Ten year high for BVRLA membership
BVRLA membership has reached a ten-year high after the trade body for the vehicle rental and leasing sector attracted 73 new members in the first half of 2015. The British Vehicle Rental and Leas...
Contract Hire and Leasing News by John Simpson
Wipe your car’s system before de-fleet, company car drivers urged
Company car drivers should return their vehicle’s multimedia system to factory settings, erasing any sensitive data, before their car is de-fleeted. That’s the warning from vehicle dealer group Ac...
Skoda Octavia Estate chosen for South East Ambulance rapid response fleet
Skoda has been tasked with delivering up to 55 new Octavia Estates to the South East Ambulance Service (SECAmb). The Octavia 2.0 TDI 4x4 Estate SEs will be used as part of SECAmb’s front-line rap...
Diesel set to be cheaper than petrol in first ‘fuel price flip’ since 2001
The average price of a litre of diesel could soon be cheaper than unleaded for the first time in 15 years, according to the RAC. The impending ‘fuel price flip’ is the result of a diesel price war...
Three new Teslas due in next four years; Model S gets ‘Ludicrous’
Electric car maker Tesla will flesh out its range with a trio of new models before 2020. The Model X crossover will be available in the US by October, followed by the Model 3 compact executive by ...
Consumer vehicle finance key to widespread broker confidence, survey reveals
Consumer vehicle funding was identified as one of the biggest areas of growth for many brokers in Investec's latest survey.
New car allowance helps ContractHireAndLeasing employees enjoy leasing benefits
ContractHireAndLeasing.com is putting its money where its mouth is after introducing a subsidised car leasing scheme for employees. This means all eligible employees can receive up to £125 a mon...
Company car drivers shirking maintenance duties, survey finds
A concerning proportion of company car drivers are shirking responsibilities when it comes to maintaining their vehicle’s condition, new research has revealed. More than half of company car driver...
More plug-in cars sold in first half of 2015 than in all of 2014
The UK’s appetite for plug-in hybrid and electric cars has continued to gather pace at a phenomenal rate in 2015, with more plug-in cars registered in the first six months of the year than in the w...
VW vans arrive on AA patrol fleet
More than 500 new Volkswagen Transporters have been added to the AA’s patrol fleet. The mammoth fleet order is the result of a new contract between the breakdown cover provider and Volkswagen Comm...
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