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Europcar is making van hire more accessible with the addition of five major UK airports to its Van network.

Continental was named Tyre Manufacturer of the Year 2012 by the NTDA (National Tyre Distributors Association) at the Tyre and Fast Fit (TAFF) Awards.

ATS Euromaster has reaffirmed its commitment to ring-fencing cold weather tyre stocks for businesses and public sector organisations this winter.

National Windscreens has secured another four year framework agreement with the Home Office to handle all of its vehicle glass repair and replacement requirements.

Taking place on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Rockingham Motor Speedway, the event will be held alongside the eighth GreenFleet Arrive‘n’Drive event for fleet chiefs.

Nissan has made its Micra supermini range better value for money by bringing the price down to £7,995.

The all-new Kia cee’d has been named Northern Car of the Year by the Northern Group of Motoring Writers – the car’s first major award-win since its launch in May.

24x7, the official private transport provider to London Stansted Airport, has purchased 87 Skoda Octavia GreenLine vehicles for its taxi transfer services for guests travelling to and from the bustling transport hub.

Ford Transit and Transit Connect vans have been selected by Greenshields JCB, which specialises in the distribution, service and repair of JCB and Thwaites dumper vehicles.

CHP Consulting’s chief operating officer, Andrew Denton, was honoured at last week’s Leasing World annual awards 2012 as he picked up ‘Leasing Personality of the Year’.

Fleet alliance demonstrated the strength of its growing business with a top four shortlisting in the ‘Best Performing Business with over 25 employees’ category in the fifteenth annual Glasgow Business Awards.

Fleet Manager Plus is a new product from Oxford Vehicle Leasing which will enable companies to carry out day to day fleet management tasks and take the workload away from your Fleet Manager.

Cobra feels that changes to young driver training should be just the start of a complete change in way they are monitored and insured.

Zenith employees are taking part in a trial to assess the real world viability of electric vehicles for fleets.

Software developer Wheatley Associates has launched Assign, its next-generation mobile and field workforce scheduling and productivity software solution.

Electric windows master switch fault affects vehicles produced between 2006 and 2008.

Glasgow based leasing and fleet management provider, Fleet alliance, demonstrated the strength of its growing business with a top four shortlisting in the ‘Best Performing Business with over 25 employees’ category in the fifteenth annual Glasgow Business Awards.

Trakm8 has launched a new telematics product which has seen fuel savings of 10-20% in trials

BCA managing director Andrew Hulme will retire with effect from December 31, 2012.

Autoglass is urging fleet managers to consider wiper maintenance to ensure driver safety, especially during the winter months, which bring more hours of darkness and poorer weather conditions.

Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Hyundai, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with organisations from the Nordic Countries, to support the market introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure between 2014 and 2017.

Alliance Asset Management adds Peugeot diesel-electric hybrid vehicles to its rental fleet.

The Ford Transit Custom has secured a 10.5 per cent improvement in its three-year/60,000-mile residual value compared with its predecessor.

Addison Lee Partner delivers full enterprise systems replacement for debt enforcement company.

SsangYong has announced specification and prices for the new Korando Sports.

The top performing apprentices from Hyundai UK’s Apprentice Programme have been honoured at the Company’s sixth annual awards.

Volvo has announced the pricing of the all-new Volvo V40 R-Design and Volvo V40 Cross Country.

Prestige from Europcar has teamed up with Tesco to offer Tesco Clubcard holders deals on luxury car hire.

The ECO (Efficient and Cleaner Operations) Stars scheme, which recognises fleets’ environmental achievements is now operating in South Yorkshire, Mid-Devon, Gedling (Nottinghamshire), Thurrock, Edinburgh and Falkirk.

Zurich Germany has chosen TomTom fleet management to provide the telematics capability behind the company’s newly launched product Zurich Fleet Intelligence (ZFI).