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Paragon Software Systems customers are optimising home deliveries to ensure orders arrive in time for the holidays.

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association is re-issuing its advice for customers to take extra care when confronted with cheap deals for Christmas car hire.

Cobra UK is urging the insurance industry to tackle the cash for crash fraud epidemic head on with more widespread use of telematics to reduce premiums for all.

Fiat's new compact family car will be priced from £14,990 when it arrives in the UK in spring 2013.

The car rental market is set to provide greater access to mobility, reducing car ownership and helping the government to tackle the congestion and emissions that blight many urban areas, according to a new report.

Scottish firm TOM has launched TOMbuyanyvan which allows customers to cash in unwanted vehicles.

Quartix has released a new user interface for its vehicle tracking system, available to all users at no extra cost.

Companies should look to online auctions for vehicles that struggle to sell at physical auction, according to Autorola.

Roger Woodward,managing director, CD Auction Group, on why online trading is all about giving vendors and buyers confidence.

Online sales will grow from 10% of the UK market to 30% within the next five years as buyers become more confident, according to online remarketing firm Autorola.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure provider Chargemaster is to acquire rival changing network business Elektromotive.

Sara Walton, BSI's committee secretary for BS ISO 39001, on how working to a common standard can avoid the devastating effects of death and serious injury.

A record November performance by SMA’s Inspect & Collect service topped off a 50% rise in sales activity over the last quarter as increasing numbers of fleet operators switched on to SMA’s innovative de-fleet support service.

Ben Standish has been appointed as account manager at motor dealer technology provider iVendi.

Automotive glazing supplier Auto Windscreens has bagged its first deal in the retail sector with supermarket Morrisons.

Fuel costs top the list of challenges for fleets over the next 12 months, according to a new survey from telematics provider GreenRoad.

Ten key trends for 2013 are predicted by the Leasedrive Group, the UK’s largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK.

Mercedes-Benz has given the revised E-Class a more sporty look and feel, as well as improved efficiency and new equipment.

Euro NCAP has crash tested some of Europe’s best-selling business and family vans using protocols that are more true-to-life than the current legal tests for these van-based vehicles.

Lex Autolease recently held a ‘Back to School’ day at eight of its UK sites in aid of BEN, the automotive industry charity.

A road safety seminar exploring new ways to deliver cost-effective road safety programmes will be hosted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) on March 7, 2013 at Conference Aston in Birmingham.

The Government action has unveiled new plans to tackle the huge number of whiplash claims which have been pushing up insurance premiums.

Fleetmatics Group has announced that it now provides more than 17,000 customers with insights and analysis on the daily activities of more than 300,000 fleet-based vehicles around the world.

New lower-medium car is larger than before and promises CO2 emissions from 89g/km, improved quality and class-leading space.

Baby swimming company, Water Babies, has signed an agreement with Alphabet to fund its fleet of 52 cars.

Honda will take the wraps off a compact crossover car in January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

New Ford Rangers have been added to boost a fleet of commercial vehicles used to prevent ice on roads at retail, commercial, industrial, logistics, and health sector premises.

An unlikely contender is set to make a bid for a slice of the up-market sector of the fleet market.

Inter Dealer Auctions has upgraded its business model from a rolling sale to a fixed weekly auction.

Climatecars, the London based green car service, has become the first British car fleet to run the Mercedes-Benz E300 BlueTEC hybrid.