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FLEETS are being financially hit by an increase in the number of cloned vehicles on Britain’s roads.

FLEET managers will end up paying for their drivers’ offences if they fail to make sure they are licensed to drive.

SATELLITE navigation tops the ‘wish-list’ of company car drivers when choosing their new vehicles, a poll has shown.

MARTYN Moore (pictured), editor-in-chief of Practical Classics magazine and former editor of Classic Cars, Max Power and Bike, has been named as the new editor of Fleet News.

BILL Duffy, managing director of RAC Auto Windscreens, is to step down from the position at the end of December.

FLEETS should ensure they have a proper policy to manage drink and drug driving by employees.

VAN maker LDV has been bought out by an American investment group, in a move aimed at securing its future.

VAN fleet managers are preparing for the impact of a massive increase in taxation for drivers who have private use of vans.

JAPANESE production techniques have been brought in to help Renault build better quality cars.

A NEW insurance scheme which specifically targets car and van fleets up to 3.5-tonnes is now available.

DOUBLE glazing firm Anglian Home Improvements has taken delivery of 16 Fiat Doblo 1.9 JTD MPVs.

SUZUKI has launched a diesel version of its new Grand Vitara, costing £16,999.

HEPBURN Engineering Group has signed a deal to monitor its van fleet using Cybit’s Fleetstar-Online telematics system.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

OIL is running out. It may well be years away, but we are consuming a decreasing resource at an ever-increasing rate.

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

AUCTION halls will see a subdued start to the new year, unlike the more upbeat starts to recent years.

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

FLEET News and Fleet News Europe are helping drive forward a campaign to save 25,000 lives on the roads by signing up to the European Road Safety Charter.

MAJOR changes in boardroom attitudes to fleet safety will only be driven through personal interests and fear of the consequences of not taking action, a senior panel of fleet experts has concluded.

A QUARTER of new vehicles will be sold without a spare wheel by 2008 as manufacturers shift to run-flat tyre technology.

MAZDA is the latest car firm to launch an SUV model, with the announcement of the new CX-7.

FLEET managers have given a mixed reception to new rules designed to sidestep potential damaging European legislation for reclaiming VAT on fuel bought by individual drivers.

ACCIDENT management firm Helphire Group has announced its results for the first half of the current financial year.

ASKING drivers to ‘read the handbook’ is an almost impossible task because most guides are more than 400 pages long and information is difficult to find.

BMW Group’s special sale programme with BCA during 2006 will feature BCA’s Live Online service that allows internet bidders to compete online against buyers in the auction hall.

A FLAGSHIP BMW dealership is offering drivers a free game of golf while they wait for their cars to be serviced.

NOBILAS Claims and Fleet Solutions has brought out a new vehicle repair product.

THE Government has announced major reforms in the way speed cameras are funded and will encourage local authorities to consider alternatives to reducing the number of accidents on UK roads.

SAAB’S revised 9-5 range of saloons and estates will be priced from £21,051 when deliveries begin this week.