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Fleets are being offered a 'personal shopper' service to help source company cars at lower prices.

The Innovation Group has announced a five-year contract with Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Figures reveal that during the second quarter of 2010, despite the recession and weakened consumer confidence in the economy, the used car market has seen its smallest annual drop in sales since 2008.

Car rental company Avis UK has reported that its Avis Flex service has seen a year-on-year increase of 50% since its launch last year.

Selsia Vehicle Accident Centres has launched SameDay – a menu priced one-day accident repair service.

The used car market rallied in August with values rising as supply reduced and professional buyers prepared for the busy autumn period, according to BCA’s latest Pulse report.

Mazda Motors UK has promoted Claire Andrews from senior marketing manager to marketing director, reflecting the recent restructure of the sales and marketing functions at Mazda UK.

Peugeot UK will market its all-new electric vehicle the iOn based on an all-inclusive mobility offer based on a four-year, 40,000 mile contract, with a monthly payment of £415 excluding VAT.

Mills & Reeve has advised Trafficmaster plc's executive eam in relation to the takeover of Trafficmaster by Vector Capital Limited.

Rising pump prices have virtually eliminated fuel cost savings from more efficient company cars, say The Miles Consultancy (TMC).

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched the '2010 Automotive Innovation Award' for the UK automotive industry.

To help make the driving test more representative of real driving, the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) will no longer publish details of test routes, road safety minister Mike Penning has announced.

SMA Auctions new remarketing centre on the A6 Belfast City Derry Rd hosted its first ever auction in Northern Ireland recently.

NHS fleets are turning to telematics in an effort to drive down costs and reduce carbon emissions in line with Government targets.

Local authorities have denied media reports that they are likely to introduce workplace parking levies in the near future.

Additional factory production has been secured for 300 petrol-engined versions of Kia’s newest crossover.

HPI is reminding dealers that its CO2 Certificate complies with new best practice principles regarding the marketing of ‘green’ vehicles.

Škoda has scooped the accolade of ‘Private Hire Car of the Year' in Professional Driver magazine's annual awards, for the second year running.

Kia Motors (UK) is recalling a number of Soul and new Sorento models in order to deal with a door wiring issue.

Nearly 90% of garages investigated by Which? missed or ignored at least one potentially dangerous fault, while 39% charged for a product that wasn’t supplied.

Kwik-Fit Fleet is launching a special winter tyre programme, simultaneously offering corporate customers a ‘hotel’ facility to store their summer tyres.

A new website with improvements to content and ease of operation has just been launched by Fiat Professional.

Ford's all-new C-MAX will go on sale in the UK in October, priced from £16,745.

Garmin has launched the nüLink! 1695, a five-inch touchscreen portable navigation device which connects drivers with up-to-the-minute information.

New commercial vehicles sales figures reveal that the van market is buoyant with growth of 15.1% in August 2010, compared to August 2009.

GreenRoad has announced that Securitas Mobile is deploying GreenRoad 360+ across its new fleet of Peugeot 207 cars.

Sunderland City Council has chosen Ctrack to provide a tracking solution across 370 vehicles within its building, maintenance and support services fleet.

Biesse UK is reducing CO2 emissions with the latest additions to the company's car fleet, six Toyota Prius T Spirit hatchbacks.

Leasing companies are facing rising expectations from fleet customers at a time when freebie services are increasingly eating into profits for many.

A new phone management system aims to put the fleet manager in the driving seat when it comes to enforcing their hands-free policy.