business.According to the Lex/YouGov survey of financial directors regarding the impact of Budget 2008 legislation on fleet and UK business, 56% of financial ...
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British Waterways considers fleet risk assessments
British Waterways is considering implementing driver licence checks and a risk assessment programme for drivers in its 1,000 strong fleet to ensure it is compliant with safety legislation and the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.These measures could be introduced under the organisation's existing fleet contract, which covers 450 ...