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The advisory fuel rates are changing. HM Revenue & Customs is altering the amount drivers can claim for travel in business cars by up to 2p per mile. The new advisory fuel rates, which if used attract no tax or NIC charges, come into force from 01 August.
Meanwhile the safety spotlight is moving from cars to vans. A demonstration by safety experts TRL showed how apparently secure loads could shoot forwards in an accident. And puncture a van’s safety bulkhead. So, do we need new standards? Read the story below – which has links to further Advice Centre articles on best practice for safe load restraint.
Ralph Morton - editor
HEADLINE NEWS
From the beginning of August the amount drivers can claim for business mileage goes up by as much as 2p per mile. Is your business ready for the change?
ALSO IN THE NEWS
How safe is your van? After reading this story, possibly not as safe as you imagine. In a simulated crash, apparently secure items punctured this van’s bulkhead.
A Honda Jazz, says Which?. The magazine’s latest survey named the Jazz its reliability champion. Honda underlined its reputation for reliability by winning four further categories.
Volvo has always made practical business estates. But with so much choice, is the new V70 automatically still the best, questions DCFM’s expert Dean Woodward?
ROAD TESTS
There’s a brand new Nissan X-Trail out this September. It’s based on the recent Qashqai - so it should be good. Bob Murray, editor of 4x4 & MPV Driver, gives his verdict.
For 11 years Audi left the premium coupe market to BMW and Mercedes. But not any more. There's an all-new Audi A5. Editor Ralph Morton drives Audi’s new coupe.
ADVICE CENTRE
The director of Merseybeams Ltd, Mark Cornford, is taking delivery of four new Fords financed on a special contract hire deal. Mark explains how he picked up a bargain.
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