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City Health Care Partnership launches salary sacrifice car scheme
City Health Care Partnership Community Interest Company (CHCP CIC) has added a salary sacrifice car scheme to its flexible benefits scheme.The Flextra scheme, provided by Tusker, forms part of the organisation's commitment to provide cost and carbon-efficient travel in delivering community healthcare services in line with its corporate sustainability programme.†It ...
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British American Tobacco extends fleet contract
British American Tobacco (BAT) has extended its 350-car fleet contract for a further three years.Following a review process, the tobacco group decided to extend its contract with Leasedrive Group. The contract has been in place since 2004.Viv Windrum, fleet manager at BAT in the UK, said: “Following an extensive review ...
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Santander’s salary sacrifice car scheme deemed a success
Employees at Santander ordered more than 160 cars within the first month following the launch of its salary sacrifice car scheme.The scheme, which was launched in October using provider Zenith, is open to all UK-based permanent Santander employees, with an aim of enhancing the bank’s benefits package.The Santander All-Employee Car ...
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Harveys switches fleet supplier following review
Furniture specialist Harveys has switched from a multi-supplier to a sole-supplier approach in the provision of around 140 contract-hire cars for its staff.Harveys, part of the Steinhoff UK retail group which also owns Cargo, Reid Furniture and Sleepmasters, has signed a five-year agreement with Leasedrive after a review, choosing a ...
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Be clear about the facts on salary sacrifice cars
If you read nothing else, read this …Employers must ensure the wording they use when communicating salary sacrifice car schemes to staff members is not misleading.Employees need to be clear that they do not own the car, the breakdown of the calculations and what the commitment really entails.Paper and electronic ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Informa standardises choice of car manufacturers for drivers
To ensure its fleet has low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, Informa has standardised the choice ofcar manufacturers for its company drivers.The media organisation’s set manufacturers are now Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Skoda and VW, and the scheme is managed by fleet provider Leasedrive.Thomas Humphris, head office HR and UK reward director ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Equiniti Group adds cars and insurance discounts to flex
Equiniti Group has added two company car schemes and an insurance discount scheme to its flexible benefits package.The new benefits, which will launch on 1 January 2012, include: a car-leasing scheme provided by ALD Automotive; a discounted car-purchasing scheme provided by Lloyds Bank; and the Open Door scheme from mortgage ...
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TMC launches mileage audit tool for smaller fleets
Fleet provider TMC has launched a mileage audit tool for smaller fleets with between one and 100 drivers.Based on the fleet provider’s existing product for larger fleets, the service, called TMC2, allows employers to log and audit business journeys, deter drivers from over-claiming and automate the payment of mileage expenses.Employers ...
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Autumn Statement 2011: The impact on employee benefits
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement to government on 29 November 2011. Here is a round-up of the key issues affecting employee benefits.Fuel duty increases revisedThe 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) fuel duty increase that was due to take effect on 1 January 2012 will be deferred to 1 ...
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Autumn Statement 2011: Fuel duty increases revised
The government has announced that the 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) fuel duty increase that was due to take effect on 1 January 2012 will be deferred to 1 April 2012.The inflation increase, which was planned for 1 August 2012 and was expected to be in the region of 1.92ppl, ...
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust renews fleet contract
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has renewed its fleet contract with Leasedrive Group.The fleet management organisation will continue to deliver the trust’s salary sacrifice car scheme, which only allows its 13,000 employees to choose cars emitting 140g/km of CO2 or less.The Mycar scheme has been in place since 2009.Alison ...
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Findel cuts fleet emissions with renewed contract
Multi-channel retailer Findel has cut its car emissions by almost 25% after renewing almost all of its fleet. After taking advice from TR Fleet, the firm has seen average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on its 262-strong car fleet fall from 164 g/km to 125 g/km.Findel is benefiting from improved miles ...
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Arqiva extends fleet contract
Arqiva has extended its car rental agreement for a further two years.The agreement is through the rental management division of the Leasedrive Group.It is important for the communications infrastructure and media services organisation, which has sites in the islands around Scotland and the Channel Islands, to have extensive fleet coverage ...
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BDR Thermea expands its fleet
BDR Thermea has expanded its fleet under a new three-year contract with Leasedrive.The new contract, covering 550 cars and vans, is for three years with an option for BDR Thermea to extend it for a further two years.Janey McDonald, UK indirect procurement manager at BDR Thermea, said: “When we went ...
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Run Your Cars staff take part in Movember campaign
Employees at fleet services provider Run Your Cars are growing moustaches as part of the Movember charity campaign.Staff are cultivating their facial furniture to help raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer.Five employees, including managing director Steve Whitmarsh, have pledged not to shave their top lip this month ...
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Experian renews fleet contract with Leasedrive
Experian has renewed its fleet contract with Leasedrive, which merged with Masterlease UK.The global information services firm was one of Masterlease UK’s largest employers, with a fleet of 650 cars.Brian Hill, head of peer-to-peer and billing at Experian’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) shared service centre, said: “Under our ...
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Spencer signs fleet contract with Zenith
Engineering firm Spencer has signed a contract with Zenith for the management of a 133-fleet company car scheme.Spencer’s employees will use Zenith’s online motoring expenses system, MyMiles, for their monthly expenses claims.Caroline Johnson, fleet manager at Spencer, said: “Zenith’s product and service offering was key to our decision to award ...
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GlaxoSmithKline introduces company car scheme
EXCLUSIVE: ?GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has introduced a company car scheme for its 1,500 sales staff after a car allowance proved too expensive.GSK found that, as manufacturers raised prices, the cost to employees of buying cars through the scheme also rose. The increase in VAT caused employer’s national insurance to also go ...
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Growing waistbands impact size of company car fleets
The size of UK company car fleets is getting bigger; but not in terms of the number of cars.Luxury car manufacturers, such as BMW Group, are looking at adjustments to their cars in order to accommodate the growing number of obese people in the UK.While waistbands continue to grow, manufacturers ...
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Santander launches salary sacrifice company car scheme
Santander has introduced a salary sacrifice company car scheme for its UK employees.The scheme, run by Zenith, is available to all staff. The banking group also launched a company car scheme only available to essential business users, which includes 750 eligible employees. The eligible drivers cover over 8,000 miles a ...