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MORE than a million British motorists are just one offence away from being banned from driving, with more than 125,000 of them claiming they will lose their jobs as a result.

A CHARITY is using its new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Vito vans to transport young dogs undergoing training to provide valuable assistance to blind and partially-sighted people.

THE terms ‘corporate manslaughter’ and ‘duty of care’ and the like have been bandied around liberally over the past few years.

ON a bright winter morning in London, a group of yellow-jacketed men and women huddle round a cavalcade of liveried vehicles parked in a coned-off layby.

LABORIOUS classroom lectures and paper-based assignments may soon be a thing of the past when it comes to gaining qualifications.

WE’VE come a long way since cavemen first hacked out a wheel and a handful of Germans attached an engine to it. Phill Tromans takes a look at some major automotive innovations past, present and future.

GARTH Murphy, director of HSB Haughton Engineering, Oldham, has become the first winner of CompanyCarDriver’s on-going £500 Red Letter Days voucher competition.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

A FLEET with 1,000 cars is hoping to achieve cost savings worth E3 million over three years after signing a pan-European leasing and fleet management deal.

ALD International has acquired the remaining 75% equity in its Ukranian partner, First Lease. The deal comes a year after ALD took a 25% stake in the company, which has been renamed ALD Automotive Ukraine and operates a fleet of 1,990 vehicles.

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THE number of employees driving for business while uninsured or medically unfit has reached epidemic proportions, way above official statistics.

THE Government is again being urged to announce major changes to mileage reimbursement rates in this month’s Budget.

THE Touring version of Chrysler’s 300C will cost from £27,250 when it goes on sale next month.

CAR dealership group Inchcape has announced pre-tax profits of £177.3 million in the year ending December.

VAUXHALL is planning to trim its volume with daily rental fleets by 25,000 units this year in a bid to build better residual values.

LEX Vehicle Leasing, the UK’s largest leasing company, has announced record results with pre-tax profits up 14% to £52.4 million.

RENAULT has launched a new booking service which enables customers to book vehicle servicing and obtain quotes online.

HYUNDAI has reintroduced the Amica city car to the UK market, as a reaction to surging interest in the sector.

CIVIL engineering contractor McPhillips is installing a tracking system across its fleet in a bid to reduce operating costs.

Nissan has revised prices and specification for its 2006 350Z, along with a subtly restyled front end, new tail lamps and minor interior changes.

SALES volumes for all market sectors are continuing to slide year-on-year, with February predictably slow for new car sales as buyers waited for the new March registration plate.

NEW research suggests that half of female drivers and a third of men in the UK are unable to identify symbols on their car dashboard.

CITROEN is offering fleet customers a special fully-loaded version of the C5 range priced from just £15,095.

AUDI’S new RS4 Avant and Cabriolet versions will cost £51,780 and £59,580 respectively.

ALMOST one-fifth of respondents in a recent survey admitted to having driven while under the influence of drugs and nearly a third said they had got into a car driven by someone they knew to have been smoking cannabis.

FLEET managers can now complete driver assessments through Chevin Fleet Solutions’ fleet management software.