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Cash-strapped fleets face a dilemma on licence checking when the paper-based counterpart is dropped in 2014 or 2015. One option could add thousands of pounds to their company’s bottom line; the other is a health and safety risk.

The Freight Transport Association has launched a new app to keep the logistics industry up to date and informed for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Manheim has appointed Andy Coulthurst to the role of operations director – dealer services.

After a strong year in 2011 and a successful first half of 2012 in Europe, Bentley Motors now seeks to strengthen its presence in Italy.

The final countdown to London 2012 has begun and BMW Group unveiled their Olympic Park Pavilion, expected to draw thousands of visitors each day of the Games.

Car Dealer Magazine named the Kia Rio as the winner of the Car Dealer Power Car of the Year at its annual awards ceremony, the Car Dealer Power Awards, at the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

The Hyundai Veloster is leading the way with this summer’s top deals and is available from £199pm with a £4,645 deposit on a three-year finance offer.

Large deposit discoveries mean that natural gas is now a commercially viable alternative fuel costing up to $2 per gallon less than diesel.

Strictly limited second run of UK specification 340PS RS compact hatchbacks is now available to order.

Skoda will be repositioning the next-generation Octavia to create a more obvious gap in the range for the new Rapid.

Vehicle information provider HPI helped Greater Manchester Police (GMP) catch a highly organised criminal gang who stole vehicles to order and sold them on to unsuspecting buyers.

The Government has outlined a road toll scheme that could pave the way to more initiatives at congestion blackspots across the country.

CD Auction Group has been awarded preferred supplier status for employee and affinity sales for BT Fleet.

Microlise has partnered with SmartWitness forward facing video cameras to provide enhanced safe driving, risk and incident management information.

Halfords Autocentres has appointed Andrew Huntly to the newly created role of business development director.

Iveco has announced partnerships with Ingimex and Alloy Bodies, its chosen bodybuilders for the new DriveAway Options programme.

Customer satisfaction is by far the top priority for UK businesses operating field-based workforces, ahead of cost cutting and improving profitability, according to an industry report commissioned by Trimble.

Honda has revealed images and further information on the new European CR-V due to be launched in the UK in October.

Begbies Traynor Group has completed a sale and leaseback deal with Zenith for its 153 company cars.

The Government's desire to extract the maximum capacity from the motorway network at the lowest possible cost could jeopardise road safety, believes the ABD.

ABD believes Transport Committee has missed the point on road safety.

IAM chief executive Simon Best welcomes the latest report from the Select Committee.

Recent increases in road fatalities should be a wake-up call for Government to step up and provide stronger leadership on road safety, say MPs in a report examining the Government's Strategic Framework for Road Safety.

Ford Transit Custom prices are revealed as Ford claims class-leading carrying capacity in the one-tonne panel van sector.

Ford is the latest to become a partner of the Van Excellence scheme.

Introduced last August, the iPad app allows dealers to access key customer information stored on their Pinewood Pinnacle dealer management system without having to sit down at a desktop PC or laptop.

A Which? investigation has found that diesel cars are often more expensive to run than petrol cars.

G2M Technologies has launched a new system aimed at reducing road deaths caused by company drivers using their phones while at the wheel.

Renault has appointed Béatrice Foucher as vice president of the Electric Vehicle Programme, effective from 1 September 2012.

Reports that oil prices may have been another victim of price manipulation come as little surprise to the Road Haulage Association.