 Better in the old days. Really?
17 May 2012 NEW!
Remember 2002? It was a seminal moment when we moved from the sub-£20k company car special, when tax was all about price points, and onto company car tax based on CO2 emissions. Fast forward to 2012. Not quite the same massive change that we saw in 2002 but no doubt some company car drivers were wondering why their take home pay had shrunk... Read more
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 My top 10 rule beaters
27 April 2012 NEW!
No doubt many of you will be looking at your payslips and suddenly realising the impact of the Chancellor’s change to the company car tax rules on your take home pay.
“Thanks George,” you probably muttered. Or, perhaps, something even a little stronger... Read more
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 New cars will snub fuel fill ups
13 April 2012
Threatened tanker strikes, Jerry can gaffes, queues at fuel stations as drivers rushed to fill up, changing government advice...and that’s before we even had a strike. What a strange frothed up concoction the recent fuel ‘crisis’ was. Despite the ephemeral basis for the run on fuel, drivers’ fears of being caught short of fuel was very real.... Read more
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 My top 10 sub 100g/km cars
26 March 2012
Well now, the Chancellor gave us plenty to think about for company cars in his Budget. There's extra fuel cost, stretching new company car tax targets and demanding new levels of writing down allowances from 2013. But the one thing the Budget shouted from the rooftops was this: the Chancellor wants us to drive lower carbon cars – or pay the tax penalty.
Which got me thinking... Read more
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 Building up to the budget
20 March 2012
The Budget. It's the one moment in the year when UK PLC suddenly concentrates on the economy - usually for a 'what's-in-it-for-me' reason. Mmmm. OK, me too, actually. No harm in that of course. But what should we make of this year's Budget... Read more
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 Ampera: the future of the business car?
15 March 2012
I attended a conference recently where there was something that really caught my attention: a presentation on the new Vauxhall Ampera, which goes on sale this year. If you’ve not come across the Ampera before it’s a really exciting development in low emission car technology – and I’m not talking the latest green sandals here... Read more |
 Riding rough shod over Mervyn's rocky road
16 February 2012
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, caught my ear with his speech on the economic recovery being long, arduous and uneven. Now, as you can appreciate being Scottish, I'm a master at making my pound go further - it is always your round at the bar isn't it? - but I'm only seeing an upside to these current economic conditions... Read more |
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About
 Martin Brown is Managing Director of Fleet Alliance and has over 16 years experience in the leasing industry. In 2007 he was listed as a Business Insider Rising Star and in 2008 led the company to finalist status in the National Business Awards for Scotland.
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