In one of our previous articles, we mentioned the arrival of electronic meal vouchers (see Electronic meal vouchers: How much will it cost?).
The introduction of electronic meal vouchers was long and tedious (Legislation, acceptance in the various retail chains and stores, social secretariat ...)
Despite advantages in terms of use and cost slightly less than the paper version, companies are still reluctant to switch to the electronic version.
The two systems will coexist for a time but the government would like to abandon the paper version as soon as possible. The Minister for Administrative Simplification, Olivier Chastel, announces an evaluation of the system for the end of 2012. "And in early 2013, we’ll see if we abandon the paper version" commented the Minister.
If you are planning a transition to the electronic meal vouchers, shop around. Two new players have been licensed for distribution of electronic meal vouchers, Monizze and E-kena in addition to the two suppliers of traditional Edenred meal vouchers (Ticket Restaurant®) and Sodexo (Lunch Pass®).
For more information: contact our consultants
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References magazine, supplement "Career" of the newspaper Le Soir, published this Saturday, April 24 a large survey on cost reduction in Belgium.
The hunt is open for savings.
Unnecessary extra cost! Many companies, crisis requires, find themselves forced to cut back on their operating costs. A survey by references shows that 40% of employees surveyed are facing budget cuts. First staffing. But no position seems spared. Savings on the backs of workers?
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Arrived in Belgium in 2007 after buying the 157 service stations JET, the Russian Lukoil group had since remained cautious in terms of expansion, opening only one or two new sites per year.
He just broke up with this policy. In March, Lukoil Belgium acquired eight sites in Wallonia to the NGM group. Most recently, Lukoil acquired the Dutch group Verolma, these are 13 other stations that were taken in Limburg and 46 in Holland. Now Lukoil counts a network of 181 service stations in Belgium.
Lukoil is mainly known in Belgium for its aggressive pricing policy. Indeed, the majority of Lukoil stations offer discounts above €0.10/l on the official price.
Source: Trends Tendances
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Hundred cubic meters of drinking water cost in late 2010, 384 euros, or about 135 euros more than in 2005, we learn in the statistical report released this week by Aquawal, union actors in water for Wallonia. This represents an increase of 51%, while over the same period, inflation was only 11%
Water is managed exclusively by public actors in Wallonia. The price charged is calculated on "the cost of production / distribution" (60%) and "cost of wastewater treatment" (34%). We add a contribution to the Social Fund for water and VAT (6%).
Since 2005, it is mainly the cost of water treatment, which exploded. Wallonia is indeed engaged in an investment plan of 2 billion euros. This allowed the construction of 373 wastewater treatment plants, which treat 75% of wastewater. Result: 38,000 tons of sludge per year. They are valued as an energy source (55%) or compost (45%).
This plan comes slowly to an end. However the cost of production / distribution had roughly kept pace with inflation until then rose sharply from 10% in two years.
Why? Due to the investments needed to "limit network losses and the risk of pipe rupture" (30% of the water collected is not distributed, because of leakage but also the use by firefighters), as well as replacement of some 71,000 connections still lead.
The water sector is divided into two categories. Production and distribution are performed by 51 operators. The main SWDE (Société Wallonne distribution of water), which manages 66% of meters. There are also 9 and 41 intermunicipal boards or community services (especially in Luxembourg). The wastewater treatment depends on the SPGE (Public Company of Water Management). 80% of the water "produced" in Wallonia comes from 1700 catchments. Catchment protection is provided by the SPGE. It spent 60 million for this purpose over the last decade.
Many customers underestimate the potential and possible solutions to reduce the costs of their water bill. However, there are many effective solutions. Contact our consultants for more information.
Source: L’echo
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The minister of Economy Johan Vande Lanotte is involved in a dispute with many of the large energy suppliers in Belgium.
New federal legislation foresaw the fixation of energy prices, starting on the 1st of April 2012 until 31 December 2012.
However, almost all large energy suppliers increased their prices the 1st of April. According to the regulatory authority CREG, certain suppliers, such as Electrabel, increased their floating natural gas prices by almost 6%. Other large suppliers, such as Eneco, Essent, Luminus and Nuon also quickly adapted new prices. The only large supplier which didn’t increase its price was Lampiris.
The lawyers of the federal government and the energy suppliers have different visions on the problem.
