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Ashely Miles, fleet administrator, H Ponsford

Telematics provider GreenRoad Technologies has named John Perry as operations director.

Advanced Driving Techniques has named Chris Charlton as occupational road safety consultant.

FMG Support has appointed Nigel Squires as head of business development.

Fleets relying on daily car hire should expect fewer vehicles available to rent and higher prices as the vehicle rental industry tackles a fall in residual values and a decline in corporate bookings.

The DVLA is about to release the F series registrations – the final set of prefix numbers previously unavailable en masse to private plate enthusiasts.

Jo Elms, brand director, Network.

Kwik-Fit’s £3m staff training programme has been described as ‘outstanding’.

One of the UK’s busiest rail networks is to get new carriages, longer and more frequent trains and a greater choice of destinations

TomTom has launched its GO x40 Live, a dynamic navigation and route guidance system.

Merseyside police have chosen Futronics to supply its in-vehicle mobile data solutions after a 12-month trial.

Leasedrive Velo, which sits at number 20 in the FN50 list of the country’s top leasing companies, has been bought in a £80m deal.

Here’s the first drive verdict on Ford’s all-new Fiesta, the most important supermini to be launched in 2008, writes Phil MacNamara, editor of CAR magazine.

The head of the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has issued a direct appeal to fleet operators to make their voice heard on radical proposals to overhaul driver training in the UK.

Companies defleeting end-of-term vehicles have been warned that they must set realistic reserves based on current valuations before entering them for sale.

Access to a car and the ability of more people – especially women – to drive them has increased significantly over the past decade.

Changes to the company car tax regime, which come into force next April, will not be retrospectively applied.

Growing concerns about environment may lead to the widespread adoption of telematics, according to new research.

SsangYong’s latest range of cars has been approved for sale under the Motability Scheme.

Arval is making electronic stability control (ESC) standard on all vehicles within its company car choice list.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, this year’s Fleet Van Conference and awards will take place on December 2 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.

Impersonators who sit driving tests for others have been warned that, when caught, they face tougher sentences.

A guide with digitally-animated tyre safety lessons has been launched on the TyreSafe website.

The Policy Exchange think-tank has called on the government to abandon its biofuel targets.

Average fuel prices in the UK.

Shell is to supply the Skanska UK fleet of 1,800 drivers with a euroShell card.

Advanced Driving Techniques has achieved a ‘five-star quality assured’ standard rating.

A new low-rate contract hire agreement on the Octavia is now available from Skoda Finance.

Seventy-two all-black Fiat 500s have been supplied to Nokia in a contract hire deal that will see the Fiats help kick-start a new high-profile phone promotion.

The Fuelcard Company has announced strategic alliances with two fleet sector brands.