Taking your van home?

[Fluke]

LOL. If you have 85 vans and 90 parking spaces, all you have is a place to park the van and 5 spare spaces, it doesn't free any up because you take the van home, you still need to park it when you come in.

The only benefit I can see to using a van is that you can save a small fortune in fuel and that you always have somewhere to park it in the yard.

[Lounge Lizard]

LOL. If you have 85 vans and 90 parking spaces, all you have is a place to park the van and 5 spare spaces, it doesn't free any up because you take the van home, you still need to park it when you come in.

The only benefit I can see to using a van is that you can save a small fortune in fuel and that you always have somewhere to park it in the yard.

Yes, of course you still need to park the van when you come in, but only the van, not ALSO your car for the couple of hours you're sorting as your car stays at home.
So for those 5 spare spaces there's not going to be 85 of us competing for them because most will have driven a van, not their car, in in the morning.
As for the benefit of saving a small fortune in fuel, someone living say only about two miles from the office might save £4,000 over a career of forty years, maybe nearer £5,000 when wear and tear on the vehicle is taken into account too.

[fishtank]

I don't see the issue as long as members and managers follow the procedure.
Take a look around your street and see how many "works" vans are parked there.
I bet they are not sitting at home worrying about the tax implications or whether their employer is gaining from it.

[Lounge Lizard]

I don't see the issue as long as members and managers follow the procedure.
Take a look around your street and see how many "works" vans are parked there.
I bet they are not sitting at home worrying about the tax implications or whether their employer is gaining from it.

Absolutely. Follow the procedure by signing the agreement and save loads of petrol money for the rest of your working life - unless either any doubts about insurance arise or HMRC start taking an interest in it as a 'benefit'.

[octo]

Does anyone know if there is a limit to how far you can live from your DO ,therefore private usage of the royal mail van?

[POSTMAN]

Does anyone know if there is a limit to how far you can live from your DO ,therefore private usage of the royal mail van?

There is no private use of the van,home-work work-home.

[H6BTW]

Just been stopped by police in works van , going from my house to an overnight Address I stay at quite often , close to where I pick a work mate up in the morning , my office closed . Am I covered with the insurance from work .

[POSTMAN]

Just been stopped by police in works van , going from my house to an overnight Address I stay at quite often , close to where I pick a work mate up in the morning , my office closed . Am I covered with the insurance from work .

If you have gone through the correct process then you will be insured in a RM van,are RM aware that there is 2 addresses that you use?

[H6BTW]

I've just bought my first house , still quite young , my Dom as just left for a new office but he knew my situation . I've been told I need to produce documentation from work about the insurance for the van . My wages have just changed to the new adress but all over documentation still goes to my old adress , my mothers to be exact .