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Renault will add to its hot-hatch line-up with a more hardcore version of its Clio 197 model.

Land Rover sales hit an all-time record in September with nearly 26,000 vehicles sold worldwide.

Martin Ward, CAP’s manufacturer relationships manager, scours the globe for the week’s insider fleet intelligence

Hundreds of companies operating light commercial vehicle fleets are still not complying with the new smoking regulations, three months after they came into force.

Details of Company Car in Action 2008, one of the most important events in fleet managers’ diaries have been announced.

AA Accident Management has become the latest company to be listed as meeting the Fleet News charter for fleet suppliers.

Center Parcs is replacing its previous, mixed-marque leased van fleet with 38 long-bodied Mercedes-Benz Vito 111CDIs, which will all be owned by Center Parcs.

The UK’s largest biofuel production facility has been given the go-ahead. ABS Biodiesel is building a new biofuel production facility in Bristol.

Dealer car rental services, which are already enjoying a growth in demand from long-term rental customers, will benefit from a new online marketplace that has just been launched in the UK.

Pendragon Contracts, the contract hire and lease division of Pendragon plc, Europe’s largest multi-franchise dealer group, has released details of a five-point battle plan that it says will gain it a greater slice of the UK’s contract hire and lease business.

Are smaller fleets missing an opportunity?

All change as new edition of driver’s bible includes an extra 29 rules.

Peugeot believes its new 308 can compete with the best at the heart of the fleet market. What does the Fleet News leasing panel think?

Stuart Donnelly has been appointed business development director at Fleet Logistics International.

Social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace could be used as a valuable recruitment tool according to almost half (43%) of users polled in a survey.

Rental group Reflex Vehicle Solutions has appointed Colin Wilson as national business development manager responsible for growing the company’s client base in the Midlands.

Toomey Opticar has appointed Peter Deacon contract hire and short-term rental manager.

Clive Howlett, fleet manager, Plumbase.

International fuel card provider Fleetcor has appointed Peter Bridgen as managing director of its UK fuel card group Keyfuels as part of FleetCor’s strategy to increase its senior management team in the UK.

Darren Payne, sales director, GM UK Leasing

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of breathalyser testing tomorrow (October 9), motorists who have had a drink, but are still well below the limit are being warned that they are two-and-a-half times more likely to have a crash.

The Jelf Group has launched a new fleet management service in partnership with Norwich Union and RAC.

Drive Assist, which operates a fleet of more than 15,000 vehicles, says it has eliminated 3.6 million miles of unnecessary journeys following the introduction of sophisticated handheld technology for all its drivers.

Pendragon Contracts has responded to the growing focus on duty-of-care by unveiling driver packs, which will accompany every new car it delivers.

National Car Rental has been selected as the primary vehicle rental supplier throughout Europe for Nalco, a global supplier of integrated water treatment and process improvement services.

Irish company, Premier Fleet, has been appointed partner of International Fleet Services.

Demand for medium-sized used panel vans has remained strong through much of 2007 with the trend set to continue into first half of 2008, predicts EurotaxGlass's.

Groupama Insurances has launched a fleet risk management programme to conduct risk assessment and driver training.

The latest version of the ACPO Practice Advice on Road Death Investigation Manual, which will be published next month, is missing vital instructional data.

Fleet operators considering employing foreign drivers are being advised to ensure these drivers comply with all the relevant regulations before allowing them to begin work here.