THE company car has been assaulted on many sides for years with suggestions that it was falling out of favour with employees. And increasing levels of benefit in kind taxation certainly added weight to that argument. But research from Arval, based on its Mobility Observatory, suggests that the company car is an integral part of corporate culture. Fewer than one in five…
KEVIN Griffin is the new managing director of SsangYong Motors. Griffin, the former sales director, takes over from the outgoing Nick Laird. The appointment is effective 01 July 2020. Griffin said on his appointment: SsangYong now has an array of versatile products available in the UK market, so even in challenging times, I’m confident that SsangYong will do well with its excellent…
ARVAL has produced a fleet manager’s guide to COVID-19 safe vehicles. It is entitled COVID-19: A two step guide to vehicle safety principles. The guide is a distilled version of the government’s advice – but reduced from many pages to just three. Shaun Sadlier, Arval’s head of consultancy, explained: “The document delivered by the Government provides a strong basis for future fleet…
THE London Motor Show has been confirmed for 2021 – in stark contrast to the announcement that the Geneva Motor Show will be cancelled next year. The London Motor Show – following its 2020 break – will return to the Evolution London venue in Battersea Park from 16-18 July 2021. Alec Mumford, chairman of The London Motor Show, said: The last four…
FLEET managers want to electrify their fleets. A survey by Go Ultra Low, in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, found that a third of fleet managers expected to have 50% of their fleets fully electric within five years. The survey was across a wide cross section of UK fleets, from two to 100 vehicle fleets. Most of the respondent said the…
DRIVERS can now update their V5C vehicle logbook details online thanks to a new service from DVLA. The new service takes less than two minutes to complete. All drivers need is their vehicle registration number, log book document reference number and their postcode. DVLA says it reduces the amount of time to receive a new log book from six weeks to five…
NET Promoter Score (NPS) on the leasing industry fell for the third year in a row. The 2019 APD Business Driver Sentiment Report said NPS was down from 56 in 2018 to 53 in 2019. The report suggested that the decline was due to delivery delays caused by WLTP changes, which came into force September 2018. The report analysed data from 54,027…
INTEREST in electric vehicles is increasing rapidly, with a 148% increase in leasing enquiries. The lease deal aggregator, Leasing.com, says that EVs have suddenly spiked with electric vehicle leasing outperforming the wider new car market by nearly double. It says that interest has been fuelled by enticing deals on the new Renault Zoe – see our downloadable feature Six city cars to…