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Volkswagen and Ford have been presented with their ACFO Car and Vans of the Year Awards after fleet operators voted their vehicles top of the market on a wide range of key issues including operational performance, whole-life costs and driver appeal.

The way advisory fuel rates (AFRs) are reviewed has been changed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

The Government must make some tough decisions if it wants to avoid severe traffic congestion by 2041.

Transport secretary Jim Fitzpatrick has refused to rule out a complete ban on mobile phone use in cars.

Industry stalwart Nigel Trotman has received a major award for his long-term commitment to green fleet management as part of a major series of awards.

The King Review into the future of low-carbon vehicles has started talking to fleets about their role in reducing emissions.

Inactive and unhealthy drivers have more crashes, fleet managers have been told.

Cutting fleet operating costs and reducing health and safety risk exposure for their employers are the two key issues that are dominating fleet decision-makers’ work loads.

Company car drivers who use SUVs to tow trailers, machinery or horse boxes could have to undergo compulsory training and even sit a new driving test.

Christopher Macgowan, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, will chairman this year’s Fleet News Europe Conference in Brussels on February 7.

new road that will improve Wakefield, Barnsley and the surrounding area’s connections to the trunk road network has been given the go-ahead with £22.8 million of funding.

Emap Cars B2B – publisher of Fleet News – has a new managing director and commercial director.

The UK’s first bioethanol plant in Wissington, Norfolk, has been opened.

Average fuel prices in the UK.

A five-point fuel plan has been issued as the price of petrol and diesel continues to rise.

A new insurance policy has been launched to smooth the defleet process for suppliers and fleet managers.

Latest figures showing a 10% increase in deaths on Scotland's roads are a reminder to businesses to ensure they are playing their part in trying to reduce the toll.

We have announced the winners of our latest competition.

Van fleet operators have just five months to “get their backsides in gear” on duty of care or face dire consequences, leading solicitor David Faithful warned delegates.

Letters to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

Britain's most prolific car dealer, Pendragon, slumped to a value of less than £250m today (Nov 27) after disclosing for the fourth time in a little over a year that it would miss the stock market’s profit targets.

Concerns have been voiced that the imminent extension of the Schengen Zone – the borderless European area where people can travel freely between states – could lead to an increase in cross-border car crime.

Fleet operators, especially those with LCVs, are being advised to ensure that potential waste violations are identified at the end of a vehicle’s working life.

Fleet operators should review their commercial vehicle needs in order to save money and improve efficiency.

Chrysler is looking to target the burgeoning chauffeur market when the revised 300C saloon and all-new Grand Voyager MPV arrive next year.

Nissan is launching an off-the-peg commercial vehicle conversion service, with vehicles held in dealer stock and covered by a three-year/60,000-mile warranty.

Mitsubishi is aiming to take the lead on electric vehicles by importing a plug-in rechargeable version of its funky i-Car to the UK.

Hatchback-derived convertible models such as the Ford Focus CC and Vauxhall Astra TwinTop are enjoying strong demand in the auction halls and are overshadowing other open-top model sectors.

Mercedes-Benz is refining its next-generation E-Class range, which make its debut in 2009.

If any of your more adventurous drivers run a Nissan Pathfinder, Murano, X-Trail or Qashqai, they could be tempted by a new accessory for them – a tent.