The energy suppliers don’t see the issue. The new legislation uses the phrase ’as of the 1st of April’. They believe therefore that an adjustment on that day was still possible.
Vande Lanotte disagrees. The minister even advises companies not to pay their energy bills and attack the price increase in court. If the energy suppliers should continue their price increase, the minister will start legal proceedings in court against these companies.
To be continued...
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Fuel prices have reached new records in recent weeks. Here are some recommendations to use less fuel:
- Maintaining your vehicle: Certainly a cost but a poorly maintained vehicle can consume more than 2l/100km. Check the motor engine and your filter.
- If air conditioning is not necessary, turn it off. This increases your consumption by 20%. If you still want to use it, first open the windows to exhaust hot air. The temperature in the car will drop faster and air conditioning will need less energy.
- Do not overload your vehicle: Empty your trunk of everything that is not essential.
- Turn off the engine if you are stopped for more than 20 seconds. You’ll save over 10% fuel. Many vehicles are now equipped with a start-stop system.
- Avoid traffic jams and keep a safe distance from other vehicles to avoid braking and start that increase your consumption
- Limit your speed: Driving at 120km/h instead of 130 will save you 2 liters of fuel per hour, while the loss of time will be minimal.
- Watch your tachometer: Go to top gear at 2000 rpm for a diesel, 2,500 rpm if you drive with gasoline. Downshift when the regime falls below 1,200 or 1,300 rpm
- Check your tire pressure regularly. A tire loses about 0.1 bar of pressure per month. The ideal pressure is around 2.5 bar. Too little pressure reduces grip. The car will need more energy to move forward.
- Buy a low consumption car
To motivate your employees in the way of eco-driving, organize a contest with incentives. You can easily measure the progress with online tools of your fuel cards or leasing companies.
Source: L’echo
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Did the liberalization of energy sector change something for consumers and businesses? The liberalization was possible from 2003 in Flanders, 2005 in Wallonia and 2007 in Brussels.
While new suppliers brought competition in a sector held by the monopoly of Electrabel. Many problems still exist:
The mobility rate is very low (- 10%). Clients remain loyal to their energy supplier and are not eager to compare prices due to contractual terms including tacit renewals or penalties for breach does not always encourage the client to do so.
The price of energy (depending on the energy supplier), is only a part of the bill for the customer. Indeed there are other components, such as distribution, transportation and taxes. On these components, the customer has no negotiating leverage since they remain the same regardless of the provider you choose.
In the graph, the energy component for electricity accounts for only 41% of the total, where it represents 60% for gas. Price increases in recent years, a part is explained by the increase in energy prices but also other components which have risen sharply.
For the electricity part, providers such as Electrabel, Nuon or Luminus base their prices on a formula that combines the price of oil, coal and gas.
For the gas, these suppliers base their prices on Zeebrugge gas prices and Rotterdam oil prices. Other suppliers base gas prices on the gas stock market in the Netherlands, currently more interesting financially.
Finally, Belgium attracts more and more energy companies and that will continue to boost significant potential savings.
In order to provide our customers with the best market prices, our consultants at Bridgewater negotiates the most interesting market rates based on our expertise and on a high trading volume. Call our experts to get an idea of potential savings, you’ll probably be surprised at the results.
Source: Creg
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These works made in four months have allowed the installation of 8,000 photovoltaic panels on the roofs of 16 stores Mestdagh in Wallonia with an increase of 31% of PV capacity available in large facilities in Wallonia.
In January 2012, the Walloon photovoltaic park consisted of 41,978 plants with a capacity less than 10 kWp and 90 commercial facilities over 10 kW. These 90 facilities represent 6.492 MW (3.3% of the park Walloon) and the installation of Mestdagh / SunSwitch project alone will add 2 MW. The 41,978 small residential installations totaling 192,065 MW or 96.7% of the park. The total installed capacity in Wallonia has increased from 0.160 MW in late 2007 to 198,557 MW on the 31th of Janurary 2012 (and thus 200,557 from late March during the commissioning of the installation Mestdagh / SunSwitch). This represents an increase of power by 1250 in 5 years!
