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A car check day has highlighted concerns around the use of privately-owned vehicles for work after it revealed 88% of one company’s grey fleet needed attention.

MPs have demanded tougher action to tackle road safety calling it the “major public health problem of our age.”

Foreign motorists who try to circumvent driving licence laws by using their old licence issued in their original home country have seen another loophole closed.

Trails of all-electric cars have begun as part of a larger initiative to help fleets reduce their carbon footprint.

The industry has welcomed the announcement by crash-test organistaion EuroNCAP that no car can achieve a five-star safety rating unless it has ESC.

One of the world's largest car surveys has named BMW as most reliable brand, with the 3 Series named the most reliable car in a historic win over Japanese brands.

It's that time of year again, you still have five weeks to enter the Fleet News Awards 2009.

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by one-and-a-half percentage points to 3%, its lowest since 1955.

Electric vehicles recharged from the national grid could potentially cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 40% compared to vehicles powered by carbon-based fuels, new research has found.

The fleet industry is getting behind road safety week, which runs throughout next week.

An international service that protects vehicles and drivers around the world has been launched.

Car dealer employees who have access to a company car but are not allocated a specific vehicle are likely to see their related tax bill rise following the introduction of new car tax averaging arrangement.

European countries have promised to work towards meeting EU road safety design guidelines when building major routes used by international traffic.

The AA claims the number of traffic police in England and Wales has dropped by almost 20%.

Auto Windscreens’ factory has been commended at the Manufacturer Awards 2008.

The government has begun a new campaign to highlight the deadly consequences of not wearing a seatbelt.

Fleets are being urged to act now in order not to miss out on the chance to get VAT refund windfalls collectively totalling millions of pounds.

Lex has secured a replacement vehicle programme for Speedy Hire.

Thrifty Car and Van Rental UK has won a contract to supply rental vehicles to several police forces.

A do-it-yourself drug and alcohol policy is being offered by Avoidd

British Telecom is re-launching its Family and Friends initiative to coincide with Road Safety Week 2008.

Manheim’s latest figures have revealed the average wholesale used van sale price was up 4.8% in September.

Noyle Fleet Solutions is including real-time data from telematic units into its client environmental fleet review (CEFR) process.

Businesses are missing out on huge savings by not using the best quality mapping data, according to research.

A green company car salary sacrifice scheme called EnviroDrive has been launched by Leasedrive Velo Group.

AutoeBid.com has secured a long-term loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland

National road pricing is one step closer after the secretary of state for transport refused to rule out that a series of trials about to get underway was not the precursor to a nationwide system of pay-per-mile road pricing.

Nottingham has said its plans to introduce a levy on work-place parking places is a viable alternative to local congestion charging.

Motorpoint is rolling out a new type of contract hire product for small to medium-sized businesses.

Biofuel made from sugar beet has lower CO2 emissions than previously thought.