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It costs on average 19% more to keep a car on the road now than this time last year.

A new salary sacrifice product has been launched by Alphabet, which, says the company, provides a tax-efficient way to provide employees with a car or car benefit.

Fleet News has put together a small survey to gauge fleet decision-makers' awareness of the growing number of eco-brands being championed increasingly by car manufacturers wishing to bring a green, environmentally-friendly halo to their ranges.

Companies were told to step up their battle to cut crashes this week after official figures revealed more than 30,000 cars were involved in at-work accidents last year, a figure almost unchanged in the past 12 months.

The police unit created just over a year ago with funding from the Finance and Leasing Association has already recovered cars worth almost £4m from companies and individuals who had fraudulently obtained them.

A recent auction of Kia Cee’d SWs saw them achieve 109% of CAP Clean.

Carillion Fleet Management has delivered 18 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ECO-Start vans to Office2Office.

All fleets should choose cars based on wholelife costs, according to Fiat.

There has been a growing trend of damage to company cars caused by collisions with wildlife with bills running into tens of thousands of pounds.

Amendments have been made to the proposed EU target for biofuels.

The UK’s network of Elektrobay roadside charging stations is now able to ‘talk’ to electric cars as they are being recharged.

HSS has extended its fleet as well as updating its livery and installing new safety equipment.

Letters to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

Northumbria Police are trialling the Vauxhall Astra as a beat car following delivery of 56 models supplied to full police specification.

Lloyds TSB Autolease has donated a vehicle to City College Birmingham to help motor vehicle students.

Cumberland Building Society has reappointed Fiat as its sole provider of branch managers’ company cars.

ResMed has developed an Obstructive Sleep Apnoea care programme

Bristol and West Vehicle Hire has launched a new campaign.

EurotaxGlass’s has created a global services division.

Franchised dealers can now get fleet cover with Dealer Car Manager Lite from DCML.

Interactive Driving System is urging organisations to sign up to the European Road Safety Charter.

Goodyear Dunlop has signed a major fleet deal with TransLinc.

Air Southwest has signed a three-year deal with Avis.

Vehicle remarketing company GRS is on track to achieve a 30% increase in vehicles sold during 2008, compared to 2007.

GM UK Leasing is, unsurprisingly, the first to offer contract hire rates for the new Insignia.

Martin Ward, CAP manufacturer relationship manager, scours the globe for the inside story on the most important launches.

Renault has announced pricing and further specification details of its new Megane range.

Chrysler is to launch electric models in each of its three brands and will showcase the technology at the Paris Motor Show.

Paul Williams will become the new chairman of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) tomorrow.

Chevrolet will take the wraps off two new models in Paris which will be on UK roads within two years.