Britain’s light commercial vehicle fleet age profile is getting older and that means it is imperative that fleet operators adopt a proactive rather than reactive vehicle maintenance approach to keep operational downtime and cost management to a minimum.
Only 42% of company car drivers see maintenance of their vehicle as their own responsibility, according to a survey by Venson. 58% of company car drivers think it’s their employer’s responsibility to get the car serviced at the appropriate times, even though the employee is accountable. Read more on this story. How do you encourage your drivers […]
The government’s plug-in car grant, worth up to £5,000, will end this year, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has confirmed and be replaced with a revised structure. Available for vehicles emitting less than 75 g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2), the official end date of the scheme has yet to be announced. Until that […]
A former pensions minister claims the Government could target salary sacrifice in an effort to claw back lost tax revenues. Millions of employees choose to sacrifice part of their gross salary in exchange for a wide range of services and goods, including pensions, childcare vouchers, bikes and cars. However, Steve Webb has warned that the […]
Fleets as well as the Government and carmakers are being called on to take action as new figures show the first increase in road casualties in Britain in 18 years. Latest Department for Transport figures show there were 1,775 reported road deaths in 2014, an increase of 4% compared with 2013. The number of those […]
One in three vans on UK roads is now at least 10 years old, as businesses continue to put off investment in their commercial vehicles fleets, says finance provider LDF. Sustained economic uncertainty and reduced availability of traditional lending have led many businesses to retain ageing vehicles for much longer than originally intended, with these […]
A van driver has been fined almost £1,000 and hit with five penalty points after becoming the first person in the country to be convicted of hogging the middle lane of a motorway. The driver was stopped by police in West Yorkshire after refusing to move out of the middle lane of the M62. Police […]
A quarter (25%) of British small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with company-owned vehicles have failed an MoT, racking up £350 million in repair bills, according to new research from Lex Autolease. The survey of 500 UK SMEs with company-owned cars and vans reveals that, in addition to the cost of failed MoTs, unforeseen trips […]
The exemplary driving skills on an F1 simulator of Douglas Robinson have won him two tickets for this year’s British Grand Prix.