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New data from BCA suggests there is a significant shift in the way professional buyers are prepared to acquire their LCV stock.

Transport schemes across England, designed to boost economic growth and reduce carbon emissions, were given the go ahead today thanks to £155 million of Government investment.

Peel Group has outsourced the management of its car fleet to CLM, with the aim of reducing its corporate carbon footprint and cutting tax and operating costs.

Fleet managers have been polled on the Coalition’s suggested 80mph motorway speed limit increase.

Skoda believes it is on course to achieve its fleet sales ambition of 20,000 units by year end.

Toyota is looking to grow its fleet sales by 8-10% next year on the back of a host of hybrid launches, including Yaris, the Prius+ seven-seat MPV and Prius Plug-in.

Hans-Hendrik Puvogel, general manager, Inrix Europe, says apps will help companies can better plan deliveries and have transport pricing models.

City Link has won a Gold award in recognition of its continued high standards of health and safety practice in the workplace.

Pendragon has announced a number of initiatives in support of the automotive industry charity, BEN. Planned activities will include promoting awareness of the charity's work amongst its workforce to organising monthly fund-raising and awareness days for the charity.

Telematics provider Cobra has welcomed the Transport Committee’s report on the cost of motor insurance, in particular the idea that the driver rather than the car should be insured.

FleetMatics has announced that its newly enhanced FleetMatics mobile app has received acceptance in the fleet management marketplace.

The Paragon Group has invested over £4 million to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint.

Burnt Tree has announced that it has reached the milestone of 10,000 vehicles on rent, with one of 121 brand new Ford Transits delivered to Murphy taking them over the threshold.

Slower new van sales three years ago are now starting to impact the current used van market according to BCA.

Fleet software management company Jaama has now incorporated a fuel benefit and mileage reimbursement calculator within its third generation Electronic Driver Services (EDS) module.

We Predict has announced the appointment of professor Tim Davis as technical advisor.

Bosch Car Service has launched a new online booking service allowing customers to locate their nearest participating Bosch Car Service garage and book their vehicle in for their chosen service or MOT.

Imperial Automotive has announced that its BodyRepairQuote.com website has now produced over 20,000 retail leads for its repairers so far this year.

Seat has been growing its fleet team to continued growth in the sector by having more face-to-face contacts with corporate customers.

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has hailed the second Commercial Finance Expo as a huge success after 900 delegates attended the show.

The National Accident Repair Group has announced that Malcolm Banner will be joining the Group as commercial director.

Green Motion, the low CO2 car and van rental company, has announced a new addition to its fleet – the Honda Insight Hybrid.

Kwik Fit Group has announced the departure of CEO Ian Fraser and Group finance director Michael Healy.

Isotrak has launched a series of seminars to give guests an insight into vehicle tracking and telematics, and how it helps companies save millions of pounds each year.

Ford of Britain chief to retire while Ford of Russia's Mark Ovendon returns to the UK to take over.

Former Lex Autolease managing director Nigel Stead has accepted two non-executive roles in the leasing sector.

Providing used car buyers with online images and descriptions as early as possible prior to sale is the key to successfully negotiating the current tough used vehicle market.

The Fuelcard Company has partnered with MultiFleet to launch a VIP fleet product to help their customers reduce vehicle maintenance costs by more than £200 per vehicle per year.

Swedish Automobile, Saab’s parent company, has announced that it has entered into a EUR 25 million convertible bridge loan agreement with Gemini Investment Fund, thereby securing additional short-term funding.

Mycompanyfleet has responded to fleet customers’ concerns over what it describes as excessive end-of-contract charges with a new solution which verifies the condition of fleet vehicles on an ongoing basis.