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.
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, 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 [...]

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 [...]