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VEHICLE leasing and fleet management group VELO has made a number of appointments.

Dermot Coughlan<br> Transport manager, Kelly Group

Martin Burke<br> Head of business sales, Skoda UK

<b>Q: I’VE been invited back to a company for a second interview. I’ve never been through this before – what will it entail?</b>

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A THIRD of the UK’s workers are desperate for a new boss and a quarter believe they could do a better job than their managers.

A FREE 16-page guide to the changing legislation surrounding running a fleet is available on request, courtesy of GE Commercial Finance, Fleet Services.

INDUSTRY professionals reveal the qualities which they think define a great fleet manager.

A CAMPAIGN that aims to promote safer driving abroad has highlighted laws and driver behaviour that foreign motorists should be aware of.

Employers are being urged to plan ahead for next summer’s smoking ban after research revealed unsuspecting bosses could be walking into a legal minefield.

FLEET operators have made a damning attack on repair standards among some bodyshops and smart repair companies.

THE recent terror alert has highlighted the need for companies to have contingency plans for disruptions to travel – and could give firms the opportunity to investigate more efficient ways of doing business.

ADVICE is now available for the thousands of fleets which have yet to register their vehicles on the Motor Insurance Database (MID).

THIS, believe it or not, is the all-new MINI which goes on sale here later this year.

MAZDA’S folding hard-top MX-5 Roadster Coupe will be priced from £18,210 when it goes on sale in November.

EVERY diesel car and van run by Citroën through its UK headquarters is now being run on more environmentally-friendly 30% biodiesel.

THE fleet industry is being urged to support a recycling appeal launched by Motability.

FLEET bosses have urged car dealers to put safety before sales as company car drivers arrive on their doorsteps asking to test drive the latest models.

FLEETS which advise drivers to use only supermarket forecourts for refuelling could save hundreds of thousands of pounds every year, according to the AA.

THIS is the first picture of BMW’s revised X5, which will be available for the first time with seven seats.

A KEY figure in the battle to promote low carbon vehicles has resigned after the Government rejected his team’s ideas.

CHRYSLER’S muscular 300C saloon now has the power to back up its looks with the launch of the SRT-8 version.

THE media group behind Capital Radio and GWR has appointed Inspire Fleet Solutions to manage its 450-vehicle fleet.

OFFICE technology supplier Danwood Group has added 60 Renault Lagunas and Meganes to its fleet, with the solus deal through Renault expected to top more than 290 vehicles in the future.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

BURNT Tree Group is adding 200 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters to its commercial vehicle rental fleet.

FLEET and leasing company vehicles achieved their highest average prices during the second quarter of this year.

PEUGEOT is taking its 407 range upmarket with the launch of a new variant – a twin-turbocharged diesel model.

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