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JCT600 CONTRACTS has grown its team with the addition of three new members of staff.

VANGUARD Rental has re-aligned its marketing division. Rebecca Madden has been promoted to director, Europe Middle East & Asia corporate marketing.

LARRY Bannon, fleet manager NHS Blood and Transplant

SIMON Cage, head of fleet, RAC

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EUROPCAR has announced today it has bought the European division of Alamo and National Car Rental operator Vanguard.

LEX has published a new guide to make companies more aware of how quickly it can take over responsibility for running a fleet.

WORKERS at Jaguar’s Halewood plant have rejected the company’s pay offer changes, with 2,101 against and 1,878 in favour.

VOLKSWAGEN has opened a new climate test centre at its Wolfsburg plant in Germany.

SMART has released the first pictures of its new Fortwo, which doesn’t go on sale until autumn next year.

FIAT and PSA Peugeot-Citroen have taken the wraps off their new jointly-produced compact utility vans this week.

TVR has sent home 158 of its 250 Blackpool factory staff less than a month from announcing it would be moving production to Europe.

A SURVEY of nearly one million cars has confirmed the reputation of Japanese models as the most reliable on the market.

FLEET safety groups have reacted with dismay to a decision that work-related road accidents are not to be included in RIDDOR, the compulsory reporting system concerning employee injuries.

FLEET suppliers were told last week to get closer to their customers and not ‘promise what you can’t deliver’.

THE vast majority of company motorists admit the only way they would take better care of their vehicles was if they were financially penalised for damage.

A PAY-AS-YOU-GO rental company has announced plans to triple its fleet over the next 18 months after securing a £1 million cash boost from private investors.

PEUGEOT has slashed prices on its 407 Coupe range with savings of nearly £3,000 on all models.

FLEET News is proving that business and pleasure can mix with the return of an innovative business forum held at one of the country’s most luxurious hotels – and you are invited.

FLEET managers have the chance to influence the service they receive from suppliers by taking part in the Sewells Information & Research Contract Hire Survey 2007.

A CAMPAIGN of training and internal communications to improve driving skills and raise awareness of road safety has halved the number of accidents involving drivers at moving and storage company Pickfords over five years – and won it a top award.

BUILDING maintenance company Integral UK has signed a fleet supply deal with Vauxhall for more than 1,000 cars. The company has mechanical, electrical, gas and building fabric service engineers operating from 15 locations around the country.

ANALYSIS of the driving behaviour of more than 200 company motorists has found that a catalogue of faults behind the wheel are affecting fuel efficiency and increasing emissions.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

LATEST research suggests the black market for stolen satellite- navigation systems is worth a staggering £13 million.

BILL Hill, a founding member of the Association of Car Fleet Operators (now known as ACFO) and the organisation’s first chairman, died in hospital on Thursday, October 26, after a short illness.

VOLKSWAGEN UK has outsourced the remarketing management of its passenger cars into its franchise network to Manheim subsidiary vehicle remarketing solutions (vrs).

DEALER group Inchcape Retail has announced a new remarketing deal with BCA that will see the two companies sell up to 60,000 vehicles over the next three years.