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BRITAIN could be divided into ‘pay-as-you-drive zones’ when road pricing is introduced by 2015, the government has suggested.

THE death knell has sounded for cash-for-car schemes as a poll of UK fleets found an increasing number now favour the traditional company car.

VOLKSWAGEN has revealed the first pictures of its new Golf estate.

SPECIALIST off-road fleets should become a key target for business as retail sales in 4x4s slow, an industry analyst claims.

THE Fleet News Business Forum in the north received a big ‘thumbs-up’ from suppliers and fleet managers.

ACCIDENT assist group Helphire has outright-purchased 50 Subaru Legacy Sports Tourers and 50 Subaru Outbacks – giving the manufacturer its biggest-ever fleet deal.

AUDI has announced pricing details for its forthcoming A5.

FLEET software company cfc solutions will enter members of its graduate training initiative into the Institute of Car Fleet Management’s introductory training programme.

BRITISH workers are costing employers more than a billion pounds a year by submitting dishonest expenses claims – including those for mileage.

JAGUAR has taken the wraps off its new 2008 model year XJ flagship saloon.

BCA has donated £1,527 to Europe’s biggest fleet, Motability.

HOT on the heels of the new Volvo V70 estate comes its more rugged stablemate – the XC70.

THE A12 from London to Great Yarmouth has been named as Britain’s worst conditioned road.

IFC Fleet outsourcing has launched a new-look website, www.ifcfleet.com.

AVERAGE fuel prices.

USED commercial vehicles in poor condition are rarely being bought at auction as buyers are increasingly on the lookout only for good examples.

CAP has released residual value predictions for the new Ford Mondeo in its March Monitor, so here we have pitched it against its arch-rival, and sector leader, the Volkswagen Passat.

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

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

The chancellor is being pressed to remove the restriction on leased cars from employee car benefits in his forthcoming budget.

The first Bugatti Veyron to be crashed on a public road has happened in the UK.

CHRIS Thorneycroft-Smith is leaving Iveco at the end of June to pursue new interests, after 14 years with the van maker.

TESCO and Morrisons have promised to pay for repairs to cars damaged by contaminated petrol sold in stores predominantly in the south east of England.

AUDI has unveiled its new A5 coupe and top spec S5 model at today’s Geneva Motor Show.

VOLVO has revealed the first pictures and video of its new XC70 all-wheel drive estate model at the Geneva Motor Show today.

FLEETS are being warned that the price of petrol could rise by as much as 3p a litre this week in the aftermath of the contamination chaos that affected thousands of motorists.

ONE of the oldest fleet dealers in the country has become the latest in an exclusive line-up of firms to be listed on the Fleet News Charter for Fleet Suppliers.

A NORTH-west based estate agency has added more than 30 Clios to its solus Renault fleet.

A COMPANY that provides maintenance services to major supermarket chains is using equipment from Masternaut to track its fleet of 120 vehicles, including vans, over the internet.

AGA Foodservices Group, famous for its ovens, has outsourced its 300-strong fleet of cars and vans.