How can businesses ensure they are meeting the needs of their drivers? Fleet managers have a duty of care to their drivers and their mental health. Only earlier this year, an industry study revealed that over half of fleet drivers in the UK have experienced a decline in their mental health. COVID-19 has only exacerbated [...]
What's the future looking like for fleet management in a post-pandemic world? The outbreak of Covid-19 impacted our livelihood along with hundreds of businesses, putting several industries on hold for months. With the ‘stay at home' message in place, the need to commute to and from work diminished as many companies began to allow employees [...]
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice The provision of a fully maintained and insured company car as part of a salary sacrifice arrangement became increasingly popular in the decade leading up to 2017. The overall cost to an employee of no longer receiving the salary, plus paying tax on the company car BIK was often lower than [...]
Road To Zero Accelerates A few eyebrows were raised last week when the government brought forward plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030. There had long been talk that this may be the case but given the full agenda of the government with Covid19 and Brexit it was nonetheless a [...]
Fleet Management Suppliers the Ultimate List Full-Service Leasing Companies Fleet Management Suppliers in this space will offer a one stop shop for all fleet management services. 1. Lex Autolease www.lexautolease.co.uk Lex Autolease is owned by Lloyds Banking Group and was formed when Lloyds acquired HBOS in September 2008. Lex is the largest leasing [...]
Fleet Management Glossary This article provides a fleet management glossary for some of the terms used in the fleet management industry. Advanced Rental - An initial payment as part of a lease or purchase agreement. Allocation Policy - Defines how a company allocates its company vehicles. Alternative Fuels - Alternatively sourced fuels such as biofuels, [...]
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Mobility as a Service Definition MaaS is defined as "the integration of transport services into a single mobility service accessible on demand” (Source: MaaS Alliance). The blend of transportation services will include public transport, taxis, bikes, scooters, hire or leased vehicles. The aim of these services is to provide [...]
HMRC Fuel Rates Advisory Fuel Rates (AFR's) should be used to re-imburse business use company car mileage. As long as the mileage rate used to pay employees for business mileage is less than or equal to the appropriate AFR then there is no taxable profit or Class 1A National Insurance to be paid. HMRC [...]
Fleet Management Outsourcing | Leverage the scale and technology of your suppliers Fleet management outsourcing has grown in popularity in recent years. At a time where there are cost challenges for most businesses, outsourcing is being used by businesses as a method of reducing the costs of providing fleet by outsourcing non-core [...]
Fleet Category Management | How to strategically manage fleet spend and reduce operational and supplier risk In this blog we look at global fleet category management and approaches for fleet procurement and supply chain professionals. There are many different approaches from single sourcing across all countries to multi-bidding requirements in each country. After [...]
