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Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services has added eight smart fortwo cdi coupés to its fleet of pool cars to help reduce its CO2 footprint.

Swedish carmaker Saab is filing for bankruptcy protection after struggling financially in recent months.

Bibendum Wine has selected the grey fleet solution Driver Self-Serve from Mycompanyfleet to manage its vehicle fleet and ensure it remains compliant with health and safety and legal obligations.

Low volume of available stock in the used car market is comparable with the first half of 2009, but muted demand is preventing a repeat of that year’s rise in values, according to the September edition of Black Book.

A fuel-saving technology for vans and minibuses that can deliver return on investment in just one month, according to Ashwoods, will be on display at LCV 2011.

Manheim Remarketing’s latest Market Analysis for Cars reports that in August values of 4x4s have strengthened while values of small hatchbacks have decreased in all three sectors – fleet, dealer part exchange and manufacturer.

Fleet volumes continued to rise in August with 32,975 registrations attributed to the fleet sector, up 4.5% compared to August 2010.

Trakm8 claims that fleets which use its Swift vehicle telematics system and promote efficient driving styles can reduce their maintenance costs, and subsequently reduce vehicle downtime.

First sketches of the new four-seat electric design study are released ahead of its world public debut at the Frankfurt Show.

Skoda will present a world-premiere design concept called MissionL at this year's Frankfurt International Motor Show.

Toyota will present several new models at this year's Frankfurt motor show next week, with world premieres for both the new Avensis and the new Prius family of full hybrid models.

Hyundai will be unveiling the new generation i30 at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.

Snow is expected in the UK as early as next month, prompting ATS Euromaster to remind businesses to prepare for difficult travelling conditions.

The BVRLA is urging manufacturers to lower the price of electric vehicles or risk strangling the market before it takes off.

Reduced supply in August has resulted in a price bounce according to BCA’s latest Pulse report.

Inchcape Fleet Solutions has gone live with a brand new company website and accompanying Media Room resource centre.

Home Secretary Jack Straw has slammed the “racket” of insurers getting paid for passing on their clients’ details to personal injury lawyers.

ADR Accident Repair Group has agreed to purchase the business of GPS Body Repairs in Warwick from Northgate Vehicle Hire Ltd, taking its total number of sites to 12.

Fleet managers can give direct feedback on the performance of manufacturers and dealers in a major new survey.

Trinity Mirror has chosen to place its accident management requirements with Leeds-based RVM Fleet Services.

Zenith has announced the completion of an industry first vehicle securitisation funding structure, which aims to provide all the asset funding required to meet the significant planned organic growth of Zenith and its customers.

Avis has released the latest emissions figures from its CarbonNeutral program, which shows that alongside an internal CO2 emissions reduction program, the company will have offset 10,962 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions by December 2011, bringing the total emissions offset since 1997 to 167,810 tonnes.

The latest Mercedes-Benz closed sale at Manheim Auctions, Leeds, saw 143 Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles were offered for sale.

HPI reveals which Light Commercial Vehicles are the biggest risks to buyers.

Just three months after going on sale, the Kia Picanto has been named Northern Car of the Year by the Northern Group of Motoring Writers.

Advanced new 1.6-litre diesel engine brings enhanced efficiency to Qashqai and Qashqai+2 range.

Skoda has begun production of a 10 car trial fleet of its first ever fully electric car, the Octavia E Line.

Autoglass has unveiled a giant 3D pothole in Trafalgar Square as part of its campaign to highlight the dangers potholes cause to UK motorists.

Original decision is overruled as HMRC wins appeal.

Latest figures from CAP reveal lower used car depreciation this summer than during the same period last year.