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Marshall Leasing Breaks Vehicle Milestone

25 March 2019

We’ve got some great news to share with you all. Under our first full year of ownership through Northridge Finance, we’ve broken through the 8,000-vehicle milestone for the first time! This news comes as part of an announcement by Northridge Finance celebrating a record year with lending reaching £1.1 billion in 2018. We were acquired by Northridge in November 2017, as a subsidiary of Bank of Ireland UK. The institution has reported profit before tax of £173 millions for the 12 months ending December 31, 2018, up from £151 in 2017. Our... Read full article

ACFO Submits Action Plan for Government to Protect the Traditional Company Car

11 March 2019

An institution close to our heart, the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) is striving for the government to adopt a six-point action plan in order to protect and enhance the growing demand of the company car as part of a company’s fleet. This comes as a direct result of the looming Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) which is due to become live in April 2019. The introduction of this new legislative change is thought to generally increase the official CO2 emissions of cars by up to as much as 20%, although the Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) tax... Read full article

New Van Scrappage Scheme Offers Incentive for Electric Vehicles

04 March 2019

As technology is moving at an extraordinary rate, many small businesses across the country are finding new ways to best benefit themselves to stay competitive and compliant with many legislative changes in a confusing market. In recent days, news has emerged that micro-businesses and charities across London will be offered an incentive of £6,000 to buy an electric van, or £3,500 towards funding cleaner alternatives for their vehicles. Opening last Friday (February 22nd), this new scheme is aiming to aid micro-businesses and charities prepare for the... Read full article

Fleet Uptake of Electric Vehicles on a Dramatic Rise

01 March 2019

As we all know, the quality of technology across all industries is growing at an exponential rate, and our beloved friends who give us a thrill on the road, day in day out, are getting a makeover for the better. It has been found that the number of fleets operating electric forms of vehicles has increased by an astonishing 27% in the past year, with around 87% of consumers having an increasing demand for the technology which is aspiring the world. Further research, conducted by well-known car brand KIA shows that almost two-thirds (62%) of consumers believe that both... Read full article

Honda’s Decision Highlights the Challenge

19 February 2019

What a difference a couple of years can make! The challenges faced by vehicle manufacturers in meeting the environmental needs of the world are causing the likes of Honda to rethink their strategy. We have commented regularly on the direction of travel being driven through legislation and tax. The decline in export demand to China has hurt our British car industry. Now we must consider the cost of convergence to electric vehicles. This is the message that Honda have sent out. We have previously talked about the cost of change to electric vehicles (EV) in relation to... Read full article

Watch Out, Vehicle Theft is About

11 February 2019

A recent Home Office report conducted by police across England and Wales revealed that crime has risen by 19% in the last year. With an overall total of 5,723,182 offences recorded, a shocking discovery shows that robbery figures have risen by 17% according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Further worrying statistics show that between 2013-2018, it has been reported that roughly 5,975 fewer police officers are patrolling local streets, but the problem worsens when comparing these figures to 2006, whereby 21,958 fewer officers were deployed across the UK.... Read full article

Electric Vehicles – There’s a Charge

04 February 2019

Constantly driving our wonderful vehicles poses an interesting question that may bother fleet drivers on a regular basis. What came first; the wheel or the road? No doubt during the transition from horse-drawn carts to combustion engines, we had a great deal to thank the Romans for. At the end of the day, you need road infrastructure for your wheels to roll over. Despite the Model T being available to the masses from 1908, Britain’s first motorway, the M1, didn’t start construction until much later in 1959. Sadly for us modern drivers, our pot hole-ridden... Read full article

Ford and Volkswagen to Collaborate to Create New Autonomous Vehicles by 2022

01 February 2019

A new range of vehicles is music to our fleet-loving ears, and some big brands have hit the ground running straight into 2019. It has been recently announced that Ford and Volkswagen will be forming an alliance to develop and build new commercial vehicles for global markets, with these exciting developments starting in 2022. To support the array of environmentally friendly initiatives taking place to tackle the use of fossil fuels, Ford and Volkswagen have recently signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate further collaboration on mobility services and... Read full article

Do Older Drivers need to take more Precautions on the Road?

21 January 2019

The recent news of a crash involving the Duke of Edinburgh on a notorious junction in Sandringham has put the spotlight on road safety for older drivers. Although Prince Phillip, aged 97 walked away unhurt after his Land Rover overturned near the royal estate in Norfolk, this has raised the issue of older drivers right to the forefront. We’ve outlined some key talking points for older fleet drivers and some important precautions and advice to stay safe on the roads. There have been many attempts to form petitions to introduce compulsory, age-related driving tests... Read full article

New Gas Refuelling Station Opened by Ocado

14 January 2019

If you own a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) as part of your fleet, you’ll understand the issues with refuelling this big machine, as these can be hard to come by. As technology and efficiency are always on the rise, fear not as the online supermarket brand Ocado has recently opened its first natural gas refuelling station, located at its Hatfield Customer Fulfilment Centre. The company are the first of its kind in the UK to self-fund the purchase of an onsite grid connected station, allowing the facility to accommodate up to 80 vehicles. This site was both built and... Read full article

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