UK companies to invest £12bn in switch to electric vehicles

With a fuel duty rise expected in this week's budget, a survey by Centrica finds businesses on course to move to cleaner cars and vans

British companies are expected to spend more than 12bn switching their fossil fuel vehicles for clean electric versions over the next two years.

A survey found that nearly half of UK businesses are planning to invest in chargeable cars and vans in advance of the government's ban on sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035.