The new facility will fuel the group’s stores partially securing the enterprise against the indexing of energy prices for 25 years. Production will reach about 1,700,000 kWh per year, generating an annual saving of 775 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of 4.6 million kilometers traveled by car. The financial arrangements for the operation associated Mestdagh Group and its real estate subsidiary Equilis who made available the roofs of their stores; Enelia, who directed the project development and intervened as a third party investor and SunSwitch, main photovoltaic installer in Wallonia, with over 2,700 installations in operation. The company plans to install 15,000 panels in 2012 in Wallonia, on industrial roofs, with a production of 3,750,000 kWh per year. In May 2011, SunSwitch had already made one of the largest photovoltaic plants in Wallonia on the site of Pfizer Animal Health in Louvain-la-Neuve. 2400 m² of roof (80% of the site) were covered by some 1,184 Solyndra solar panels producing 170 MWh per year. Specially designed for flat roofs, these modules have the advantage of a lay-flat, lightness, lack of ballast and a low wind resistance.
Source: Profacility.be
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The federal Government Di Rupo decided to fight the abuse of professional expenses. The current legislation is still very unclear to employers.
Professional expenses: What is it?
According to the NSSO, a worker who incurs expenses in connection with his employment for professional reasons, seeks reimbursement of these costs to the employer by delivering expenses.
However to facilitate the administrative management related to these reimbursements, the employer may grant a lump sum.
However, he must:
- Justify the lump sum with supporting documents (Paid by the employer to provide such evidence in case of control)
- Conclude a written agreement stating in particular, the nature of covered expenses and the amount of compensation.
These benefits, although exempt from NSSO and taxes, can not be considered as salary.
If an employer could not justify the reality of these costs, the NSSO may reclassify them into earnings subject to payroll taxes.
What are the expenses set by the Tax administation?
- Home office expenses: office furniture, maintenance costs, paper, internet, electricity, heating ...
- Entertainment and representation: As related gifts, entertainment expenses, events ...
- Car parking expenses, car wash, taxi, tolls
- Tips to restaurant
To determine what amounts to allocate, it is important to ensure that fees reflect the actual amounts paid by the employee. The tax authorities indicated however that compensation must be in accordance with the position held by the employee within the company.
In two decisions made by the tax authorities, amounts expected of 315 to 350 € per month for senior positions, from 200 to 250 € per month for senior managers, from 125 to 150 € for middle managers and € 90 for lower level managers.
However, to avoid problems, we recommend that you made an agreement with the tax authorities. This agreement takes the form of a ruling.
Di Rupo Government: What will change?
The new federal government has decided to fight against the abuses in this area. According to newspaper L’Echo, 22.2% of employees receive an average of € 145.8 per month professional expenses. A text will soon be included in the program law to better fight fraud.
We advise you to make sure the actual amounts paid to your employees are justified and keep the supporting documents or make an agreement with the Tax administration for a ruling. It seems that more and more companies are choosing the second option.
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After a (very) long wait, the Walloon Government approved on Thursday 1 March 2012, the order fixing the quotas of green certificates for 2020. The numbers definitely confirmed thus amount quotas of 37,9% in 2020, with an intermediate level of 30.4% in 2016.
Specifically, the Walloon government will ask energy suppliers to acquire an increasingly number of green certificates,
that is to say that the certificate corresponds to the production of a megawatt / hour of electricity without emitting CO2.
Currently, the green certificate market in Wallonia is deeply depressed. By increasing the quotas, the government should raise the price of these (currently 63 euros). The current quota suppliers should acquire is 15.8%. It will gradually reach 30.4% in 2016, representing an annual increase of 3.65%.
This measure will also ensure a "fair price" for consumers, said Minister Nollet. Suppliers will be forced to pay for the actual price of the green certificate and not the fine imposed by the Walloon Commission for Energy (CWaPE), ie 100 euros.
This decision should provide more security to investors and should foster the emergence of more interesting and cheaper projects.
The importance of this decision is significant because Wallonia is late compared to Flanders in this sector.
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Electronic invoicing has become an important element of the strategy to reduce business costs.
The benefits of electronic invoicing
- Financial gains: reducing paper use and costs of an invoice treatment . The cost of paper invoice amounts on average to 17 €, the cost of a paperless invoice (incoming or outgoing) is around € 4.
- Increased productivity: an integrated paperless solution that uses one or more trusted third party (for sending, certification, and archiving) prevents the mobilization of personnel on non-value added.
- Electronic archiving allows you to find an invoice immediately, on request of the tax administration or customer.
