Budget

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A Budget of disappointment and missed oppor...

Mar 07, 2024Comments off

Yesterday’s Budget has left the transport and vehicle industry underwhelmed. For many commentators in the industry, the overall impression is one of missed opportunities, lack

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We have zero clarity on what the UK’s EV ...

Mar 04, 2024Comments off

Paul Holland, Managing Director for UK/ANZ Fleet, FLEETCOR gives his opinion on what is likely to happen to EV policy in this week’s budget. “The

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‘Fair tax for a fair transition’...

Mar 01, 2024Comments off

The automotive industry is calling for the Chancellor to use the upcoming Budget to put the UK’s shift to electric vehicles back in the fast

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AA calls for Fuel Duty Freeze ahead of Budg...

Feb 27, 2024Comments off

The AA is calling for a range of measures to help provide confidence for drivers now, and for the future, ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget

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Spring Budget 2023 – response

Mar 16, 2023Comments off

The industry has given a cautious welcome to the Spring Budget presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. In particuler the continued freeze

Planned fuel duty increase will stifle econ...

Nov 21, 2022Comments off

A proposed 23% increase in fuel duty, which equates an additional 12p per litre of petrol or diesel at the pumps, hidden in the content

Jeremy Hunt delivering the Autumn Statement in Parliament

The Autumn Statement: The industry response

Nov 18, 2022Comments off

On Thursday 17th of November, Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, laid out the Government’s plans to repair the economy and plot a course out

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Emergency Budget: What it means for drivers...

Oct 18, 2022Comments off

The Chancellor’s Emergency Budget has some serious implications for drivers and fleet-operating businesses. In response, Matthew Walters, Head of Consultancy Services at LeasePlan UK, has

Response to the UK Government’s ̵...

Sep 26, 2022Comments off

On Friday, 23rd September 2022, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng published his ‘mini-budget’ to address the current national financial situation

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Government contradiction over red diesel re...

Apr 04, 2022Comments off

In his Spring Statement the Chancellor announced a 5p-a-litre cut in fuel duty. But, with the end of the rebate on red diesel coming in