Tag: Shaun Sadlier

Arval report says Business Contract Hire to rise in popularity

Business Contract Hire on the rise

RESEARCH from the Arval Mobility Observatory indicates that Business Contract Hire (BCH) is going to gain significant traction. Researchers asked businesses whether they expected an increased use of BCH in the next three years: more than a quarter (26%) of fleets said yes, compared with just over one in 10 (12%) when the same question was posed in 2019. Shaun Sadlier, head…

Clean Air Zones force fleets to change policy

Fleet impact of Clean Air Zones

CLEAN Air Zones (CAZ) and the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are impacting fleet car choice. The change in policy depended on business size: above 1000 employees and with a wider operational footprint saw most impact on change, whereas companies with fewer than 10 staff saw less requirement for change. The research was carried out by Arval for its Mobility Observatory…

New research: company car integral to UK corporate culture

New research company car integral

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…

Arval produces fleet manager’s guide for COVID-19 safe vehicles

Arval Fleet manager guide to covid 19

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…