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Range Rovers will be emitting 140g/km of CO2 within 10 years as Land Rover steps up its efforts to build a more environmentally-friendly range.

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

Good fleet management can help you use the financial situation to your advantage

The Chartered Management Institute has called on the government not to delay the implementation of the current proposals for flexible working.

Fleet CV: Steve Maltby, managing director, Paragon Fleet Solutions

How are you settling in? Bill Raynal, director - operations, Tracker

Fleet accident and risk management group RVM Fleet Services has appointed John Harrod as head of business development.

Reflex Vehicle Solutions has appointed Charles Hart as asset director.

Budget Rent-a-Car has boosted its international sales and marketing department with the appointment of Nick Horne as head of sales.

The Treasury has confirmed that new capital allowance rules will not apply to cars already on fleets.

Ford is to put Volvo up for sale as it continues to battle in the current economic climate.

Billions of pounds in savings will be within reach of UK companies next year if the employees in charge of their fleets are trained to find them, according to industry experts.

Senior motor industry representatives have met with the government to appeal for help in kick-starting the new and used car markets.

A new online CO2 tool, enabling operators to compare the emissions of different vans, has been launched by the BVRLA on its website.

Public sector chief executives need to get more involved in fleet management, the Welsh Audit Office (WAO) has claimed.

The diesel-powered Mini 1.4TD is the UK’s slowest-depreciating used car, according to new analysis.

Fleet managers have been oversold telematics products in the past, with many of the firms offering too much data and not enough analysis, resulting in many contracts not renewed.

Initiatives aimed at reducing car use may unforeseen economic and social consequences, according to the RAC Foundation.

The fall in used van values has been less significant than at first thought.

Fleet managers are being advised to use incentive schemes wisely to ensure safer driving behaviour.

Auto Windscreens has a new owner after Aviva sold the second largest automotive glazing solutions company in the UK to ARQUES Industries AG.

The western extension of London's congestion charge zone will be removed, but not until 2010.

The government has concluded that the number of company cars on Britain’s roads has fallen by 500,000 over the past nine years.

The government needs to change its transport policies if it wants to achieve significant cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, a report has claimed.

Euro NCAP has released the first test results for its new whiplash test, showing a high number of new, mainstream vehicles scored poorly.

Euro NCAP has awarded the Vauxhall Insignia a five-star adult occupant rating.

Drivers using cheap do-it-yourself breathalysers to ascertain if they are fit to drive after drinking are leaving themselves open to prosecution after tests showed that the units are unreliable and often give false readings.

Van residual values have plummeted in the past year, taking a severe toll on outright purchase fleets, but what does the future hold?

One of the country’s largest lease providers is limiting the amount of new business it takes on.

The latest vehicle to put itself up for long-term scrutiny by the Fleet News' testers is the best van in Europe. Who says?