Birmingham City Council Launches Website for Drivers in Birmingham

The website provides information for businesses, particularly self-employed drivers and fleet managers using vehicles in the city, who may be affected by the Clean Air Zone.

Business Breathes provides useful information on low emission vehicles that will comply with the Clean Air Zone requirements, as well as information about where they can be refuelled (or recharged) in and around Birmingham.  

The site also includes information about why the Clean Air Zone is being implemented within Birmingham and which areas it covers.  Users can also find advice and guidance on grants and incentives available for businesses to support them to do their bit to improve Birmingham’s air quality. Taxis, both Hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, can avoid paying the Clean Air Zone charge by switching to a vehicle which meets certain criteria, which are explained on the website.  Each car or van that does not meet the criteria or have approved retrofit technology fitted will incur a daily charge for entering the Clean Air Zone (amount to be confirmed around April 2019). 

Birmingham has a growing network of refuelling options for drivers of low emission vehicles, and the website directs drivers of electric vehicles to charging points, as well as Fleet Refuelling Hubs, dedicated to providing businesses with refuelling.  Drivers of vehicles which require hydrogen, gas or LPG are also pointed to places where they can refuel too.

Business Breathes is part of Birmingham City Council’s overall ‘Brum Breathes’ campaign, which includes the Clean Air Zone, to reduce air pollution in Birmingham, including harmful pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and particle matter in the air.

If you are a self-employed driver, fleet driver or professional driver in Birmingham, please visit https://businessbreathes.co.uk/.