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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) hailed Monday’s Parliamentary debate as confirmation that fuel duty has now become a mainstream political issue, and welcomes the suggestion that the Chancellor George Osborne may be about to cancel the increase in fuel duty planned for New Year's Day.

Total Accident Management, the Bath-based repair and claims management subsidiary of Helphire Group, has launched its real-time fleet management tool Total Intelligence.

Vauxhall has won an order for a fleet of Astra 1.7 CDTi Active models from National Windscreens, the UK's largest independent vehicle glass replacement company.

Hybrid commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashwoods Automotive has scooped the Manufacturing Innovation Award at the Insider Made in the South West Awards, held in Bristol.

Forrest, the North West social housing regeneration specialist, is investing £1.7 million in a new carbon efficient fleet.

Vauxhall has announced that Andy Robson, currently retail network development director, has been appointed aftersales director for GM UK.

There are fears that the introduction of European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for light vans next spring could cause chaos for fleet operators.

Honda will switch to turbo power for the next Civic Type R in a bit to produce a desirable and fuel-efficient hot hatch.

Residual value forecasts from CAP for the all-new Mazda6, which goes on sale in the UK in January 2013, are 7.5% higher than the outgoing model.

The countdown video of the top 50 contract hire and leasing companies 2012.

Craig Budsworth, the new chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS)– a non-profit making national association of solicitors who specialise in representing road traffic accident victims, has announced plans for a Motor Claims Code.

The value of ex-company cars at auction has hit a new high, according to data from Manheim’s latest monthly Market Analysis.

Westdrive Kia has announced an upgrade project that will see the premises grow in size and create up to 10 new jobs for local people when it is completed in March next year.

BCA has won a clean sweep in the auction categories of the quarterly UK awards made by LeasePlan.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the announcement from the Department for Transport (DfT) that it will be consulting on the speed limit for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) over 7.5 tonnes on single carriageway roads.

Europcar has appointed Andy Furlong as its new director of marketing and ecommerce for the UK business.

Titan Airways has purchased a mixture of new Hyundai models as part of the company's fleet renewal programme.

The South East of England has seen less improvement in its road safety than any other region in England, according to IAM’s analysis of recent data produced by the Department for Transport.

Road safety charity Brake is inviting fleet operators and suppliers to enter and attend its annual fleet safety conference and awards.

From 19th January 2013 there are going to be important changes to Driving Licences that might well impact you and your drivers. Under the changes, for Part 1 Licences, there will be a standardised licence expiry date of 10 years. For Part 2 Vocational Licence holders, the expiry date will be 5 years.

Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, has called on the Government to postpone the January 3p rise in fuel duty.

In a benchmarking exercise that assessed the company’s gender and race diversity practices, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been named as a “gold” category employer by business charity Business in the Community.

Telephone systems supplier TWL Voice & Data has opted for five long-bodied Mercedes-Benz Vitos from Euro Commercials.

Last month Inchcape presented a cheque to the automotive industry charity, BEN for almost £32,000.

Independent wine merchant Laithwaites has implemented an eyecare voucher system provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.

TBS Enterprise Mobility has announced the tenth Mobilise Your Workforce seminar will be held on 13 December 2012 at Microsoft’s London Headquarters.

Europcar has appointed Andy Furlong as director of marketing and ecommerce.

Peter Cakebread, managing director, Marshall Leasing, on why an increase in nearly-new cars could have a positive impact.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has insisted that a ruling at the Court of Appeal involving grey fleet mileage claims does not form a legal precedent and will not result in it having to hand back millions of pounds in tax to fleets.

Funders are reiterating their commitment to the UK asset finance market following the announcement by ING Lease that it is shutting down its UK leasing business.