This report, written and researched by E-reward.co.uk, is the second instalment of a two-part study looking at the current state of the company car market in the UK. Part 1, published in Reward Blueprints 103, highlighted the key trends in company car policy using our own in-house knowledge, together with a raft of data drawn from a wide selection of the latest reports and surveys from industry specialists.
Employees: 10,500 in the UK; 157,000 worldwide.
Business: Financial services company specialising in wealth management, insurance and healthcare. It has around ten million customers in the UK and over 100 million worldwide.
Main locations: 35 offices in the UK and a presence in 59 countries.
AXA offers company cars to all of its UK employees – although how the cars are funded varies according to grade and role. Perk and business need drivers receive a car entitlement from the company, which they can spend on a car of their choice. These vehicles are acquired by the company through either a contract hire arrangement or an employee car ownership scheme. All other employees may opt to purchase a car through a salary sacrifice arrangement.
Employees: 6,700 staff.
Business: Founded in 1900 as the UK’s first civic or 'redbrick' university. Today, it has 39,000 students and it was ranked 17th out of 116 UK higher education institutions in The Guardian University Guide 2015.
Main locations: Main campus in Edgbaston, Birmingham, with permanent representation in China, India and Chicago, USA.
The University of Birmingham’s fleet strategy has one overriding goal – to drive sustainable travel by staff at every opportunity. The university has been at the forefront of new vehicle technology over the past decade: it was one of the first fleets to purchase electric vehicles for commercial use and it has taken part in pioneering trials of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Most recently, it has introduced a new salary sacrifice scheme to allow staff to acquire their own low CO2 emission cars.
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