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Three new low-emission Astra Ecoflex models have joined the range, all offering drivers the lowest possible diesel tax bands.

Kia will give world premieres to four new models at this month’s Paris Motor Show.

Fresh from launching the new Fiesta supermini, Ford has taken the wraps off a van version.

Audi has revealed its new high-performance version of the A4 family.

Volkswagen will join the double-cab pick-up market next year with a production version of the Pickup concept.

It may be tagged as a concept, but this is how next spring’s Volkswagen Golf GTI will look.

Nissan will enter the small van market next year with a production version of the NV200 concept.

Economic doubt sees a 50% increase in the number of fleets considering leaseback schemes

What makes a business successful? Is it the ideas, the people, or something else? Michelle Mone ought to know the answer. The Scottish entrepreneur invented the Ultimo silicon-filled bra as an alternative to cosmetic surgery and now has a company worth around £45 million.

Nigel Stead, managing director of Lloyds TSB Autolease, has brought some modest reality to the positions of the leasing businesses.

Most staff will force themselves into work, even when they are so sick they should legitimately be at home, according to new findings.

Hugh Roberts, fleet and online travel manager, Bupa

Josi Kytle has been appointed head of marketing for Avis UK.

Lloyds TSB Autolease has named Mark Robbins as business development manager

Chesterfield-based repairer Auto Windscreens has made Marc Samuel a partnership manager.

Daniel Parnell, key account manager finance CAP

Lloyds TSB Autolease has won two sole supply public sector contracts in one day for the University of Nottingham and Landrillo College in Wales.

Jeremy Thomson has been appointed managing director, Mazda Motors UK Ltd from the position of sales director, effective from Wednesday.

AXA Insurance has begun using the Audatex claims management system, which includes vehicle damage estimating.

Drivers will be banned after just two convictions if they exceed the speed limit by 15mph in urban areas or 25mph on motorways under a shake-up of road safety laws.

Public sector fleet managers face organisational resistance Achieving management buy-in remains a problem More cooperation needed to help managers introduce fleet changes

The government has announced at further £300,000 of funding to teach van drivers more economical driving techniques.

All new cars and LCVs will have to be fitted with “daytime running lights” from 2011 if proposals from the European Commission are agreed by the European Parliament.

The government is being urged to push forward plans to cut congestion or face a massive problem that will cost British business £10 billion a year.

The proportion of at-work drivers involved in crashes has increased year-on-year.

A legal bid to avoid charging VAT at council-run car parks has run into trouble, with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that tax authorities were right to block the move.

A key European Parliament committee has given its backing to strong European Union limits on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) new cars should emit in a dramatic turnaround from the expected result.

Fuel producers have hit back at a test of high-octane fuels, which suggested that these more expensive ‘super’ fuels offer few additional benefits.

Employees at the Labour Party now have to qualify for a ‘permit to drive’ from managers before they are allowed to use vehicles for business purposes.

A new misfuelling device that stops the wrong type of fuel being added to diesel cars and light commercial vehicles has been launched by Caparo.