- Consultation in mobile context
(via electronic safes) - No deadline for transmission of documents (collection faster)
- Can be integrated with software and billing software (SAP)
- Electronic invoices have probative value / irrefutable
- Challenges, very expensive to treat (cost 5 times higher than for an undisputed invoice), can be greatly reduced and alleviated if the process is entirely electronic;
- System Availability: Most large companies have set up an electronic billing system for their input or output streams, which facilitates the transition to paperless for their suppliers.
Studies in Europe consider the financial gain of a switch to electronic invoicing at least 1% (or 2%) of total purchases, a significant impact on the overall competitiveness of European industry.
Besides these financial benefits, electronic invoicing should save a significant ecological impact in terms of CO2 impact (less transport of documents, for example, between a company and its trustee, and lower consumption of paper, an estimated 15,000 tons of CO2 per year in Belgium).
In theory, both legal and technical requirements are now met to adopt electronic invoicing. In practice, the most favorable context is when the company:
already has an accounting software that can handle electronic invoices, and:
- either, works regularly with a few large suppliers or outsourcers that are already able to receive electronic bills (and are sometimes willing to accept to honor such invoices more quickly);
- ie, sends a large volume of invoices national BtoB (eg multiple invoices per month to the same customers).
In other cases (less than 500 invoices per year, a significant proportion of incoming invoices and outgoing international or inconsistent accounting software), it seems more prudent to wait for greater international harmonization of administrative requirements and adoption of a threshold higher billing solutions and electronic archiving.
The main players of the Belgian electronic invoicing
- Certipost: A subsidiary of La Poste has for several years an electronic invoicing solution whose main asset is to be licensed in other European countries.
- Zoomit: Isabel, created by Fortis, KBC, Dexia and ING, developed the application Zoomit that is attached to the application of multi-bank payment widely used in enterprises. They can also issue electronic invoices that could be delivered (and paid) by client companies but also by the general public, Zoomit being available via several web-banking applications (currently AXA, CBC, KBC, Credit Agricole, Dexia , Fortis, Fortis, ING, KBC, Landbouwkrediet, Van Breda);
- Babelway: Young startup Walloon who has distinguished herself in the industry by offering a multi-translation application protocols including electronic files to send electronic invoices comply. This application is available on a SaaS (software as a service). Through the purchase of credits, anyone can make from Internet electronic invoices certified. The service is aimed rather at BtoB market and has the advantage of running quickly without the need to invest in specific IT developments;
- Ekyona: Other startups, which also has application in SaaS, but limited to electronic invoicing. This online service is well suited to the SME market who want to get easily in electronic invoicing, and is fairly easy to use also BtoC, with the ability to export invoices. Docx format;
- Eway Solutions Corporation, a SaaS offering NETiKA including dématérailisation tax bill.
- The e-ID Company that has an authentication solution for people who can also be used for sending and receiving electronic bills at the national level, and which does not require the other party has previously subscribed to this solution .
- UnifiedPost: Company specialized in optimizing the flow of electronic invoices and other paperwork. It offers a platform of communication which sends electronic invoices in a format suitable for delivery to the channel selected by the customer (a. Pdf signed an EDI message, Zoomit, Isabel, etc..).
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Companies do not always have proper monitoring of their technical equipment. Poorly maintained facilities can be expensive: successive problems or failures, malfunctions, over-consumption, replacement of equipment ...
These consequences could have some impact directly on your business and cost you much more than what you thought you would save.
The Brussels Enterprise Agency has issued a reminder of the frequency of the monitoring that should be made on your equipment:
- Boilers must be inspected by a licensed boiler technician every 3 years if the fuel is gaseous and every year if the fuel is liquid.
- Electrical installations: high voltage installations must be checked every year and low voltage installations every 5 years.
- Refrigeration facilities subject to environmental permit (ie that contain 2 kg or more substances that deplete the ozone layer or gas or greenhouse gases whose nominal electric power is greater than 10kW) must, in the Brussels region, undergo a leak test once a year. If facilities do contain thirty kilograms or more of refrigerant, the control takes place once every six months and if they contain three hundred kilograms or more, once every three months. Checks are made by certified refrigeration technicians.
