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Journey Dynamics, the traffic speed forecaster, has launched MyDrive, which allows satellite navigation units to learn the way individuals drive and thereby improve the accuracy of the estimated journey time.

Independent suppliers of gaming and amusement equipment Bob Rudd Leisure has invested £130,000 in a fleet of new environmentally friendly vehicles, supported by Lombard.

Buyers are still out in force, according to BCA, and in the small van sector there is strong bidding on Ford Transit Connect, Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner, Vauxhall Astravan and Renault Kangoo.

Half-year van sales figures have shown a drop of 45% over the same period last year as manufacturers continue to suffer in the recession.

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Multipart is working with the LDV dealer network and LDV parts suppliers offering aftermarket spares for LDV operators.

Fleet software specialist Mycompanyfleet has launched a new Customer Relationship Management module for delivery and service fleets to measure customer satisfaction with the service they have supplied.

Tyresure has launched a tyre pressure monitoring system which, it says, could cut fuel bills by between 5% and 10% and extend tyre life by 30%.

Kwik-Fit Mobile’s tyre-fitting vehicles are being fitted with web-based fleet tracking from Cybit.

Seating specialist Snoeks Automotive has developed a partition wall for the Mercedes-Benz Vito that is placed on the C-pillar behind the second seat row.

FleetCor, the global fleet card company, has announced the acquisition of Retail Decisions’ (ReD) operations in the UK and Ireland.

Greentomatocars will take delivery of the very first third generation Toyota Prius in London, tomorrow (August 14) which boasts improved driving performance and comfort, combined with lower CO2 emissions.

Burton on Trent-based CBVC Vehicle Management has supplied 100 Ford Connect and Transit vans to ThyssenKrupp Elevators in a contract with a list price of £1.3m.

Fleets with nearly-new vehicles on their books can make a significant profit if they sell them on now, experts are advising.

The price of diesel has almost reached parity with petrol in many parts of the country.

Companies operating fleets are losing hundreds of thousands of pounds after their drivers are involved in crashes.

UK companies that are renewing their motor insurance policies in the third quarter of the year (Q3) could face increases in premiums.

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

Regarding your story “Telematics firms fight for survival” (Fleet News, July 16), the telematics industry must adapt to its changed environment by evolving, and yet critics of our new ‘pay-as-you-go’ (PAYG) payment system seem intent on resisting the tide of change.

The owners of ING Car Lease – Dutch financial services group ING – has returned to profit after recording loses totalling 793 million Euros in the first three months of 2009.

BlueEFFICIENCY has been developed by Mercedes-Benz as the first stage on a journey towards emission free driving.

A new fuel journey management system, which was developed by a fleet manager unhappy with his current system, has just been launched.

Boots has described plans to ‘tax’ businesses on the parking spaces they provide as ‘outrageous’, as the number of critics to the controversial scheme grow.

Most fleet managers expect the Government’s review of driver hours to result in tachographs being fitted to vans.

Ditching the car and taking the train should be a ‘no-brainer’ for today’s business traveller, according to the chairman of Chiltern Railways.

After a four-year investigation, costing £16 million, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it does not intend to launch a criminal investigation into the collapse of MG Rover.

Fiat is on the verge of returning to short-term rental, although not on the terms that saw it previously burdened with non-profitable contracts.

The Government has declared its scrappage scheme a success after orders reached 154,927.

A fleet of 28 new Citroën Berlingo First vans are arriving at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service for fire prevention duties.