ROVER has renewed its contract with business information provider Dun and Bradstreet in a four-year, £8 million deal which will see it supply half of Dun and Bradstreet's 1,000-strong fleet.

Gary Kent, UK corporate fleet manager of Dun and Bradstreet, said he was convinced Rover's problems at Longbridge would be short-lived and should not influence fleet managers' decisions.

He said: 'We are not yet sure on the range of Rovers we will be taking, but they will certainly include the new 75 and Land Rover models. I don't see any problems with taking Rovers, I'm sure they will prove their worth when the time comes to sell them. A lot of the predictions are still dependent on how the 75 performs, we still haven't got much of an idea on residual values for it, or the overall costing.'

The Rovers will be supplied to the High Wycombe-based company over the next four years in a dual-badge deal with another major manufacturer. The details of the other contract are still being finalised, but it is expected to supply the remaining 500 vehicles of the company's 1,000-strong fleet.