Pre-Budget Report Mini-GuideThe Pre-Budget Report (PBR) on the 9th December announced further tightening of Company Car Tax (CCT) bands and Fuel Benefit charges, while the electric vehicle industry has been given additional support through the taxation system.
Increases to fuel duty and the differential first-year rates of vehicle excise duty (VED) previously announced provide further incentives [...]

Ford has topped the Innovation in Car and Van Manufacture category for its low-carbon ECOnetic diesel vehicles and EcoBoost petrol range and secured the innovation prize at the 2009 Fleet Hero Awards run by the Energy Saving Trust (EST).
Ford’s ECOnetic derivatives will appeal to those customers looking to minimise their environmental impact and they can [...]

Any organisation that runs a fleet of vehicles has a serious commitment on its hands. Even a modest number of vehicles – between 10 and 50, say – raises many questions:

Should you offer pool cars or company cars?
Should you use fuel cards or reimburse employees when they fill up?
Are technologies like telematics or hybrid cars [...]

Advisory fuel rate change on the 1st July
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) announced amended Advisory Fuel Rates (guidelines on fuel only mileage rates for company cars) which will apply from 1st July 2009 until further notice. Have you communicated the changes (which include lower rates for diesels) to your drivers who claim fuel reimbursement for [...]