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Europcar believes drivers who hire electric are more likely to buy electric in the future.

Puricore International Ltd has taken delivery of 11 new Vauxhall Zafira Diesel Estates, to be used by their field engineers, following a review of their company car policy.

CHP Consulting continues lease accounting commentary with new whitepaper.

Ex-Bentley sales and marketing director Alasdair Stewart has been appointed as brand director at Skoda.

Auto Windscreens has taken delivery of 40 new vans, specifically to meet growing demand for repairs from its new and existing customers in the fleet sector.

Lancashire-based emergency services and recovery partners attended anincident at Salmesbury Aerodrome – where an invited audience gathered to witness the multi-agency training exercise organised and co-ordinated by FMG.

New developments have made the Fiesta cleaner with latest emissions dropping from 95 to 87g/km of CO2 and combined fuel economy rising to 85.6mpg.

The Vauxhall Ampera will now be available with a fast-charge kit that reduces its full charging time by around two hours, thanks to an agreement made today between Vauxhall and British Gas.

New features and functionality have been added by Fleet Support Group (FSG) to its online occupational road risk management solution, RiskMaster.

Toilet hire company Toilets+ has taken delivery of its first Renault Master chassis cabs, into its Mercedes Sprinter dominated fleet.

A new survey of the UK's lowest depreciating cars puts the sporting Abarth 500 in third place behind the Audi Q5 and Skoda Yeti, with an average resale value of 60% of its list price, based on three years or 30,000 miles use.

Liberty Wines is boosting its delivery service with an advanced route planning and scheduling system from Paragon Software Systems.

Vehicles from BMW’s 2012 fleet have been delivered to the Olympic Park, complete with livery and ready for Games time

Nissan has announced three promotions of British executives to crucial roles within the organisation.

GE Capital has announced that it will provide a £7m Asset-Based Lending facility to T.O.M Vehicle Rental to support the company’s future growth plans.

In one the biggest single orders for Vauxhall Fleet in Northern Ireland, Belfast-based Fleet Financial has delivered 70 customised Vauxhall Vivaro vans to Sierra Support Services that will tour the country as part of Sky TV’s installation and service team.

LeasePlan UK has announced that it has been certified as one of ‘Britain’s Top Employers’ in 2012.

An award that recognises a sustained commitment to professional employee development has been won by ARI (Automotive Resources International), the parent company Fleet Support Group (FSG).

Bridgestone is reminding fleets that the small patch of tyre that separates a van or truck from the road can have a massive impact on an organisation's fuel bill.

Ogilvie Fleet is supplying a variety of cars and vans to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) consortium, after winning a competitive tender to supply all vehicles on full maintenance contract hire leases.

Addison Lee has secured a £6m revolving credit facility and £6m asset finance line with Barclays to support their expansion strategy.

Optimum Procurement has announced a procurement and fleet services co-sourcing agreement with Everton Football Club.

Sytner, the UK’s second biggest franchised dealer group, has moved into contract hire and leasing for the first time after acquiring Isaac Agnew Group in Northern Ireland.

One in four business drivers (27%) are being put under pressure to get to appointments on time and meet ambitious sales or delivery targets, leading to dangerous and in some cases illegal driving practices.

Trimble has announced that it has formed a new division within its mobile solutions division to consolidate and focus its efforts on delivering end-to-end field service management solutions for markets such as communications, oil and gas, and industrial equipment.

Arval has reported a significant increase in terms of activity during 2011, which it says is as a result of a winning growth strategy, the healthy state of Arval’s most recently established subsidiaries, and backing from owners BNP Paribas.

Is car production irrevocably moving east, and do we want that? Mark Wattam explores.

Company car tax rates from 2014 to 2016 will see the appropriate percentage of list price subject to tax increase by 1% for cars emitting more than 75g/km of carbon dioxide, to a maximum of 35% in 2014–15, and by 2%, to a maximum of 37% in both 2015–16 and 2016–17.

The UK’s two biggest car and van auction houses are selling an increasing number of vehicles through online platforms.

In order to have up-to-the-minute visibility of its van fleet, UK-based aerial, satellite and solar product distributor Alltrade Aerial & Satellite has turned to FleetMatics.