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Jim Salkeld

Jim Salkeld has more than 15 years’ experience within the fleet and driver management sector and can speak on a full range of topics relating to car benefit and tax issues.

As the chairman of Toomey Opticar, he is able to provide a unique insight into how a mixed approach to fleets can benefit companies and employees and can demonstrate how a tailored approach, offering both company car schemes and employee car ownership schemes, can maximise tax benefits and minimise costs for companies and employees.

Following a career in leading financial and IT institutions, Jim formed OptiMarque in 1994 after realising a gap existed in the market for advising companies and company car drivers on whether to opt out of their scheme in order to gain tax benefits.

The original software was created to calculate the details of each specific driver and analyse whether a company car or opt-out was most tax efficient.

This led to the development of software systems for employers to implement employee car ownership (ECO) schemes within strict HM Revenue & Customs rules.  Following the success of several online ECO schemes, the company became part of the Toomey Group and the Optifleet system was developed to enable employers and employees to select and run the best and least cost option within a wide range of choices.

This fully managed mixed fleet solution has been successfully trialled with a major client, and has now been launched to a wider audience.

Optifleet is a complete online fleet and driver management system for maximising car benefit to employees in a mixed-fleet environment with minimal administration, representing the ultimate in tax-efficient car schemes.

To discuss speaking opportunities, please contact Jo Edwards at JE Consulting on 0121 355 4774 or e-mail jo@je-consulting.co.uk