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Birmingham City Council has chosen CMS SupaTrak to provide it with vehicle tracking and telematic solutions across the whole of their mixed vehicle fleet, which constitutes 400 vehicles.

Bob Leighfield has been appointed as new chair of the Service Network Customer Forum, starting in September.

Fleets will welcome a Government initiative to tackle road works disruption faced on a daily basis by at-work drivers.

Aviva brings your ten top guidance tips to help you manage your fleet costs during the recession

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

Thirteen industry experts will be providing a toolkit of cost-cutting and van efficiency strategies at the Fleet Van Conference this September.

Extra factors to take into account on salary sacrifice

More than 200 Arval vans operated by Thales were driven to their nearest Manheim Auction centres at Colchester, Glasgow, Gloucester, Haydock and Leeds to be exchanged for new vehicles.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling on the Government to rethink tolls on the Severn Bridge.

Volvo Car UK is claiming success in its bid to review London’s current congestion charge alternative fuel exemption that it believes unfairly biases hybrid cars over other low-emitting vehicles.

GreenRoad has announced that First UK Bus has signed a five-year contract to deploy GreenRoad’s service across its fleet of 9,000 buses.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) will be running two fleet engineer seminars aimed at individuals with responsibility for specifying vehicles, ensuring roadworthiness compliance and maintaining vehicles so that downtime is minimised.

CitySprint has announced its acquisition of Telford-based courier company Jaguar Couriers Ltd for an undisclosed sum.

Nissan's electric-powered LEAF set to go on sale in the UK in 2012

Speaker highlights from this year's Fleet News/Energy Saving Trust Green Summit with case studies from Avon Cosmetics and private car hire company Green Tomatoes.

Citroën has opened one of the UK’s largest dealer-based fleet departments in Coventry by unifying and expanding two separate operations previously based in Coventry and Birmingham.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has a range of offers available on new or used Volkswagen Caddy, Caddy Maxi, Transporter or Crafter vans.

A new regulation relating to safety markings on heavy goods vehicles and trailers will come into force from October.

Britain’s fleets are becoming greener and safer as they cut carbon emissions and focus on risk management, according to a survey of fleet decision-makers by Jaama.

Inchcape Fleet Solutions has achieved international environmental management standard ISO 14001.

Northgate Vehicle Hire is aiming to become the leading provider of fleet solutions to the public sector within three years through the launch of Northgate Public Sector.

Preston-based UK Carline has launched a CO2 offset initiative to enable its private and public sector clients to help manage their carbon emissions.

Carillion has launched a six-month trial to recycle waste cooking oil into vehicle fuel at Catterick Garrison.

The Department for Transport has given the green light to Nottingham City Council to introduce a workplace parking levy.

Kia Motors UK challenged experienced drivers to retake their test resulting in a 50% failure rate, which compares to the national average pass rate of 42% for new drivers.

ACFO is calling on the Government to provide accurate data to clearly identify at-work driving duty of care failings by public and private sector organisations.

Fleets may be downsizing the company cars they choose, but while engine size is getting smaller there is no compromise on performance, according to ALD Automotive.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is making a comeback thanks to a growing number of motorists looking to reduce running cost and emissions, according to research from TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk.

The Government has performed a U-turn over plans to freeze fleets out of a multi-million pound subsidy package for electric cars.

Short-term vehicle lease company FlexxiLease, which has a fleet of 4,000 vehicles, has stopped taking any new business with immediate effect