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AN international call for consistent Government support for clean fuels has been made by some of the leading figures in the global automotive industry.

The combination of a fleet car and a quantity of vegetable oil could help protect some of the world’s most endangered species, as Mike Roberts explains

KEY appointments in the fleet industry.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

MANHEIM has recently launched its new website, where it claims to bring all the latest innovations from the US as well as adding some of its own to the UK fleet manager.

HYUNDAI is to build a €1 billion car factory in mainland Europe to help with its expansion plans.

SOFTWARE firm International Decision Systems Europe (IDS) has launched a new version of its fleet management system FleetWare, called FleetWare Lite.

NATIONWIDE Crash Repair Centres has revamped the customer service areas across the country.

GLASGOW vehicle hire firm AMK Self Drive has bought 20 new LDV Maxus panel vans.

DIAMOND Advanced Motorists has introduced eco-safe driving to its advanced driving test.

NEW car sales in central and eastern Europe fell slightly over the past year, but underlying growth is apparent for the third quarter of 2005. The market was down 0.8% compared to the same time in 2004, but third-quarter (Q3) sales this year rose 6%.

GENERAL Motors Europe has appointed Ian Hucker (pictured right), formerly Vauxhall’s national commercial vehicle sales manager, as director of pan-European corporate sales and leasing.

THE growth in the number of flights to Eastern Europe has prompted National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car to open a site in Bulgaria.

COMPANY cars and British businesses will be at the forefront of a massive increase in the use of biofuels within the next five years, Transport Secretary Alistair Darling has claimed.

VAUXHALL’S revised Meriva city car range, on sale early next year, will feature a hot VXR version.

THE police are pushing through plans to create a network of cameras that automatically recognise and check vehicle number plates.

NEARLY all of Bramall Contracts headquarters staff have been told they are to be made redundant on the Friday before Christmas.

FORD’S revised Fiesta and Fusion ranges go on sale next week, with prices starting at £8,395.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has launched a new electronic reminder for its congestion charge payment.

DAILY rental company Europcar has taken delivery of a new liveried van fleet as it re-brands its van rental business.

AUDI has announced prices for its huge Q7 SUV.

VEHICLE remarketing specialist Cars Direct has opened a new storage and distribution facility in Oxfordshire.

BRITAIN’S motorway network is the most congested in Europe despite drivers paying the highest fuel taxes, a new report claims.

THE Saab BioPower, a flex-fuel car which runs on petrol or bio-ethanol is now available to order in the UK.

THE funeral division of the United Co-operatives Society has ordered 56 specially adapted Vauxhall Vectra Estates for use as funeral vehicles.

THE Government has been accused of inconsistency over grants for environmentally-friendly vehicles.

PEUGEOT has added a new Verve version to its 206 SW line-up.

FLEETS can pre-order copies of the Sewells Contract Hire survey, which is set to be published early next year.

AVIS Rent a Car is offering satellite TomTom navigation units for hire with its cars.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.