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Paying too much?
This report first appeared in Accountancy, April 2010, page 37.
A few simple measures can reduce car costs considerably, says Jim Salkeld.
Cashing in on Cars
This report first appeared in Accountancy, December 2009, page 41.
Employers can reward staff with company car options and still enjoy cost savings, while reducing emissions, says Jim Salkeld.
Motor Finance Magazine
February 2008
JFleet planning is an area that demands a lot of attention if unnecessary costs are to be avoided, but seldom gets it. For the small business with maybe a handful of car-enabled employees, it will probably come last in the list of “things to be done urgently” from the accountant, and may never get to the top of the pile. Even larger organisations, with fleets in excess of 100 cars, can be guilty of dragging their proverbial feet simply because it can be so complex. Such inertia can present the fleet funder with some real opportunities beyond the usual rate competition arena, and can win accounts that survive past the next rate review. Needless to say, if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
AMAPS - A review too far?
January 2008
Jim Salkeld, Chairman of Toomey Opticar assesses the success of AMAPs and suggests that aligning rates with emissions may be unnecessary.
When a change to mileage rates was first discussed back in the late ‘90s, I felt that the move away from AMR (Authorised Mileage Rates) to the proposed AMAPs (Approved Mileage Allowance Payments) was a positive one in most respects, and had clearly been well thought out.
