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A new software solution for lease and contract hire companies has been launched that should allow fleet managers to benefit from their suppliers’ improved efficiencies and cost savings.

Inchcape Fleet Solutions has announced it has secured a vehicle and driver management outsourcing contract from Allianz.

Kwik-Fit Fleet has received a Supplier Excellence Award from leasing and management company LeasePlan UK.

Leasing company Alphabet and professional services firm Ernst & Young are hosting a salary sacrifice event on March 23, in London.

Nissan will roll out a regionalised national pricing programme for fleets in March as it looks to raise its competitiveness against independent repairers.

Paragon Software Systems has developed the Paragon Territory Optimiser with the aim of helping fleet operators cut costs by optimising service zones and territories, ensuring balanced workloads.

The new Polo BlueMotion is now available to order from Volkswagen retailers, with prices starting from £14,445 (OTR) for the three-door, and £15,045 for the five-door model.

The break up of GMUK Fleet, which had supplied contract hire and fleet lease deals for the GM family of marques, is almost complete after Vauxhall confirmed that from will become Vauxhall Fleet from February 18.

The Lloyds Banking Group has seen its share price increase after media speculation that it is preparing to sell Lex Autolease – the country’s largest lease vehicle supplier.

The Royal Mail is to trial Ford Transit vans powered by hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engines.

Kia is planning to almost double its fleet sales representation this year.

Halfords has acquired Nationwide Autocentre, the independent car servicing and repair provider.

Fewer fleet cars were ordered with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) than retail cars during the first half of 2009, despite a concerted campaign aimed at encouraging fleet managers to demand that all their cars have the safety technology be fitted.

Drivers are continuing to flout the law by using hand-held mobile phones, according to a recent survey commissioned by the Department for Transport.

Childcare vouchers and subsidised bikes make way for the 'ultimate employee benefit'

A surge in interest tempts major leasing providers into market

The Royal Mail is set to trial a new idea in alternative fuels – Ford Transit vans powered by hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engines.

Uncertainty over the performance of electric vehicles means reliable future residual value forecasting is currently impossible, CAP has announced.

Leasedrive Velo has announced a number of changes to its management structure.

Zenith Provecta will run pharmaceutical company's ECO scheme

New guidelines, which took effect from Monday (February 15), have set out the precise financial risk that fleets take if they have not done everything possible to minimise road risk.

A buy-back guarantee is being offered in a scheme to attract fleets.

Fleets extending company car contracts last year could have set themselves up for extra costs, according to Manheim.

Auction company Aston Barclay is set to double the capacity of its Prees Heath site to 20,000 vehicles per annum this year.

Capgemini has extended its fleet management agreement with Leasedrive Velo for a further two years.

GE Capital has launched a service which allows fleet drivers to sign personal car leasing agreements online – reducing cycle-time from more than a week to one day.

Telematics provider Minorplanet Systems has taken a loan from its chief executive Terry Donovan to provide it with working capital requirements.

It is unlikely that fleets will benefit from any additional manufacturer incentives when retail new car sales decline after the scrappage scheme ends at the end of March.

Normality returns to the market as used fleet car values follow traditional seasonal pattern.

Alliance Asset Management has experienced an upsurge in interest following a shortage of rental cars and an increase in accident damage caused by the wintry weather.