Looking much like an APP that we are all used to, DrivePlus is the first to the market with a multi-function phone based piece of software that will be useful to companies operating vans or cars and also private drivers who are willing to be monitored to reduce insurance costs Starting with vehicle trackers […]
Archives for January 2014
Financing vehicles and business leasing part one
Not that long ago, a business had very few choices when it came to funding its cars and vans. It literally boiled down to bank loan or pay cash, with hire purchase becoming readily available from the 1970’s At Carlease UK, we speak to our clients who have replaced outright purchase with leasing and they […]
Business Car Leasing and the tax situation of an employee
If you drive a company car and earn anything over £8,500, you will pay car benefit tax if there is any element of private use. How the car is funded has no bearing on this, the car can be owned outright, on hire purchase or a contract hire car in the case of business car […]
Eco Cars are ideal for business leasing, but there are still many misunderstandings
This morning we supplied two vehicles to a national company, the first car replaced averaged 25 mpg, the replacement will average 35 mpg. The other car replaced one that averaged 35 mpg with a car that will now cover better than 46 mpg. Its easy at first sight to think that the second car will […]
Elon Musk predicts a worldwide boom in private leasing and business car leasing, who are we to argue
With money not getting any easier to get hold of for businesses or private people, Elon Musk thinks that manufacturers will ever more turn to leasing companies to be the intermediary between themselves and customers, offering more funding options and creative funding choices than garages are used to dealing with. Even if you don’t know […]
Business Car Leasing continued
Car and van choice Your company cars and company vans need not be all one manufacturer, if you give a choice by budget to your staff, carlease UK will source each one separately for you. Commonly with buying, in order to achieve your best deal, you have to buy all one manufacturer, seriously limiting your […]
Why is Business Car Leasing the most common way to fund a new company car
In many companies, cash is king and they can make better use of their available cash than using it for paying outright for a depreciating asset which can only be written down over many year, some years of which will be after the vehicle has long gone. The time involved in finding and negotiating the […]
Carlease UK, the home of Manchester Car Leasing deals for nearly two decades
Think Manchester and you think rain, Manchester United, Manchester City and possibly, Oasis. But Manchester is actually a hugely important business centre of banking, insurance, pension’s administration and home to the BBC and Granada TV, housed in Europe’s only purpose-built development at Salford Quays. Manchester is also home to what is still one of the […]
If your company cars cover a lot of miles each year, consider high mileage leasing
Anetic Aid have for 26 years supplied hospitals with operating theatre equipment to the highest standards. When they needed a new car, they chose to lease a new BMW 520d SE from Carlease UK. The car is going to work hard and will cover 35,000 each year, a mileage that many lease vehicles will cover in […]
Carlease UK, supplying car lease deals in Warrington for a decade
In 1986, Warrington was designated as a new town and with the help of central government investment has attracted the investment of many world-wide companies, including HP and Compaq. With a total development only slightly smaller than Trafford Park, the second biggest industrial park in the world, Warrington new town is a vibrant business centre […]
2014 Model Mercedes-Benz Sprinter promises even better economy and a great drive
Outside of Germany, the new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will have a maximum speed governor, at the request of the US, which will limit it to 80 mph. In Germany, you can see the Sprinter, the van of choice for the parcel delivery company whose fleets work hard, storming down the autobahn at speeds approaching 100 mph, […]
With a lack of take up of private electric cars, will leasing take up the excess supply?
With a lack of take up of electric and hybrid cars in the private car sector, the government has changed its target to the leasing industry to take up the slack. The available grant for subsidising electric and hybrid cars remains unused to the tune of £500m with five years to go run on the […]