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Company Car in Action returns to Millbrook on the 26th-27th June, have you booked your place yet?

Fleets could be punished for leading the environmental agenda and choosing cleaner cars in an overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rules.

All Polo models from the BlueMotion up will now come fitted with the Touch Phone Kit, which was previously a £245 option.

Kia Motors hit a new record of 5,176 sales in May - a market share of 3.19% - taking sales for the year-to-date in the UK to 27,507 and a market share of 3.17%.

UK market leader Ford benefitted from a surge in commercial vehicle (CV) sales in May to ensure that its total vehicle sales and share were up for both the month and for the year-to-date compared with 2011.

Used LCV values improved across the board for the second month running in May, rising by £99 (2.3%) compared to April to reach £4,370, according to BCA.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has revealed its latest people - the Caravelle Business – which it describes as a mobile conference room.

Auto Styling Truckman has unveiled a new range of hardtops for Ford’s 2012 Ford Ranger.

Vauxhall will expand its range later this year with the addition of the Mokka SUV, which is available to order from today at a starting price of £16,995.

Chrysler’s new 300C executive saloon and the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT will make their UK show debuts next week at the Canary Wharf Motorexpo.

Continuing its successful return to production-derived GT motorsport Aston Martin Racing will contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Aston Martin Vantage GTEs.

Honda will be setting new challenges and encouraging visitors to get involved in some racing of their own at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Canary Wharf-based event worked in partnership with Royal College of Arts to showcase young design talent.

Nissan becomes official van supplier to the Red Bull F1 Racing team for 2012.

A major investment of around £1.2 million is being rolled out by Pendragon Contracts to upgrade its global IT platforms.

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Ken Forbes to the position of marketing director for Jaguar Cars UK. The newly-created position is effective from June 11, 2012.

New car registrations rose 7.9% in May to 162,288 units, with registrations to fleet and business accounting for 92,616 units or 57% of the overall market.

Sixt has announced the opening of a new branch at London’s Hilton Kensington hotel.

Cenex - the UK’s first Centre for Excellence for low carbon vehicle technologies – has partnered with British Gas to make Government grants available to Midlands’ residents for electric vehicle charge points in their homes.

Average wholesale used van values fell by 4% (£172 to £4,123) in May, according to Manheim’s latest monthly Market Analysis for Vans.

Nine out of ten motorists believe that drivers caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel should receive harsher penalties, a survey suggests.

The England Football Squad visited Vauxhall Motors, lead sponsors, at their Headquarters in Luton before flying out to Krakow, Poland ahead of Euro 2012.

Drivers including Ford’s World Rally Championships star Jari-Matti Latvala set 16 records in a Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost 125PS at CERAM test circuit in France.

The all-new Kia cee’d will be one of the Kia’s latest models available for visitors of the 2012 Motorexpo to test drive during the week-long event, that gets underway on 11 June.

Further UK success of the Fiat 500 city car was revealed with the news that the 100,000th example was sold here last month – four and a half years since its launch.

Citroën is showcasing the very best of its racing pedigree at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with the DS3 WRC in action; the UK premiere of DS4 Racing concept and a display of the brand’s line-up including the recently launched New DS5.

A class of class acts from the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb - based in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado - will descend on the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

New findings from academics at Lancaster University and Royal Holloway, University of London, reveal using satellite navigation systems can reduce drivers’ performance behind the wheel.

London’s Transport Commissioner has written to the leaders of 500 of the capital’s biggest companies, thanking them for their leadership in preparing for Games-time travel and asking them to ensure their staff understand their Games-time plans.

Zenith has launched a strategic alliance with HGV fleet management specialists Contract Vehicles Limited (CVL).