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IT company Steria has introduced Jaama’s web-based Key2 Vehicle Management fleet management software system to manage its fleet of 450 cars.

Minorplanet has completed a contract to upgrade the Vehicle Management Information systems in veterinary supply business Dunlop’s 75 vehicles.

Britain’s female motorists are putting road users at risk after almost 190,000 admitted that they have had an accident, “near miss” or made a sudden manoeuvre as a result of their vision being limited by their hair whilst driving.

Just when you thought that the light commercial vehicle world couldn’t possibly split into any more niche sectors, Citroën, Peugeot and Fiat have launched a new joint model that slices up the market even further.

Letters to Fleet News' editor Martyn Moore.

Chrysler UK has re-appointed Simon Elliott as its managing director.

The Association of British Drivers has renewed its call for all speed bumps to be removed after a speed hump caused a serious accident.

Four out of five motorists are giving left-hand drive lorries a wide berth for fear of being side-swiped according to a survey by Motorpoint.

Iveco has delivered the first Daily van to carpet supplier Salesmark, which already operates five Eurocargos within its eight-strong commercial vehicle fleet.

Thomson Local has appointed Alphabet, a multi-marque fleet funding company, to supply its fleet of 480 cars.

Chevrolet has introduced a new automatic version of its Lacetti Station Wagon.

BT Fleet has appointed Cars Direct as one of its preferred remarketing suppliers for 2008.

Thrifty Car & Van Rental is planning to significantly increase the number of its outlets this year to increase its presence in the corporate hire sector.

Fiat has announced the UK line-up of its stylish and critically acclaimed 500, which goes on sale on January 21.

Cambridgeshire County Council is offering employers free places on its seminars to assist them in writing their own road safety policy.

With a sale to Indian carmaker Tata all but certain, Land Rover unveiled its LRX concept at the Detroit Auto Show.

The Government received a stark reminder that it needs to improve public transport if it is to achieve its target of cutting CO2 emissions from cars.

Construction firm Morgan Ashurst, which employs more than 2,000 people, has switched its employee car ownership (ECO) scheme to Provecta Car Plan.

Multi-marque fleet funding company Alphabet recorded growth of more than 10% in leased and managed units during 2007, from 36,470 to 40,600.

Benchmark valuations for cars and vans are now instantly available in any location with the launch of a new SMS text message and web service from CAP.

Fiat is launching its new 500 in the UK with a flight in one of the capsules on the British Airways London Eye.

Italian van and truck manufacturer Iveco is aiming to almost double its UK market share in the 3.5-tonne gross vehicle weight van sector by 2011.

BMW has launched a series of new trim levels across its range after record sales in 2007.

The MINI was the UK’s slowest depreciating car in 2007.

Martin Ward, CAP’s manufacturerrelationships manager, scours the globe for the week’s insider fleet intelligence.

Ford may have won the crown as the best-selling manufacturer in fleet during 2007, but the louder cheers will be coming from Vauxhall in Luton, thanks to a strong performance which saw rising sales while Ford’s dipped.

Lurking underneath a test car disguise is a prototype of BMW’s new 5 Series, due in 2009.

A special sale conducted on behalf of the BMW Group has set a record at BCA for the highest auction turnover in a sale.

The proposal by the European Commission to cut carbon dioxide emissions from cars by a fifth by 2012 will hit luxury vehicles made by the German firms Porsche and Mercedes-Benz and the Japanese companies Mazda and Subaru hardest, commission officials have confirmed.

With strict new limits about to be set for emissions from any new cars sold in the EU from 2012, the continent’s commercial vehicle manufacturers have asked the European Commission and other worldwide policy makers to agree an air pollution control package.