Newsletter
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Issue 15 - 09th April 2020
Welcome note from Sue Robinson
Dear Colleague, Following our consistent lobbying efforts with HM Treasury, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and the Prime Minister, it was positive to see that the Government released further details about its Job Retention Scheme, in line with our initial interpretation. NFDA had previously urged the Chancellor to provide further details on the scheme and we outlined how critical it was to include commissions and bonuses...
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09th April 2020
NFDA WELCOMES FURTHER DETAILS ON JOB RETENTION SCHEME
The NFDA has taken legal advice from TLT to interpret the latest guidance for the Government Job Retention Scheme, which we have as follows:The language in the updated guidance has changed from the...
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09th April 2020
NEW CAR SALES FALL DUE TO COVID-19
New car sales declined by -44.4% in March with a total of 254,684 units. Year to date, the market is down -31.0%. In March, registrations of petrol cars declined -49.9%, diesel -61.9%, whilst battery...
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09th April 2020
LCV MARKET HALVES IN MARCH AS COVID-19 TAKES ITS TOLL
Light commercial vehicle registrations have suffered from the coronavirus pandemic, down by -54.3% as dealerships and customers are forced to cease trading, the latest SMMT’s LCV registration figures...
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09th April 2020
UPDATE ON PLUG-IN CAR GRANT – Definition of Car Price
The Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has today provided clarification on the definition of “price” in the electric vehicle grants portal. Please see the following note for...
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09th April 2020
Clean Air Zones Delay - Update from JAQU
The Government Joint Air Quality Unity (JAQU) has announced the introduction of Clean Air Zones will be delayed. The Government will “keep the timetable under review” but the introduction of Clean...
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09th April 2020
DVLA CONTACT CENTRE TAKING CALLS ONLY FROM KEY WORKERS
DVLA contact center is now only taking calls from key workers. Please ask do not to call the contact centre unless you are a key worker directly involved in the response to the COVID-19. Key workers...
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09th April 2020
BEN Coronavirus Help
BEN continues to provide health and wellbeing support for automotive people and their family dependants. In response to Covid-19 BEN is aiming to “fast-track access to Information, Advice and...
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09th April 2020
De-registration requests - DVLA Update
Due to the current Covid-19 situation, DVLA has reviewed its de-registration process and as such has extended the usual 7 day timescale to 14 days during these challenging times. This applies to...
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09th April 2020
NEWS DIGEST
New company car tax rates kick in – Fleet News New benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax rates will apply to all new company cars registered from today (April 6), with a zero-percentage rate for pure electric...
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