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Cannonballers in an array of prestige cars recently gathered at the James Bond – Bond in Motion exhibition at the Beaulieu Motor Museum.

Lessons learned from the review of a council fleet, which revealed a major failing in data management, have saved Council Tax payers more than £400,000.

An influential House of Commons committee has lambasted the Government for a lack of leadership on road safety. Statistics from the Department for Transport have revealed an increase in people killed and seriously injured on British roads for the first time in 17 years.

Concern is mounting that unsold new cars are being forced on to the market by manufacturers, which could result in used car values tumbling.

Audi has introduced a new video camera service which lets customers see and hear about necessary repair work and to authorise it all via a mobile phone or PC.

Day 12 of the Olympics sees another packed day of cultural and sporting events, including beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade and the start of the basketball final rounds which will be staged in the North Greenwich Arena.

The Automotive Glass Professionals, a close alliance between national automotive glass replacement and repair companies throughout Europe has expanded with French company France Pare-Brise the latest company to join the network.

Simon Stammers has joined AA DriveTech as its new fleet director. He replaces Paul Holmes who has left the company.

British Car Auctions Pulse Report reveals big year-on-year uplift for fleet and lease and part-ex values.

Translift Freight has implemented the Fleet Performance solution from Microlise on their fleet of over 60 vehicles.

The new G-Class goes into production next month with greater power than any UK-specification model before it, more technology and a greater range of comfort and safety equipment.

Day 11 (Tuesday, August 7) of the Olympic Games sees another packed day of cultural and sporting Olympic events, including the men’s triathlon in Hyde Park, with some roads in the area closed or with restricted access while the event takes place.

DHL Supply Chain has implemented Microlise’s Proof of Delivery (POD) solution for the 93 vehicles in its Next Directories furnishing division contract.

Motor mechanics have claimed back thousands of pounds from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) thanks to a partnership between supplier of automotive tools Mac Tools and tax refund specialist Refunds Direct.

Capricorn, a building, shop fitting and commercial property maintenance company with 10 vehicles, has renewed its agreement to use a fleet management system from FleetMatics for a further three years.

Cars from the London 2012 Olympic fleet are being fuelled by a new range of biofuels developed by BP. The trial involves 100 vehicles from the 4,000-strong BMW fleet that are being used to ferry athletes, officials and journalists around the capital during the Games.

Ford Motor Company today begins real-world testing of future technologies as part of a research programme aimed at advancing car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication on European roads.

Agility Fleet has appointed two new members of staff to supplement the continued growth the company has seen in last few years, which has also seen the company move in to the FN50 for the first time last year.

Nissan has unveiled a new vision for the future of the London ‘black cab’ and its 300,000 daily users – the Nissan NV200 London Taxi.

Prices and specifications released for new Mercedes-benz G Class.

David McPhee, managing director, MB&G, on safeguarding against extraordinary maintenance costs.

Gary Killeen, fleet services commercial leader, GE Capital UK, on why a radical change could potentially create confusion for the industry.

Toyota hosted a special vehicle hand-over to one of its leading business customers with Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation Honorary Chairman, personally presenting the keys to Electricity North West.

Jaama has enhanced its Electronic Driver Services (EDS) module to further improve driver communication and reduce the administrative burden.

Citroën’s ‘Upgrade to Business Class’ extended four year warranty, servicing and Citroën Assistance package launched earlier this year, will continue to be available on all new Citroën LCVs supplied by participating Citroën dealers and Business Centres for the foreseeable future.

Transport company, Ferryman, has invested £1.5 million to acquire its existing premises and additional units at the Newbridge Road Industrial Estate supported by Barclays.

Fiat Professional is extending the availability of the Tecnico to other versions and models in the range, after its special series Ducato Tecnico based on the Ducato 35 Van 2.3 Litre 130 MultiJet II LWB HR (L3H2) proved extremely popular.

Following Team GB’s phenomenal medal success at the weekend, today sees yet another packed day of Olympic events, meaning areas around the Olympic Park and other Games venues will be very busy again.

Questions are raised over the boost in private car registrations against a challenging economic outlook as fleet sales remain steady.

A recently conducted independent survey showed Aston Barclay Group’s level of service and expertise in auctioning vehicles was top notch apart from a slight question mark over the sausages served at its Chelmsford site.