There were positive signs as leaders of the BVRLA met with Transport Minister Mike Penning this week to discuss how certain agencies could be improved. John Lewis, Chief Exec of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, said Penning, the [...]

A accreditation scheme for sales staff has been launched online in an effort to raise standards of professionalism within the leasing brokers sector. The programme is available to staff at leasing brokers that are currently members of the British Vehicle [...]

No, Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to cut fuel duty by 1p was not a slip of the tongue or a typo or a surreal dream, there was actually some worthwhile benefit for motorists and the fleet industry in today’s Budget. [...]

FleetDirectory.co.uk has put its weight behind the FairFuelUK campaign which is bidding for a fairer deal on fuel prices. The website joins sister website ContractHireandLeasing.com, SaveMoneyonCars.co.uk and TheVanWebsite.co.uk along with motoring journalist and TV presenter Quentin Willson and various MPs [...]

Tusker, the leasing and salary sacrifice specialist, have predicted a rise in demand for contract hire from fleet operators in answer to the hike in VAT as many will see the increased benefits including the ability to reclaim 50% of [...]

Leasing and rental will remain popular forms of vehicle finance, despite new lease accounting proposals announced by the International Accounting Standards Board today. The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association is confident that its members will be able to adapt [...]

BVRLA (British Vehicle Rental And Leasing Association) have called on HM Revenue & Customs to increase the current 50% VAT recovery rate available to businesses leasing cars to be increased to allow a fairer level of VAT recovery in light [...]

Industry organisation, the BVRLA is calling on the Chancellor George Osborne to abolish the tax disc ahead of next week’s Budget report. As the Chancellor prepares his Budget report speech for Tuesday (June 22, 2010), the associations says Mr Osborne [...]

Currently general manager at Hertz UK, Neil is now in line to succeed the association’s current chairman, LeasePlan’s Kevin McNally, when he completes his two-year term in May 2011. An economics graduate from the University of York, Neil has a [...]

BVRLA chief executive, John Lewis, on recent press speculation about Conservative plans to change the company car tax regime. “The BVRLA has been in contact [with] Conservative central office and can confirm that the party has no plans to change [...]