New standard is more closely aligned with the BVRLA's guide for Commercial Vehicles, and recognises the heavy use vans most vans are now experiencing. It has also been updated to reflect the growing prevalence of electric vehicles on members’ fleets.
ULEZ comes into force in London on Monday and similar regulations on emissions are also being planned for towns and cities across the UK to tackle air pollution. The difficulty for many fleet operators is the lack of consistency and clarity.
Car and Van Rental in the UK provides insights into the shape of the market and delivers a fresh perspective on how the sector is meeting the UK’s increasingly complex transport requirements.
The BVRLA has issued advice as the government publishes further guidance on International Driving Permits and Green Cards, as part of its no-deal-Brexit preparations.
Call for a vehicle appropriate ULEV standard, which is agreed nationally before Local Authorities implement any ultra-low emission requirements.
IT'S not far away now - and we're not talking Christmas. But the London ULEZ which starts in April 2019. How will this affect van drivers in London? Probably big time. The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) co-hosted an event with Transport for London (TfL) to explore the impact of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on van users in [...]
The BVRLA is warning of a spate of fake van leasing deals from scammers using social media to pose as genuine van leasing brokers
MORE of you are leasing your own vans, contributing to a 36% personal leasing rise driving the market, while business fleet van leasing surged by nearly 15% to more than a third of a million vans. The personal contract hire (PCH) increase has had a key role in seeing the total business fleet leasing market for cars and vans growing [...]
A LEASING BROKER is an intermediary who sits between the customer, the motor manufacturers and the vehicle funders. They marry together the best available vehicle prices with the best available funding terms. The process is similar to an insurance broker. What does a leasing broker do? At its most basic, a broker should provide competitive supply terms to customers. They should [...]
FTA predicts 3 major impacts on business An additional charge on the Congestion Charge which is expected to impact vans and lorries; A requirement for vans and lorries to be Euro VI/6 across inner-London - possibly as early as 2018 The proposal would require lorries to be Euro VI across all of Greater London as early as 2020. THE NEW Mayor's plan [...]
The BVRLA chief executive, Gerry Keaney warns that key issues have not been addressed WITH just over a week to go before the General Election, Britain’s political parties have yet to provide answers to some key concerns, say fleet operators. The BVRLA’s close examination of the manifestos published by the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP and Green Party [...]
There are lots of companies offering lots of deals in the competitive leasing market LEASING is a competitive market – whether you are looking for a company van or car, there are lots of companies offering deals on the internet. All of them will be different and it can be difficult to decide who to deal with. Of [...]
Want to hire a van short term? Beware, as the axing of licence counterparts, could mean calling the premium rate DVLA call centre for vetting. HIRERS wanting vans for short term jobs face having to use premium rate DVLA call centre number or private vetting businesses, according to the BVRLA. The counterpart, which has been around since 1998, is [...]
BVRLA predict that 70,000 new vans will be bought within the next 12 months There is no sign of brakes being applied in the UK van market, says the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA). Of the CV rental and leasing companies which responded to its 2014 CV Informer research, 75% expect business to increase this year. [...]
In spite of all the hoo-hah, only 1000 electric vans were sold in the UK last year. Now a group of concerned organisations has come up with recommendations to improve on this THE take-up of electric vans in the UK so far has been, shall we say, less than spectacular. Despite the Government piling hundreds of millions of [...]
