The UK could save almost £3 billion a year if businesses took advantage of new tax breaks and switched to greener company cars.

Promises from Ministers to listen to the expected 1.5 million signatories of the anti road pricing petition and debate the issue sensibly have been exposed as a total sham.

In a long-predicted move, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that Transport for London will start a consultation this Friday on a scheme to allow cars emitting less than 120g/km CO2 to drive free of charge in the central London Congestion Charging Zone, and to charge high emission cars up to £25.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has issued a warning to the Chancellor ahead of the budget on 21st March, not to increase the regulatory and tax burden on UK car manufactures and component suppliers amidst fears of higher costs and threats from emerging markets.

This week the price of oil was predicted by OPEC to continue increasing and reach $200 a barrel, meaning that the cost of petrol and diesel at the pumps is set to keep on rising.

Cenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, has been appointed as the Department for Transport’s delivery partner to develop the new Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme (LCVPP).

The majority of business travellers rely on the car because public transport is not ‘fit for purpose’, according to a major new study launched by the Royal Automobile Club Foundation and the British Chambers of Commerce.

How much money could you save on fuel, road tax, company car tax, congestion charge if you changed your car...? Under new proposals a high emitting car could soon pay £950 road tax in its first year, whereas a low emission car could be free.

Increases in most HM Revenue and Customs’ Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) for company car drivers have been welcomed by ACFO, the UK’s premier organisation for fleet operators.

Pricing for the all-new Insight has been announced, making it the most affordable hybrid on the market, and one of the lowest-priced ‘green’ cars.