In the recent Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves introduced changes impacting company car tax, vehicle excise duty, fuel duty and national insurance contributions. The updates included extended tax bands for company cars through to 2030, adjustments in VED and continued fuel duty freeze that offer some relief to businesses and households alike.

Firstly, thank you for your continued support during 2022. It has been an extremely challenging year with vehicle availability still being a significant issue. To give some context, we received over 20,000 booking turndowns from our supplier base during 2022.

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Today is World EV Day, the first-ever day devoted to the appreciation and expansion of EVs around the globe.

Fleet decision makers have their work cut out. The diesel debate, higher taxation, Clean Air Zones, BIK surcharges. The list goes on. But with these industry changes comes exciting innovation in the way we travel.

Following a successful series of events in 2017, we’re pleased to be back on the road again in 2018. We kicked off our tour of the UK in London in March and we’ll be hitting Nottingham on 27th June for a morning seminar where we’ll be answering your questions about the Government’s plans to clean up air quality in our cities.

Figures disclosed from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that in the year ending March 2017, the total market for new car finance was £18.6bn, while used-car financing rose to £13.9bn.

Good news for the UK manufacturing market, the government will invest £246m in a number of Catapult Centre-like organisations to promote the development of electric car batteries in the UK.

Spring is traditionally a time to dust off the cobwebs, take stock and put plans in place for the year ahead. It also presents the perfect opportunity to review fleet policies.

As you may already know, following the Government’s Budget update last month, there have been some changes relating to the laws surrounding diesel cars which are due to come into effect from April next year. These changes only affect passenger vehicles such as company cars. Commercial vehicles, such as LCVs, are exempt from the new rules.

As a champion of alternative mobility solutions, Lombard Vehicle Solutions is pleased to see that this Budget has opened the door for fleets to look beyond the traditional company car.

A fleet of 20 Mercedes C350e Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) have been put under the spotlight in the latest trial undertaken by Lombard Vehicle Solutions' partner ALD Automotive.