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A new working group to examine issues relevant to commercial vehicle distribution and servicing is to be set up by the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) and the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA).

THE three prestige German brands are seeing fleet car sales rocket as the volume makers’ market share continues to slide.

ATTEMPTS to fine drivers for accidents and vehicle damage or make them pay an insurance excess could backfire and cause chaos for fleet operations, the industry has been warned.

FLEETS are being offered a free resource pack with guidance on winter driving, produced by the Fleet Safety Forum in conjunction with Northgate.

ONE of the UK’s best-known retailers has revamped its fleet and slashed the number of suppliers.

LEXUS has made a series of improvements to its luxurious SC430.

MAINTENANCE and installation group Tudor is using satellite tracking on its service vehicles.

CLAIMS management company Call 24-7 is being provided with between 200 and 300 rental vehicles a month and a fleet of 100 prestige cars.

A NEW at-work driving health and safety CD-ROM policy guide is being launched for its members by fleet managers’ association ACFO.

OFFICE, industrial and retail refurbishment company Trills Services has signed a three-year deal with Nissan and taken on five Kubistar small panel vans, a Primastar van and Cabstar compact truck.

ONE out of every 10 employees in small or medium-sized businesses is uninsured for driving their own car for work, new research has found.

SWEDISH retail giant Ikea has signed a solus fleet deal with Skoda and Lombard Vehicle Management.

HSB Engineering Insurance and its engineering inspection subsidiary HSB Haughton have restructured their company car policies.

A PHENOMENON known as waxing could leave diesel drivers stranded if temperatures plummet, fleet managers have been warned.

FLEET NewsNet continues its assessment of the best company cars ever.

IS there a more perfect car than Porsche’s evergreen 911? In terms of performance, handling, driver feedback, style, build quality and useability, little can match its all-round appeal.

IMAGINE spending more than £30,000 on a company car for the fleet? It’s not too difficult to envisage but what if the £30,000 just covered the optional extras?

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

TOP Gayer, the online gay automotive publication, announced recently that it had joined forces with Gaycar.co.uk to provide business users and private customers with leased vehicles.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

LDV has revealed it has been in discussions to secure a vital financing package to fund the restart of production.

GENERAL Motors BV (formerly General Motors Nederland BV) and Opel Nederland BV, look set to lose a second appeal against being fined over preventing their dealers exporting to other European Union (EU) member countries.

THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to lend E12 million to the Ukraine’s First Lease, a Kiev-based vehicle fleet leasing company.

THE European Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control by Fiat over car and lorry leasing company Leasys SpA, which until now has been jointly controlled by the Italian auto manufacturer and electrical group ENEL.

Volkswagen's elegant new Passat Estate is a car full of pleasant surprises.

FLEETS have welcomed a move this week that will allow them to continue to reclaim VAT on fuel bought by individual drivers.

FLEETS were ignored in the Pre-Budget Report this week, with an announcement on the changes to the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) held over for a later date.

THE fleet industry is calling for a cohesive approach to Government plans to extend congestion charging to towns and cities across England.