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VAUXHALL Astras and Ford Focuses are defleeting for higher prices than equivalently-specced Vectras and Mondeos and are being offered to retail at up to £1,500 more.

RESULTS of sales across the UK.

IT’S not what you’ve got, but what you do with it that matters. An old adage, I’ll admit, but one that’s hugely relevant to the ever-increasing number of gadgets and gizmos designed to improve in-car safety.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ acting editor Steve Moody.

LIGHT commercial vehicle sales across Europe are on the increase – with sales up 4% compared to the same period last year.

THE EU has approved the takeover by French banking giant Societe Generale of several assets belonging to Ford Lease Business Partner in a number of European countries.

KEEP up with the fast-track pace of risk management – come and hear Zurich’s Andy Price sort fact from fiction at the ‘Risky Business’ workshop

TWO-THIRDS of all fleets believe they have done enough to meet their duty of care obligations.

THE Citroen C6 has been praised for its industry-leading pedestrian protection.

SIMPLE treatments for the common cold could make employees unfit to drive, fleets have been warned.

KENT ambulance maintenance staff have been kitted out with mobile location and security devices to safeguard their protection while out working alone.

TYRE management and maintenance company ATS Euromaster has added more than 60 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters to its fleet, the result of an order worth more than £1.2 million.

THE European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company has signed a contract to make National Car Rental its preferred rental supplier.

VAN operators are being offered a new insurance product created by LDV in association with CIA Insurance Services.

STEEL manufacturer Arcelor Group has awarded a fleet management and finance contract to Bank of Scotland Vehicle Finance.

BANK of Scotland Vehicle Finance has launched a new website aimed at small to medium-sized businesses.

COMPANY car drivers failing to check the pressure of their tyres could be paying an extra £6 per £50 fill-up at the pumps, new research suggests.

MERCEDES-BENZ has revealed the first pictures and details of the new Sprinter van, which will be launched next March.

A HEALTHCARE company is on target to have the largest fleet of smart cars in the country.

ANY fleet using contract hire will have at some point come to a decision on the length of time that contracts should run.

COMPANIES love the opening of new offices, even if everyone attending finds watching the newly-painted walls dry a more interesting distraction.

FOR fleets which have drivers who need to transport samples or other hefty loads, upper-medium estate cars are a real boon.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

FLEET decision-makers are being encouraged to have their say on the customer service they get from vehicle manufacturers and dealers in a survey carried out by Fleet NewsNet sister-title, Sewells.

UNCERTAIN market conditions across Europe have dented new car sales for the year, latest figures show.

THE EUROPEAN Commission is reviewing its long-term transport policy and has asked transport companies to give their views.

FLEETS are calling on Gordon Brown to change mileage reimbursement rates in order to encourage drivers back into company cars.

BANKING giant Barclays is encouraging thousands of staff who currently take a cash option to move back into company cars.

AN East Anglian fleet is reaping the benefits after installing a tracking system which has slashed thousands of pounds from costs and reduced its driver downtime.

A BARRISTER has warned company directors that an increasing number of them face prosecution for lapses in work-related safety even before introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill.