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FORD’S new S-MAX seven-seat people carrier will be priced from £16,767 when it goes on sale in June.

A FREE day of consultancy is being offered to fleet operators who buy a new fleet management software module.

NATIONWIDE Autocentres has been crowned UK Repairer of the Year in the AM Awards for the third time in four years.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

FLEET NewsNet looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles.

VOLUME carmakers across Europe are seeing registrations fall above the average rate and residual values plummet as more buyers go for prestige or budget marques.

RESULTS from around the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

CORPORATES in the UK may be paying too much money in the form of cash to employees who elect to opt out of their company cars.

WITH lower-medium fleet cars costing anything up to £20,000 nowadays, it seems hard to believe that you can buy a panel van for ten grand.

THE most read stories on Fleet NewsNet in February. Make sure you haven't missed anything.

THE former directors of MG Rover have missed a third deadline for filing the car manufacturer’s 2004 accounts, amplifying fears about what is holding up the figures.

A STRETCH of the M1 is to have a 40mph speed limit for the next three years while it is widened to create a lane for cars carrying at least one passenger.

A BMW once owned by football star and fashion 'icon' David Beckham has gone on sale on Ebay.

MONEY can’t buy the kind of publicity that rap stars have been dishing out for luxury car makers – especially Mercedes-Benz.

A JOINED-UP approach involving car manufacturers and safety groups is needed to cut casualties on Britain’s roads, according to Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman.

THE Government has renewed its pledge to introduce sustainable biofuel supplies in the UK.

A NEW risk management programme has helped cut the accident rate of a Cambridgeshire company to zero.

VOLKSWAGEN has announced prices for its new Eos coupe/convertible.

SCOTLAND-based eye care for the elderly specialist Vision Call, which has seven UK branches, has bought 41 Renault Meganes for its fleet.

BUSINESSES operating fleets of up to 50 vehicles can now buy breakdown cover online – and out of normal office hours if required – from AA Business Services.

ING Car Lease has been appointed sole supplier to Midlands-based electrical and mechanical engineering company Dodd Group.

CONTRACT hire and leasing firm Grosvenor Hall has been selected to provide a new affinity car-choice scheme open to 300,000 Royal Mail, Parcelforce and Post Office staff and retired employees.

AUTOMOTIVE logistics firm Walon UK has opened a new £3 million storage and refurbishment centre in Corby, Northants, for General Motors.

FLEET software specialist cfc solutions celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

SQUIRE Furneaux has won the Saab Great Britain National Dealer of the Year Award.

A NEW study has applauded larger fleets for their efforts in protecting at-work drivers but found that many smaller companies were falling short of putting in place even basic requirements.

THE number of fleets implementing diesel-only policies has doubled in three years, new research suggests.

FLEET operators in the UK face rapidly increasing costs as new laws on the disposal of scrap tyres come into force.

THE Geneva Motor Show saw a host of new models making their world debuts, ranging from an ultra-efficient diesel-engined hybrid to a 400bhp Saab supercar.