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TomTom has announced that it has surpassed the milestone of 150,000 vehicles actively managed in Webfleet, its fleet management application, with more than 13,000 businesses now managing their fleet operation with TomTom.

Pentland Brands has cut tens of thousands of pounds from its fleet budget and reduced fuel use by 16% by successfully withdrawing private fuel benefit with the help of The Miles Consultancy.

Looking at the half year averages, the age of cars sold has been rising since the back end of 2008 and went above 61 months for the first time on record in 2011, says BCA.

BT Fleet has reduced its average repair costs by more than £500 and reduced vehicle off-the-road time by two days thanks to bringing accident management in-house.

Latest road safety figures from the Department for Transport shows that compliance with 30mph urban speed limits continues to improve while pedestrian fatality levels are falling.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has implemented Experteye’s Touchpoint system as a key element of its driver and customer satisfaction programme.

Many businesses in the UK are failing to meet their duty of care obligations, because post-recession finances remain tight, claims E-Training World.

Fleet managers are throwing away millions of pounds each year because they don’t know the recycled value of equipment designed to cut tailpipe emissions.

Audi extends standard warranty and offers fixed-price servicing with Audi Complete.

Ken Trinder, head of business development, Epyx, says that despite it being summer, fleets need to plan ahead.

Ambitious manufacturer unveils plans for a twenty-fold increase in UK sales.

Leasedrive has won a three-year contract hire agreement to supply around 110 contract hire vehicles to Monier.

Paragon Group has announces the appointment of Kevin Riddle as the new group finance director.

Vehicle enhancement specialist Bott has demonstrated its resilience against the recession by employing 60 new members of staff since the beginning of 2011.

BCA and BMW (UK) have combined for a special sale staged at BMW's headquarters in Munich.

Barloworld Handling Limited has awarded Alphabet a third successive contract to supply and manage its 650-strong fleet of vans and cars.

Adecco Group has launched a new Salary Sacrifice Car scheme with Zenith Provecta.‘Your Car’ is available to all employees who are eligible for a cash allowance and to company car drivers.

Constabularies keen to look at new ways of working as Government cuts bite.

Balfour Beatty has become only the fifth company in the UK to be awarded the coveted Van Excellence Accreditation.

Toyota Yaris Verso drivers are happiest with their car, according to the annual Which? Car survey.

A new web site-based service has signed up to two 1link platforms.

Chargemaster has announced that it is to launch Polar in September 2011 which will be the UK’s first privately funded nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

Rising fuel costs remain high on the list of fleet concerns, but Mycompanyfleet says fleet managers could control fuel costs more tightly by making better use of all available data from sources such as fuel and maintenance cards and reacting accordingly.

Innovation Group has been selected by Bosch Car Service to manage and run a new online booking system for its UK network of independent garages.

Dawdling drivers are the top cause of irritation for UK drivers, new research suggests.

A study in America has found that almost one in five road deaths caused by distracted drivers entailed mobile phone use.

Recent research conducted by GM predicts that secondary use of 33 Volt batteries will have enough storage capacity to power up to 50 homes for about four hours during a power outage.

Publication of the European Commission's new tachograph proposals have been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

Burnt Tree Vehicle Rental officially opened its gates to the Scottish public for the first time this week. Situated just outside Glasgow on the A74, the site is the Group’s 18th in total but the first in Scotland.

3M has announced that its vinyl wrap film has been used in a vehicle advertising campaign for Fox Head.