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Ricardo adds salary sacrifice car scheme to flex
Engineering firm Ricardo has added a salary sacrifice car scheme to its flexible benefits scheme.†Cars selected through the scheme, which is provided by Tusker, include the Peugeot 107, Citroen DS3 and several Seat models, including the Ibiza and Leon.Staff can access the scheme online and select up to two new ...
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Haulotte Group signs fleet management agreement
Haulotte Group, the people and material-lifting equipment firm, has signed a new three-year fleet management agreement for its 75 cars in the UK.The agreement, provided by ALD Automotive, will deliver services that include accident management and its PoolFleet product, which provides short-term cars for specific requirements such as for staff ...
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Clifford Chance introduces salary sacrifice car scheme
Clifford Chance has introduced a salary sacrifice car scheme for its UK employees.The scheme, Salary Exchange which is provided by Zenith, operates on a cost-neutral basis for the law firm because the employee sacrifices part of their gross salary in return for a car, saving income tax and national insurance.The ...
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Run Your Cars adopts online group-buying model for fleet management
Run Your Cars has introduced an online group-buying model in order to bring discounts to fleets run by small and medium-sized organisations.The fleet management firm has adopted the Groupon model, which will see employers pay a monthly fee in return for access to fleet benefits at discounted rates, including accident ...
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Alphabet finalises acquisition of ING Car Lease
International fleet management firm Alphabet has completed its acquisition of ING Car Lease.The acquisition, which was announced in July, was for a purchase price of €637 million, and was completed on 30 September.The integrated organisation will operate under the name Alphabet.The new organisation now has more than 460,000 financed cars ...
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Marie Curie Cancer Care renews fleet management contract
Marie Curie Cancer Care has renewed its fleet management contract with Leasedrive for another two years.†The contract covers 174 cars on contract hire or contract purchase, as well as the provision of short-term rental.Jeremy Sothcott, fleet manager at Marie Curie Cancer Care, said: “When we went out to tender, we ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Innovation Group adds salary sacrifice car scheme to flexible benefits
Innovation Group has added a salary sacrifice cars to its flexible benefits plan for its 705 UK staff.The scheme, provided by Tusker, allows employees at the global provider of software and outsourcing solutions for insurers to sacrifice part of their salary in return for a new car, which means they ...
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GE Capital partners PSA Peugot Citroen in electric cars deal
GE Capital has signed an agreement with PSA Peugeot Citroen that will see the fleet provider purchase up to 1,000 electric cars to offer employers at a pan-European level.The agreement would see GE Capital lease electric cars across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.In ...
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Philips UK rolls out a salary sacrifice car scheme
Philips UK has introduced a salary sacrifice car scheme for all permanent UK employees.The scheme, which is provided by Zenith, is part of the organisation’s flexible benefits package.The cars in the scheme are restricted to a maximum 145g per km carbon dioxide.Nicolas Bedard, fleet manager at Philips UK, said: “It ...
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Alphabet extends fleet management services to Slovakia
Alphabet has partnered with UniCredit Fleet Management to extend its services in Slovakia.The Slovak offering will include fleet consulting, financing, tyre and repair services, payment of taxes and insurance costs, fuel cards, replacement cars, roadside assistance and legal insurance.Norbert van den Eijnden, head of Alphabet International, said: “BMW Group Financial ...
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Zenith Provecta rebrands to Zenith
Fleet provider Zenith Provecta has rebranded as Zenith, three years after it acquired Provecta Car Plan.It has also introduced a new strapline: Intelligent Vehicle Solutions.Tim Buchan, chief executive officer at Zenith, said: “This is the next natural step in the organisation’s development.“We are in an exciting time in our progression ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: The road to ruin
US headquarters do not understand company cars, so Candid has her work cut out selling her new vehicle policy for EuropeBig Bad Boss is dead against me looking at the car policy again. He says the US will never allow us to make any changes, so any analysis is pointless. ...
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Lex Autolease research: Cost of hybrid or electric cars a barrier for employers
Four in 10 financial directors would not pay a financial premium to introduce hybrid or fully electric cars to their fleets, according to research by Lex Autolease.The fleet provider, which polled 100 employers across the UK, also found that just over half (53%) would invest in hybrids and electric cars ...
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ALD Automotive research: Average CO2 emissions down in company cars
The average carbon dioxide emissions of new company cars have dropped to an all-time low of 138.1g per km, according to research by ALD Automotive.That figure compares with an average figure of 142.6g per km in 2010 and 166.8g per km in 2003.The research also found that environmentally friendly cars ...
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GE Capital research: Company cars grow in importance
The importance of company cars as a business tool has increased among employers in the past two years, according to the quarterly Company Car Trends research by GE Capital, Fleet Services.For essential car users, the perceived importance of the company car is now rated on aggregate almost nine out of ...
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Philips adds electric car to its fleet
Philips has added its first electric car to its fleet.The car, provided by LeasePlan, will be used as an onsite pool car, available to all employees for local journeys.Philips will also be installing a charging post at its UK head office, in association with Easit, a sustainable transport initiative.The post ...
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Acfo publishes guide to fleet policies
Acfo, the organisation for fleet operators, has published a guide to influence fleet and travel policies. The guide, From A to B: the ACFO guide to journey planning, is designed for public, private and voluntary sector organisations to look at how effective, and sustainable, their existing mobility options are.The 28-page ...
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Barloworld Handling renews fleet contract
Barloworld Handling has renewed its fleet contract with Alphabet for a third consecutive year.The renewed contract, which came after a 10-way re-tendering process, sees Alphabet continue to manage the lift truck distributor's fleet of 650 cars and vans.Alan Thackray, vehicle contract and facility manager at Barloworld Handling, said: “The tender ...
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MIB Data Solutions research: SMEs stick to outright purchase of company cars
Outright purchase remains the preferred form of company car acquisition among small- and medium-sized employers.According to a survey of 1,317 fleet managers by MIB Data Solutions, the vast majority (1,163) preferred to buy company cars outright, while 685 use some form of leasing and 259 do both.Nick Boddington, managing director ...
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Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust launches green salary sacrifice car scheme
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust has launched an environmentally friendly salary sacrifice car scheme for its 2,900 employees.The scheme, which is provided by Tusker and procured by CPC, enables staff to make monthly car payments out of their gross salary. CO2 emissions have been capped at 150g/km for cars selected ...