{"id":11475,"date":"2019-01-07T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=11475"},"modified":"2019-01-07T17:03:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:03:26","slug":"london-gets-23m-van-scrappage-scheme-ahead-of-ulez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11475","title":{"rendered":"London gets \u00a323m van scrappage scheme ahead of ULEZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/exhaust-1-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Vehicle exhaust\" class=\"wp-image-10286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/exhaust-1-sm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/exhaust-1-sm-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/exhaust-1-sm-624x431.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/exhaust-1-sm-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a \u00a323m van scrappage scheme to help small businesses cope with the impact of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11255\">London Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ULEZ comes into force in Central London on 8 April 2019 and will levy a charge of \u00a312.50 per day on vans which don&#8217;t meet the Euro 6 emissions standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scrappage scheme will be available to <em>&#8220;micro businesses&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> &#8212; those with less than 10 employees. Business owners will be able to apply for funding to help them meet the cost of scrapping non-Euro 6 vans and replacing them with compliant models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of the scrappage scheme have not yet been announced, so it&#8217;s not known how much cash will be provided to owners wishing to update their vans. However, the Mayor&#8217;s office has said that the scheme should be in place <em>&#8220;ahead&#8221;<\/em> of the introduction of the ULEZ in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that this is now less than four months away, time seems tight to me. Applying for funding and buying a suitable new vehicle could soon become difficult within the time period. But it&#8217;s good to see that something is being done to help meet the cost of replacing older vans that are driven into central London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another concern is that even with the scrappage allowance, buying newer vans could be unaffordable for many small businesses.  Used van prices remain high &#8212; according to auctioneer BCA, the average used van fetched \u00a37,146 in November, an increase of 5.1% compared to the same month in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I&#8217;ve written before, for van operators with older vans who only drive into the ULEZ area occasionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11416\">hiring a van<\/a> could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11296\">be cheaper than buying a newer one<\/a>. It&#8217;s certainly worth crunching the numbers yourself before rushing out to buy a new van. You might be surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To\u00a0learn\u00a0more\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0ULEZ,\u00a0including\u00a0vehicle\u00a0and\u00a0post\u00a0code\u00a0checks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/modes\/driving\/ultra-low-emission-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click\u00a0here (opens in a new tab)\">click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Mayor has announced plans for a \u00a323m van scrappage scheme to help small business owners replace non-Euro 6 vans ahead of the introduction of the London ULEZ in April 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[658,689,2152],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11477,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475\/revisions\/11477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}