- From September 2012, air conditioning systems (ie, the component refrigeration and air conditioning system that are connected to a common control) of 12 to 100 kW must be inspected every 15 years and those of 100 kilowatts or more every 5 years by a certified auditor.
- Elevators must be inspected thoroughly once a year and partly every 6 months when the preventive maintenance of the lift is performed by a maintenance company certified ISO. Otherwise, control must be done every 3 months. The inspection is performed by an external service for technical inspections of the workplace (SECT).
- The protective equipment against fire are audited annually by a specialized organization.
Remember to use a calendar to keep in mind all technical controls to be made .
Source: ABE
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A system of electronic archiving, if well designed, offers several advantages both organizationally and in terms of cost reduction.
According to a study conducted by the company ooPartners solutions, a tool for electronic data management can save up to 10 to 20% work efficiency and 10% business efficiency. The time to research and collect information is only a matter of seconds.
Archiving has always been a key concept in information management within an enterprise. Indeed archiving ensures its continuity in time and its exploitation. The current trend towards dematerialisation
, causing companies to replace their traditional media archiving (paper) by electronic records management system. Companies can implement their project "internal" with creating their own archiving services, or "external" via a third party archiver.
Archiving will also bring opportunities for cost reduction. According to some sources the storage is much cheaper in electronic method. For the cost of classifying documents, companies can realize in most cases 50% gain. The search costs are divided by two or even three if it is an archival research and distribution costs are reduced by 80-90%.
The centralization of data is also a strength for a system of electronic data management. In fact the information is stored on a single server and the operations are done via queries written by the designer. Access control becomes easy, making the system much more reliable and more secure for administrator due to a single server.
The benefits of an electronic records management system in the company
- An electronic records management system can also meet the legal requirement to archiving requirements. Thus the data once stored under certain constraints will retain their legal values and therefore be a way of evidence (tax audit, legal process...).
- Some information in the company may be of a strategic nature. An electronic record management system to develop different means of encryption or digital signature guaranteeing the confidentiality of the information stored.
- Dematerialization coated by the establishment of an electronic records management system allows a space saving significantly in the business and therefore lower costs.
- Finally, an electronic records management system greatly facilitates the consultation of the data archived by optimizing the access time, access frequency,...
Today, less than 10% of companies are equipped with an electronic archiving system. However, 90% of multinational companies operating in Europe have a successful archiving solution.
How to implement an electronic records management system?
Before the actual establishment of a secure electronic archiving system, it is essential to question the existing system of archiving taking into account the context of both technical and legal. This preliminary study should determine and assess the issues of secure electronic archiving, identifying needs and general constraints.
Finally, management must consider the different software and services and then analyse costs in order to compare different solutions.
In terms of constraints, the notions of formats must be taken into account, that is to say what form will present information to archive. For example, is it a text or an image? The XML is widely recommended for his extensible open standard format but also as a metalanguage.
Regarding software offerings, the market today offers a broad and diverse range of archiving solutions that are accurate and complete. The types of products will vault to the general solution that includes archiving in managing full life cycle data (ILM).
At the software level, we must also choose between a solution on the market, open source software or a custom application. It is important to take the measure of this choice, regarding the fact the policy changes will cost it is better to know in advance if possible and avoid or at least anticipate. It is also important to consider the technical issues of data retrieval and maintenance.
The fact to identify all costs in a comprehensive way, both in terms of direct investment (hardware, network, security, services ...) and recurrent costs from operations (telecommunications, premises, personnel, maintenance ...) or other costs such as consumables, appears as a delicate and appropriate operation to carry out rigorously.
Source: Wikipedia, Sécurité informatique, Gestion électronique documents
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If travel costs are a major cost in your company, here are some tips to reduce these costs:
- Set up a good Travel Policy with your employees
- Anticipate your reservations to benefit from lower fares
- Centralize bookings. It allows better control of expenditures and enables you to find out mutual purchases.
- Regularly analyze trends and statistics on your travels
- Negotiate agreements with airlines, railways, taxis, hotels or car rental companies. You will need to rely on a minimum volume of reservations, although other marketing arguments can also be taken into account.
- Book online, there is always lower administrative costs
- Report travel expenses to employees in order to reponsibilize them
- Finally, educate your employees on use of videoconferencing. Besides economic gain, these systems represent an environmental argument.
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There are mainly two reasons to explain the high energy prices in Belgium.
