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New London Autoquake.com centre opens in Southall.

Nexus Vehicle Holdings has appointed John Ellis as its new MD.

Eco driving school, Really Green Driving is being launched across the UK.

The new application from DriveGain shows your fuel economy as you drive.

Northgate Vehicle Hire is taking delivery of over 2,000 new vans and cars this month as it continues the renewal of its fleet.

Ford is set to launch a new version on the Ford Mondeo in 2011.

Fleet operators will be able to take out a four-year lease on the Peugeot Ion electric vehicle when it launches in the UK next year.

Vauxhall’s Vivaro e-Concept van is to debut this week at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany.

The top 100 technology companies in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 have been announced with Greenlight and Cybit achieving success.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has sold its 15,000th Crafter van in the UK to Heateam, the heating and hot water division of the Baxi Group.

Renault and Opel/Vauxhall announce renewal of agreement to develop next generation models.

Peugeot announces launch of conversion programme for the Peugeot Boxer, with Tipper and Dropside conversions to be followed by other options later in the year.

Mercedes-Benz revamps the Vito while improving fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions.

The new buying solutions' vehicle framework is estimated to double contract values over a four year period.

With a rebrand planned for 2011, Skoda recruit retail giants to help enhance fleets experience of the brand.

Constabularies braced for action after October spending review.

At ACFO's recent National Council meeting it was confirmed that the ACFO membership fees would be frozen at current levels for 2011.

Nearly 700 tickets for the FN50 Dinner 2010 have already been secured by the fleet industry. Are you one of them?

While fleets could be in for a windfall because of the shortage of vehicles coming on to the used vehicle market, they still need to ensure they buy the right vehicles now to get the healthiest returns in the future.

More drivers then ever are abusing their company cars because fewer fleet professionals are involved in running a firm’s transport operations.

ALD has laid out ambitious plans to become the third largest contract hire and leasing company in the UK.

The number of drivers successfully prosecuted in England and Wales for driving on defective tyres has risen by 14% to more than 4,300 convictions.

Major fleets are planning to switch more de-fleet business to online trade auctions over the next five years, according to a survey by CD Auction Group.

Leasedrive Velo Group has added the P11D:Manager module to its online fleet management system, Drive:Manager.

Vehicle rental management business, Nexus, has hit out at Government waste in procurement, management and use of vehicle rental.

Cars Direct has relaunched itself as CD Auction Group.

CAP manufacturer relationships manager Martin Ward scours the globe for the week's insider fleet intelligence

A positive outlook for used car and van values after 2011 means fleets could achieve more for de-fleeted vehicles than they have set in their current residual value predictions.

Britain’s police fleets have cut their annual fuel bill by £4.6 million despite travelling 7.6 million miles more in a year.

The country’s police fleets are expected to be merged to become regional fleet operations.