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Is the Company Pool Car a Genuine Pool Car?
Many company directors and owners of small to medium sized companies feel that there has developed over the past ten years an unjust and ever increasing burden of taxation. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that when people feel they are heavily and unfairly taxed they start to look for ways of getting […]
Namibia - Four Deserts Within One Country
When looking up Namibia in your travel guidebook you will read about the vast open plains of the Etosha National Park, the small coastal resort of Swakopmund with its old colonial buildings or the red sand dunes surrounding Sossusvlei and Deadvlei. But rarely do you come across an article that explains in detail the different […]
How to Lower the Maintenance Cost of Your Company Vehicles
There are various ways a company can reduce the maintenance costs of it’s fleet. A maintenance contract is an option that is offered as part of contract hire and personal contract hire. However it is worth considering carefully, if indeed it is worthwhile taking up. Every case is different but often the additional cost is […]
Contract Hire or Personal Contract Hire?
Contract Hire is for companies and Personal Contract Hire is for individuals, there are however circumstances where it is not at all clear as to which route a company director, sole proprietor, or partner should take when acquiring a new car. Certainly if a business is not Vat registered one of the advantages of taking […]
Contract Hire and How to Avoid Some of the Pitfalls
Contract hire is a very straightforward and inexpensive way of running company cars. It couldn’t really be simpler you have fully budgeted costs over a fixed term, off balance sheet borrowing, without the complication of disposing of existing vehicles, when the time comes to renew company cars. Even maintenance can be included in the monthly […]
Holidays in Namibia - Namibia & the Cape Fur Seal
When you think of Africa & its incredible wildlife you almost inevitably conjure up images of endless plains, scattered with antelope huddling together under the deceptively disinterested gaze of the ‘king of the beasts’. It may then surprise you to learn that Namibia is also home to more than half the world’s population of […]
Why Should Employees Not Choose a Company Car
Some employers may ask, why should they have a choice when after all a company vehicle is no more than a tool to allow the employee to do their job?
Well there are a number of reasons. Firstly if the company is using Contract Hire for their company vehicles as most are nowadays. There can often […]
