Demand for defleeted vans rockets

Demand for defleeted vans is currently so high that models at even seven years old are proving to be hugely sought after, according to Manheim. It is, says the auction giant, evidence of the most sizeable shift towards older vans seen in the used market since the company started reporting data in 2006. Matthew Davock, […]

Building firm fined following fatal vehicle accident

A Preston-based building firm has been fined £130,000 following the death of a worker after he was involved in a crash with a reversing van outside a cinema.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted EMC Contracts Ltd after father-of-one Carl Green was struck by a reversing van in a paved area outside the entrance to the Odeon Cinema in Ashton-on-Ribble in July 2010.

The 45-year-old painter from Chorley had been working on a project to fit out a new coffee shop in the cinema when the incident happened.

BIK on electric vehicles to rise by 500%

Ambitious Government plans to make the UK the world leader in electric car adoption could be hampered by its decision to increase company car benefit-in-kind tax on those vehicles by 500% in 2015/16 with a further rise due in 2016/17. Zero emission electric vehicles are currently 0% rated for company car benefit-in-kind tax, but fleet-decision-makers’ […]

Salary sacrifice schemes help reduce carbon footprint

Employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme have reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%, it is claimed.  UK salary sacrifice car provider Fleet Evolution conducted research amongst its client base to arrive at the figure, comparing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of a customer’s car it provided with the one […]

Jaama expansion continues with two new recruits

Fleet and asset management software company Jaama’s New Year pledge to deliver further customer service improvements and product enhancements has been underlined with two new appointments. Sam Gear has joined Jaama, the UK’s number one fleet and asset management software company, as a software tester with a brief to further improve quality processes, and Debra […]

The Red Tape Challenge helps fleet & leasing companies save

Fleets and leasing companies are collectively expected to save an estimated £6.5 million – and motorists £54 million – as a result of the Government cutting red tape. The Government’s commitment to cutting unnecessary rules and regulations as a result of establishing the Red Tape Challenge in 2011 will see: • By 2015, fleet companies able […]

New Jaama Website Provides Gateway to Sophisticated Fleet Management Software Solutions

 

Fleet management software industry leader Jaama has launched a new and improved website featuring a brand new look and feel and a raft of additional features.

The corporate website has been launched at the start of Jaama’s 10th anniversary year.

Easy to navigate and including a software finder to help fleet decision-makers discover critical information on Jaama’s award-winning web-based Key2 system, the site details comprehensive information on the company’s suite of products, training seminars and industry information as well as giving users the ability to quickly book a demonstration of the system.

Jaama to exhibit at the Executive Hire Show 2014

Jaama is targeting further adoption of its industry-leading Key2 Rental Management software system by exhibiting at this year’s Executive Hire Show.

To be held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on February 12 and 13, Jaama will be showcasing its Key2 Rental Management software, which provides plant and tool hire operators with the right tools to successfully manage their business.

Key2 Rental Management is the most advanced, flexible web-based product on the market and with Jaama’s on-going development and investment the system is at the forefront of innovative management for the hire and rental industries.  Built for the Microsoft.NET framework and using Smart Client technology, Key2 Rental Management is an intuitive, easy to navigate, simple to use yet functionally-packed web-based business tool.  The system stores and actively manages and monitors all aspects of plant, asset, stores management, the hire of both single items and plant packs, rehire, cross-hire, operator hire and management, sale items, ordering, quotations, contracts, equipment maintenance and invoicing and is available with fully integrated accounts.

New Fleet Management Essentials Seminar Dates

Updated with more information on a host of topical areas, the seminars reflect best practice and the impact of changing legislation and taxation in a number of key areas.

The spring 2014 seminars will focus on a wide range of fleet management issues including: fuel cost management, Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) compliance, changes to company car benefit-in-kind taxation up to 2016/17, the late last year introduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013 as well as topics such as key performance indicators to measure to ensure optimum fleet efficiency and effectiveness, grey fleet management, car salary sacrifice schemes, employee driving licence checking and reducing the administrative burden of fleet management through technology.