Fleet news from around the UK
New fleet appointments
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Philip Allan has been appointed national fleet
and business sales manager for Seat and Matthew Dale has joined
Nissan from Lombard as national LCV sales manager.
Allan held a series of similar roles at
Nissan, from 1996 to 2002, and then at Renault, ultimately becoming
head of leasing, until his move to the Spanish manufacturer. He
will report to Steve Robertson, head of fleet at Seat, and manage a
team of nine in pushing the Leon, Exeo and Alhambra models in the
sector.
Dale spent 22 years at Lombard where he grew
the light commercial fleet from 500 to 23,000 vehicles in 10
years.
Company cars push down
emissions
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By GlobalDataFigures from the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show average CO2 emissions from
fleet cars (137.1g/km) were 1.7% below the private retail average
(139.5g/km).
The calculation was sales-weighted from the
2011 national average of 138.1g/km, down 4.2% from 2010 and down
23% since the SMMT began reporting emissions data in 2000. The SMMT
attributed the drop to company car tax initiatives.
Adjustments to the lease rental and capital
allowance restrictions from 2013 mean below the threshold of
130g/km and 100% of the lease cost of a car can be written off
against taxable profit, compared to 85% of lease cost for a car
over the threshold.
Fleet used values up
The average value of used cars in the fleet
market was £6,712 in April, up £285 or 4.4%, month-on-month; up
7.4%, year-on-year, according to vehicle remarketer Manheim.
Fleet beat the
overall used car average (up 3.7%, month-on-month; up 6.9%,
year-on-year), and is at its highest value for over a year.
Manheim pointed to the particularly good
performance of coupe re-sale values, which were up by an average
10.8% to £11,105 in April, and compact executives, up 7.8% to
£9,162. The value of MPVs, however, fell by an average 7.7% to
£6,704, and 4x4s were down 11.6% to £10,967.
20-fleet consultation on EV
strategy
Transport for London (TfL) and the Department
for Transport (DfT) will fund a scheme run by the Energy Saving
Trust and working with 20 fleets to develop electric vehicle (EV)
strategy and identify company savings possible through EVs.
The work follows
the Plugged-In Fleets report of February this year which stated
1.7m EVs would have to be on the road by 2020 if government
ambitions to reduce CO2 emissions 50% by 2025 were to be met.
The report also laid out cost savings for
fleets in running costs, company car tax, National Insurance
contributions, capital allowances, vehicle excise duty and the
London congestion charge.
LeasePlan showcases
Ampera
European fleet lessor LeasePlan has showcased
Vauxhall’s EV model, the Ampera, at its Slough headquarters.
LeasePlan has ordered 20 of the 50-mile-range
Amperas and is currently the only UK leasing provider to offer the
model.
LeasePlan UK hope the test drive event held
for 70 staff members will give them a personal feeling and
knowledge of the car to better integrate it within the company’s EV
offering.
richard.brown@vrlfinancialnews.com
