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TomTom has launched the Link 300 box, which allows easier installation in commercial vehicles and improved user experience.

TyreSafe is calling on garage forecourts to ensure that their tyre pressure airlines are kept in good working order.

Northgate Vehicle Hire has won the health and safety award.

Fleets could find the number of parking tickets they receive climbing as a result of new laws that allow local authorities to penalise drivers remotely.

Fleet operators are being encouraged to make use of a free online safety benchmarking tool which allows them to compare their fleet safety records against the industry’s leaders.

For the first time ever, average UK diesel prices have closed to within 3.2 pence of £5 a gallon.

Darlington Borough Council has taken delivery of 17 Fiat Scudo vans supplied by North East Truck & Van.

The Mazda5 has been spruced up for 2008, with a new look and more options available across the range.

The three-door version of the Mazda2 will make its debut on the catwalk at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

BMW has confirmed that a convertible version of its M3 will be launched in April.

Volkswagen is set to unveil the new Caddy Maxi van at this year’s CV show at Birmingham’s NEC in April.

John Given is the new group sales director at Manheim.

Rick Wood has joined the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ driver and fleet solutions team as training and quality assurance manager.

Dennis Foley has been named managing director of sales and marketing for fleet funding company GMAC UK.

Fleet information provider CAP has promoted Dan Parnell to key account manager.

Fleet managers wanting to assess and hence reduce the cost of accidents, emissions and congestion have been offered a handbook of statistical models by the European Commission.

Settling in: Neil Campbell, business development director, Autoquake

In-house training is set to increase in 2008 after eight more firms agreed to sign up to a Leitch skills pledge.

A leaked paper from the European Commission’s in-house research unit has raised major concerns about the European Union’s (EU) goal of increasing the share of biofuels in transport fuels from 2% to 10% by 2020.

A €3 million international research project is to create multi-processor micro-chips able to operate vital in-car systems simultaneously, boosting their speed and efficiency.

Car parking charges for employees who drive to work have come one step closer after South Gloucestershire Council said it was considering imposing charges on workers using company car parks.

Pendragon Contracts is to supply a fleet of vans that have been transformed into hi-tech sales outlets for Snap-on.

The east of England is urging the Department for Transport to approve funding to upgrade the remaining portion of the N11 into a dual carriageway.

The Government has allocated £140million to invest in cycling to help half a million children cycle safely and a generation of adults rediscover their bikes.

The European Commission has proposed that public authorities be forced to consider the environmental performance of vehicles they want to buy or lease when offering transport procurement contracts out to tender.

With Europe’s carmakers facing a likely demand that they cap their models’ CO2 emissions, the European Parliament has backtracked.

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have created a 1 billion euros loan guarantee fund to lever 25 billion eurosof additional funds into the EU’s long running trans-European networks (TENs) programme.

Don’t be fooled by the Tonka toy looks of this development mule spotted on the back of a trailer – underneath the disguise is yet another addition to the growing MINI family.

The energy directorate general of the European Commission has insisted that formal targets to increase the amount of biofuels produced and consumed in the European Union (EU) will be released this week, despite concerns aired by EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas.

Thomson Local has appointed Alphabet to supply its fleet of 480 cars.