The smoking ban is almost upon us. On the 1st July 2007, it will be bannned to smoke in a public space.

How Does This Affect Company Car Drivers/Owner Drivers?

Quite simply, if you use your vehicle for work, (be it a company car, or your own) and you, for example carry a workmate to work in the mornings, technically speaking this is now a public space.Being as this is now a public place, smoking will be banned within the vehicle come July of this year.

What Are My Options?

Mainly this will affect employers more than the company car driver. The best course of action is to revise your company car policy, and create a company car handbook.

Following this, we suggest you apply No Smoking stickers to the dashboard of ALL vehices that are shared, and all commercial vehicles.

Company Car Policy and Handbook

Very soon, Alpha Leasing will be providing all employers with a free software solution to managing their fleet, be it 1 car or 1,000 cars.

Part of this software package will be the ability to create, edit and manage company car policy’s and handbooks.

This facility will be a free resource for ALL international users and should help run any fleet and fleet policy efficiently and effectivley.

For more information, or to register your interest, please do not hesitate to contact me at www.alphaleasing.co.uk

Please keep an eye on my articles for future updates on future changes of legislation, including how the Carbon Footprint has an effect on you and your company.