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Fleetmatics Group PLC has appointed Derek Bryan as European sales director. Derek will be responsible for leading the European field and web sales teams in the Dublin and Reading offices.

BEN, the automotive industry charity, will be celebrating its 108th birthday next week.

The contract hire division at Burnt Tree has won a significant new deal for a further 100 additional vehicles with Evolve Facility Services, who now have in excess of 160 vehicles on full contract hire agreements with the company.

Headline light commercial vehicle values fell back for the second month running in June according to BCA’s latest Pulse report, although values remain well ahead year on year.

Fleet workshops have been warned over the use of counterfeit software after an Autodata campaign brought a bogus data seller to justice.

Manheim’s Market Analysis report for June 2013 shows that the average value of vans sold were 3.4% higher year-on-year for the period June 2012 to June 2013, despite average age being one month higher and mileage increasing by 683 miles.

Following the launch of the Mayor’s Road Task Force report by Boris Johnson, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for more flexibility to include out-of-hours deliveries in the capital.

Omar-Pierre Soubra of Trimble Field Service Management explores the upcoming technology trends field service businesses need to think about today on how these will impact their work in the future

Automotive glazing repair and replacement specialist Nationwide Windscreen Services has appointed Chris Ashton as their key account manager. This is a new position within the organisation with a view to develop new and existing account portfolio.

Automotive service and remarketing company Manheim has taken a controlling stake in digital business Kingfisher Systems (Scotland) Limited.