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THERE are some important lessons to learn about how to use vehicle signage.

IF you received an email earlier today that seemed to have nothing in it, then sorry.

THE Government is proposing to increase workers' holiday entitlement from 20 days per year to 28.

FLEETS are being invited to join together to create buying consortiums to make the cost of introducing green vehicles cheaper.

JAGUAR is hoping its new saloon, the XF, will finally prove it can challenge the German brands in the lucrative executive company car market and save the struggling firm.

COMPANY car drivers are more likely to be allocated cars chosen for their wholelife costs and safety credentials rather than for the status of the driver, new research suggests.

HOT on the heels of the debut of the C4 Picasso mini-MPV, Citroën has revealed details of the five-seat version – and it looks significantly different, too.

COMPANY Car In Action, the exciting ‘drive and decide’ event at Millbrook in June has got its own website.

FLEET News is leading by example in its commitment to helping readers run a cheaper, cleaner, safer fleet by offsetting the emissions created by the advertising sales team for a year.

THE fleet team at Toyota is hoping to slash thousands of pounds off its annual fuel bill after 28 members of staff have agreed to switch their company cars to the hybrid Prius.

THE Corsa is the latest Vauxhall to receive the hardcore VXR treatment.

BEN has launched a new corporate identity in a bid to modernise its image.

VAN drivers are to blame for more than two-thirds of the accidents they are involved in but there is hope – more than half want to improve driving skills in 2007, new studies have shown.

RENAULT has revised its fleet sales team with three new appointments as it aims to reverse a 24% drop in fleet business during 2006.

IT may not look much different, but BMW’s new 5-series promises to be even more popular with fleets, thanks to some significant engineering enhancements.

JOHN Bradley, awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, has cited the recognition gained from winning a Fleet News Award as a major factor.

CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue Service has added more than 40 Renault Kangoo cars to its fleet.

PROPERTY and financial services group Spicerhaart has awarded a three-year contract to Lombard Vehicle Management for the provision of its 920 cars.

RENTAL giant Hertz has launched a new online service for its corporate customers.

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NOT a lot has been released publicly about the new Auris yet, but Toyota has revealed prices and given the residual predictors a sneak preview.

MARTIN Ward, CAP’s manufacturer relationships manager, with the week’s insider fleet intelligence.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

LEX, the UK’s largest leasing company, is reviewing the impact longer service intervals for its 178,000 vehicles will have on its £81 million annual maintenance budget.

DRIVERS are increasingly falling victim to a new kind of car crime - staged or deliberate motor accidents, where someone deliberately causes an accident with an innocent motorist, with the intention of making a false or inflated insurance claim.

DESPITE reports in the national press that ‘gas-guzzling’ four-wheel drive vehicle sales are dropping, it seems as though the trend is generally confined to retail sales.

FROM Audi to Volkswagen, we present a year of new launches.

THE development of the C-class has been the most extensive in Mercedes-Benz’s history, with almost 1,000 prototypes driving a total distance equivalent to 62 trips between the Earth and the moon.

AS the second decade of the 21st century bears down on us, employees are requiring ever more from their vehicles.

MANY fleet managers believe 2007 will be a successful year for business.