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Breakdown cover firm GEM Motoring Assist has produced a short video with simple advice for drivers on staying safe on wet and flooded roads.

Vehicle telematics company Risk Technology, creators of the intellectual property behind the system currently being rolled-out to vehicle insurance and breakdown markets, has won a maximum £250,000 award from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.

Scottish and Southern Energy and Oxford City Council have been finding out how ultra-low emission vehicles can offer efficiency gains without restrictions on range. Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), which has been operating the Vauxhall Ampera extended-range vehicle for the past two years, has achieved an average real-world fuel economy figure of 370mpg – more than 50% above its official stated figure.

The BVRLA expects 2014 to be a good year for the vehicle rental and leasing industry, with growth in almost every area of the sector.

APC Overnight has marked its busiest night ever by successfully processing more than 160,000 parcels in a 24 hour period on Monday, December 16.

True fleet sales of Vauxhall’s Insignia were up by more than 50% in the second half of 2013 over the first half of 2013.

Europcar has opened its first Mobility Centre at ExCeL London to serve the needs of exhibition visitors, exhibitors, the campus residents and employees, hotel guests and the immediate wider business and consumer communities.

Mazda UK witnessed sales growth of 19% in 2013 from 2012 levels driven by demand for the Mazda CX-5 crossover and Mazda6 saloon and Tourer.

Skoda has reached a record high for UK new car registrations, with the annual total sitting at 66,081 units.

ECO Stars, the fleet recognition scheme, is expanding across Scotland with the launch of two more schemes in North Lanarkshire and Dundee, bringing the total number of UK schemes to 11 with almost 300 members.