Ambitious Government plans to make the UK the world leader in electric car adoption could be hampered by its decision to increase company car benefit-in-kind tax on those vehicles by 500% in 2015/16 with a further rise due in 2016/17. Zero emission electric vehicles are currently 0% rated for company car benefit-in-kind tax, but fleet-decision-makers’ […]
Employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme have reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%, it is claimed. UK salary sacrifice car provider Fleet Evolution conducted research amongst its client base to arrive at the figure, comparing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of a customer’s car it provided with the one […]
Fleet and asset management software company Jaama’s New Year pledge to deliver further customer service improvements and product enhancements has been underlined with two new appointments. Sam Gear has joined Jaama, the UK’s number one fleet and asset management software company, as a software tester with a brief to further improve quality processes, and Debra […]
Fleets and leasing companies are collectively expected to save an estimated £6.5 million – and motorists £54 million – as a result of the Government cutting red tape. The Government’s commitment to cutting unnecessary rules and regulations as a result of establishing the Red Tape Challenge in 2011 will see: • By 2015, fleet companies able […]
Fleet management software industry leader Jaama has launched a new and improved website featuring a brand new look and feel and a raft of additional features.
The corporate website has been launched at the start of Jaama’s 10th anniversary year.
Easy to navigate and including a software finder to help fleet decision-makers discover critical information on Jaama’s award-winning web-based Key2 system, the site details comprehensive information on the company’s suite of products, training seminars and industry information as well as giving users the ability to quickly book a demonstration of the system.
Jaama is targeting further adoption of its industry-leading Key2 Rental Management software system by exhibiting at this year’s Executive Hire Show.
To be held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on February 12 and 13, Jaama will be showcasing its Key2 Rental Management software, which provides plant and tool hire operators with the right tools to successfully manage their business.
Key2 Rental Management is the most advanced, flexible web-based product on the market and with Jaama’s on-going development and investment the system is at the forefront of innovative management for the hire and rental industries. Built for the Microsoft.NET framework and using Smart Client technology, Key2 Rental Management is an intuitive, easy to navigate, simple to use yet functionally-packed web-based business tool. The system stores and actively manages and monitors all aspects of plant, asset, stores management, the hire of both single items and plant packs, rehire, cross-hire, operator hire and management, sale items, ordering, quotations, contracts, equipment maintenance and invoicing and is available with fully integrated accounts.
Updated with more information on a host of topical areas, the seminars reflect best practice and the impact of changing legislation and taxation in a number of key areas.
The spring 2014 seminars will focus on a wide range of fleet management issues including: fuel cost management, Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) compliance, changes to company car benefit-in-kind taxation up to 2016/17, the late last year introduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013 as well as topics such as key performance indicators to measure to ensure optimum fleet efficiency and effectiveness, grey fleet management, car salary sacrifice schemes, employee driving licence checking and reducing the administrative burden of fleet management through technology.
The European Parliament has approved new carbon dioxide (CO2) restrictions on light commercial vehicles that will slash emissions by 28% from 2020. Under the rules, all new light commercial vehicles sold across the European Union will emit a maximum average of 147 g/km of CO2 instead of the 203 g/km today, a level set in […]
Experienced IT professional Chris Sheppard has joined fast-expanding Jaama as a software tester. Chris, who has worked in IT since 1996, has joined Jaama’s product quality assurance team within the customer services department. A fully qualified quality auditor and ISEB Foundation Certificate holder, Chris worked at ProIV, part of Northgate Information Solutions, as a quality […]