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LLOYDS TSB autolease has teamed up with the National Forest Company to plant of a tree for every new vehicle it delivers to customers.

HOTELS, restaurant and health and fitness giant Whitbread is aiming to improve employee safety by using a service that links risk and accident management.

WATER and sewage treatment company Wessex Water is fitting a vehicle tracking system and fleet management system to over 80 of its vans.

CITROËN Retail Group has opened its biggest dealership in the country.

AVERAGE prices across the UK.

THOUSANDS of employees could be jeopardising corporate security by divulging computer passwords to external sources.

STEVE Martin has joined Fastline, the specialist vehicle division of Jarvis, as head of sales.

ANDY Doran has joined electric vehicle manufacturer Modec as a southern sales representative.

ZENITH Vehicle Contracts has appointed James Clewer as its new business tender executive, where he will be responsible for producing the company’s responses to invitations to tender for new contracts.

PETER Gluckstein, CRM development manager, Mondial

MARIE Jarrold, car fleet controller British Car Auctions

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

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News editor Martyn Moore.

SALES of new cars across Europe for the year to date have fallen slightly, although new EU member states performed well, latest figures show.

CRITICISM has been levelled at nine European countries for not doing enough to reduce the amount of deaths involving drink drivers on their roads.

BMW UK has warned that a spate of bogus emails titled ‘International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company’ are being circulated on the internet.

Renault has given its Espace MPV range a refresh for this year with a new model line-up and new diesel engines.

NISSAN wants to grow its LCV business by 20% this year by ‘developing its dealer network and implementing a concerted sales and marketing campaign’.

<img src="../_images/articles/H4607small.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="left" alt="You should join us"> THE Hit for Six conference, to be held in September, has become one of the must-attend events on the fleet calendar.

FLEETS are being reassured that customer service levels will not suffer when the UK’s biggest leasing company goes through a major rebranding this year.

AN online simulator could help fleets demonstrate to company car drivers the dangers of speed, alcohol and using a mobile phone while driving.

BMW has set tongues wagging about a potential change in design direction with the release of a new concept car.

FLEETS and local businesses are to be given an exclusive preview of the new Audi A5 range before it goes on sale in the UK.

SEAT’s new £18,995 Toledo Sport, with 18-inch BBS alloys, leather interior and 140bhp 2.0-litre TDI engine, is available only in metallic black.

PEUGEOT’S 307 replacement, the 308, has been caught in its production-ready form.

CITROËN is stream-lining its Xsara Picasso range. The new line-up revolves around the Desire and VTX trim levels.

JEEP is revamping its Wrangler range with a new chassis and refreshed styling. The all-new two-door Wrangler and four-door, long-wheelbase Wrangler Unlimited will launch in May, starting from £17,995.