Firstly, there is the lack of competition, which makes Belgian prices structurally higher vis-a-vis the neighbouring countries. Electrabel Customer Solutions, a subsidiary of Electrabel, has a market share of 65% on the electricity market and 68% on the natural gas market. One of the most important reasons for this is that Electrabel has a very important share of the production capacity in Belgium (over 80%), thanks to its nuclear plants.
Secondly, we should look at the political structure of the energy market in Belgium. A large part of the energy bill (about 35 to 40%) is a remuneration for the transmission system operator, which are Eandis and Infrax (Flanders), Sibelga (Brussels) and Ores (Wallonia). The largest shareholders of these institutions are the cities and communities in Belgium. Hence it is not remarkable that the legislation is crafted in a particular manner: to benefit these local entities. The Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) recently calculated that each year, about 115 million euro is paid in excess to these institutions.
Start reducing your energy costs today by asking the Bridgewater experts for advice!
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The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) confirmed today the fact that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Q4 of 2011, dropped by 0.2%, compared to Q3.
Since Q3 of 2011 already was negative, two subsequent quarters now show negative numbers, and the NBB officially uses the word "recession".
© NBB
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Today the activity in Belgium comes to a stop. The three large unions mobilised its members to a general strike of 24 hours.
What are the costs of this strike?
© Photo Belga News Agency
Making an exact calculation is difficult, but the following numbers are an indication of the cost of today’s strike.
A first important number is the total value added on one day in Belgium. This is measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of one day: about 1.54 billion euro.
If we assume that about 500 000 people are on strike (which is comparable to the last general strike against the labour market reform in 2005) and the same amount couldn’t get to their work due to blocked roads and/or buildings, about 1 million people are not working today in Belgium. On a total working population of 4.5 million people, this equals 22%.
The GDP loss would be 319 million euro.
Luckily, 2012 is a leap year, which adds another 1.54 billion euro to the GDP because of the existence of February 29, compared to normal years. However, due to the strike today, the government sees this extra benefit decreased...
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Traditionally, companies decrease the cost of fuel in two ways. Firstly, they negotiate better prices with their supplier. Secondly, they try to decrease the number of miles. Video conferencing, home working, car pooling and public transportation are some well known ways to reach this goal.
A third solution saves fuel in a structural way, while maintaining the level of miles. The solution exists in having ecological driving lessons for employees.
There are many (small) suppliers and driving schools which offer green drivings lessons. It is key that employees who follow these lessons, will still benefit from the education on the long term, in order to have the company financially benefit from it.
One shot
green driving education classes should be avoided.
To guarantee the long term effects of green driving lessons, two aspects are crucial: information while driving and follow-up after driving.
The following two companies make sure drivers are aware of the consequences of their driving. The return on investment in the long term is therefore positive, which makes this type of green driving lessons an interesting solution.
Keydriving and Drivolution
They make sure:
- drivers are confronted with hard data while driving (by adding a laptop in the car)
- drivers have a follow-up on the long term via webtools and personal sessions
- the fleet managers of the companies get feedback
By doing all this, fuel economy of 10% to 20% is achieved. On top of that, less accidents occur and CO2 emissions are reduced.
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The Belgian Ministry of Finance has released the evolution of average prices of fuel (prices are VAT included).
Source: SPF Finance
As indicated in the price of a barrel of Brent, during the last few months prices are approaching the highest price level in the last ten years.
As often discussed in this blog, there are many solutions to decrease the fuel budget on your business.
Regarding prices:
- Find the cheapest stations of your region here
- Benefit from the discounts on fuel cards
Regarding consumption:
Our consultants are available for more information on how to implement these measures while taking into account the characteristics and desires of your business.
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Companies Partena and HDP intend to merge with the aim of forming a new group of services, with approximately 4,000 employees and a turnover of about 250 million euros, have they announced today.
Specifically, the proposed merger involves four activities, made in the form of association: social secretariats, the family allowance, the social insurance funds for self-employed and the "guichets d’entreprises".
"This is not a sale or other financial transaction, but a merge on a voluntary basis", indicate in a statement the two companies, but said that, based on the turnover, the merged family allowance fund will be market leader.
The details of the merger will be reviewed in the coming months.
Partnera currently employs 3,400 people and HDP 500 people.
Source: La dernière heure
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