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Friday, March 19th 2010

All the latest news from British Vehicle Rental And Leasing Association (BVRLA)

Industry Hero Award for Northgate employee

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) have noted and commended Northgate Vehicle Hire’s Claire Piggott on developing, with support from IT Analyst Programmer Stephen Thompson, a pioneering safety-focused online vehicle recall system, earning her the title of 2009 BVRLA Industry Hero in the Commercial Vehicle category at the Association’s annual dinner. Claire, Recalls [...]

BVRLA calls for fairer tax regime and a rethink on AMAP rates

Government support for early adopters of electric vehicles needs to be extended to leasing companies and their thousands of customers, the BVRLA has said. In its Budget submission the association has asked the Treasury to provide more details on the100% first-year allowance it is introducing for companies purchasing electric vans. This allowance enables firms buying one [...]

Comment: BVRLA on the £5,000 ultra-low carbon vehicle incentive

BVRLA chief executive John Lewis has commented on OLEV’s announcement of criteria for the £5,000 ultra-low carbon vehicle incentive. “Business fleets already buy more than half of all cars registered each year so it makes sense that they will be able to take advantage of this incentive. “A discount of up to £5,000 is very [...]

Comment: Business fleets focus on fuel costs and emissions

Britain’s business car fleets made impressive progress in reducing their carbon emissions last year, according to the latest figures from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. The BVRLA’s leasing members, who operate a combined fleet of around 1.6 million cars, saw the average CO2 emissions of vehicles brought on fleet in 2009 fall to 144g/km. [...]

British car fleets make impressive carbon emission reductions

Britain’s business car fleets made impressive progress in reducing their carbon emissions last year, according to the latest figures from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. The BVRLA’s leasing members, who operate a combined fleet of around 1.6 million cars, saw the average CO2 emissions of vehicles brought on fleet in 2009 fall to 144g/km. [...]

Comment: BVRLA react to SMMT new car registration figures

BVRLA chief executive, John Lewis, has reacted to the SMMT New Car Registration figures for 2009 that were published today. “2009 saw a real slump in the business car market, which saw its share of new car registrations fall below 50% for the first time in 16 years as companies put off their buying decisions and [...]

New rules for BVRLA leasing brokers

The association updates its code of conduct for intermediaries The BVRLA Leasing Broker Committee has strengthened its Code of Conduct as part of ongoing moves to improve standards of professionalism and customer service in the sector. The new code will take effect from 1 January 2010. The enhanced code places more emphasis on after-sales service and requires [...]

Pre Budget comment: BVRLA

Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report gives tax boost for electric car and van users, but no help to embattled hauliers The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association has welcomed the announcement of further government support for early adopters of electric vehicles. In today’s Pre-Budget Report, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that he would be exempting electric cars and vans [...]

grs Strategy To Save Industry £8M Per Month

grs, leading automotive remarketers, have research , which shows many companies both small and large, simply don’t have a strategic plan in place leading to a lack of information about the true cost of vehicle remarketing. However, by adopting a multi-channel approach to vehicle remarketing claims the research, from leading automotive remarketers grs, the fleet [...]

Is driving at work is too important to be a ‘grey’ area?

Employers should prevent staff from using their own vehicles for business unless they can give proof that their car is roadworthy and insured. Speaking at the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Annual Grey Fleet Conference this week, BVRLA chief executive John Lewis told delegates that they needed to adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ policy on staff who [...]

Technical advisors to get national qualification

Vehicle rental and leasing staff with a technical advisory focus can now assess their skills against a national benchmark and boost their careers following the introduction of a new qualification. Aimed at the estimated 3,000 people within the industry who work in a maintenance controller or technical services role, the new Automotive Technician Accreditation system has [...]

BVRLA comment on Boris Johnson’s Congestion Charge announcement

The BVRLA has welcomed Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s decision to abolish the Western Extension but fears that any benefits provided by the introduction of a new automated payment system will be outweighed by the cost to register. “The removal of the £1 discount for fleets is disappointing. Transport for London says there will be a [...]

Rental companies need the freedom to manage risk posed by young drivers

The government wants to give young, inexperienced drivers free rein to hire sports cars, vans and commercial vehicles – putting more lives at risk on Britain’s roads, claims the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. The BVRLA is calling for the sector to be given an exemption from elements of its proposed Equality Bill, which will [...]

Reducing work-related road accidents is paramount, but how can we do this in an acceptable way? Fleet Voice

Fleet Voice Column: July 29 2009 Anyone interested in motorsport will be reeling from the last two weekends, at Brands Hatch, Formula Two driver Henry Surtees, aged 18, was killed in what was described as a “freak” accident. He was racing when struck by a wheel, which flew off a competitor’s car, Henry the son of [...]

More can be done to reduce work-related road accidents

The BVRLA has urged the Department for Transport to be more ambitious in its attempts to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on Britain’s roads. Responding to a DfT consultation on improving road safety beyond 2010, the association has asked the government to increase its goal of cutting the number of deaths on [...]

Criminals set sights on rental fleets

The short-term rental sector was hit by a recession-induced crime wave last year, with the annual BVRLA Theft and Fraud Survey reporting a 12% rise in vehicle thefts. BVRLA members faced a range of threats, including opportunistic thieves, fraudsters and gangs of organised criminals. A 22% jump in the number of stolen cars during 2008 overshadowed [...]

BVRLA issue new driving at work guide

New, improved manual is a valuable tool for fleet managers The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has launched its revised Guide to Driving at Work. This online reference manual can be used as a tool in the general management of health and safety within the workplace and should be read by everyone who is [...]

New Chairman Appointed To BVRLA

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) appointed LeasePlan’s regional senior vice-president for Northern Europe and the Americas, Kevin McNally as Nigel Stead of LloydsTSB has no completed his two-year term. Mr McNally was officially appointed on May 14 at the AGM and brings more than 20 years experience in fleet sales, having worked [...]

BVRLA Warn Of DVLA Funding Affecting Services

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) have warned that the cash-strapped DVLA needs a more reliable source of funding so that it can provide businesses with the services it has promised. The DVLAs dependence on the drastically reduced number of new registration fees has cost the agency £50m. This is in addition to [...]

Green Light For Scrappage Scheme

A car scrappage scheme, expected to offer buyers a £2000 incentive to buy new or nearly-new if their old vehicle is scrapped, looks set to be given the green light in the 2009 Budget statement due on April 22. Reports in the Easter weekend National newspapers have predicted that an old car scrappage scheme designed to [...]

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