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Pendragon Contracts is joining forces with Trafficmaster to provide fleet tracking and navigation services for customers that it says will help reduce fuel bills by up to 30%.

Zenith Provecta has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Robert Butler to the new position of financial controller.

Nationwide Autocentre has been crowned ‘Customer King’ following a search by Cisco and Real Business magazine to find 2010’s best customer focused firms.

Automotive Leasing has been selected as a key supplier on the new Pan Government vehicle hire services framework agreement, effective from March 22, 2010, for four years.

Aixam Mega is introducing a new AC motor drivetrain for its Mega e-City urban vehicles and Mega Multitruck commercial ranges.

BMW has given Fleet News a sneak preview of the all-new 5 Series Touring, which will be launched in the UK in September.

The Government has announced a loan guarantee of £270 million to help secure the future of Vauxhall's two plants in the UK, and other operations in Europe.

RoSPA is keen to understand how small and micro businesses manage work-related road safety and what help they require, after a research fund was set up.

Lombard has secured another SME contract with Badger Holdings, parent company to Townends and Regents Estate Agents, dot financial services, Tyser Greenwood Surveyors and INEX property solutions.

A Department for Transport survey has revealed that cost is a barrier to running lower polluting vans for 68% of van owners.

Quartix is setting up a distributor network dedicated to its pay-as-you-go service after seeing an increase in demand.

GE Capital identified €76 million of total cost savings for its European fleet customers in 2009 by examining every element of the fleet mix, from contract extensions to CO2 emissions.

Venson Automotive Solutions has won one of the largest contracts in its recent history with the signing of a major 1,400-vehicle leasing and fleet management with maintenance deal with Integral.

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

Venson Automotive Solutions has won one of the largest contracts in its recent history with the signing of a major 1,400-vehicle leasing and fleet management with maintenance deal with Integral.

The Fleet News Awards 2010 shortlist has been announced - winners will receive their awards on Wednesday 17th March. See the finalists in this special awards eZine.

The Chancellor has confirmed that Budget 2010 will take place on Wednesday 24 March at 12:30pm.

Britain’s next 10-year road safety strategy, which will lay the framework that all Government-backed road safety initiatives will follow until 2020, is unlikely to be published before the election.

Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is urging companies to consider carefully whether their eyecare policy could leave them open to the possibility of massive fines.

Businesses, charities and public sector organisations are keen to operate environmentally friendly fleets, but still have a long way to go, according to research from the Energy Saving Trust (EST).

More than one in five UK financial directors running a fleet of 500 vehicles or more are not aware of the impact of CO2 emissions on National Insurance contributions (NIC’s).

The latest satellite tracking technology is helping Nottinghamshire County Council to keep a 24-hour watch over its vehicles, plant and personnel in the field.

The Department for Transport’s Van Best Practice programme, which helps van users to cut running costs, improve safety and reduce environmental impact, is launching a new guide.

Despite the furore greeting Toyota's mass recall, there is little new in this course of action

During the recent snowfall and the usual chaos that follows I decided to use public transport to get to work in Oxford from my home in Swindon

Recovery begins for most manufacturers as companies start refreshing their car fleets

Recovery begins for most manufacturers as companies start refreshing their car fleets

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

Thousands of UK companies are contravening their legislative responsibilities by failing to regulate employees using their own cars for work

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