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ALL the information you need to know from Europe's biggest motor show.

IN a world fast becoming obsessed with health and safety, tyres are increasingly coming under the spotlight.

FLEET operators can find a Michelin by mouse and a Goodyear on Google if they buy tyres online. The tyre industry is following the rest of the fleet market in moving to online products to speed up service and cut costs and administration for customers.

FLEETS are being called to action to tackle a growing waste crisis caused by the millions of used tyres they throw away each year.

APPLEYARD Vehicle Contracts, one of the UK’s largest contract hire and leasing companies, is championing its revamped website at the moment.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

FLEETS were this week forced to issue their drivers with contingency plans as fuel protests threatened to cause havoc on UK roads.

EXECUTIVES at Northgate, the UK’s largest daily rental group, were this week locked in talks with financier Guy Hands after receiving a bid approach estimated at £800 million.

FLEETS wanting to attend the Fleet News Hit for Six conference have less than a week to secure their tickets.

BMW chose its home motor show of Frankfurt to unveil the hard-top sister to the Z4 Roadster (pictured), as well as the latest engine for the 6-series.

CHAUFFEUR fleets are being targeted in a new initiative launched by Audi.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has relaunched its mobile servicing and repair service, catering for its customers who cannot find time to get to a dealer.

MASTERLEASE has signed a three-year contract outsourcing its driver-related servicing, maintenance and repair.

VOLKSWAGEN’S new Passat estate range will cost from £16,090 on-the-road when it goes on sale in November.

GRAHAM Brit Services (GBS) has become the first chauffeur firm to add the new hybrid Lexus SUV to its fleet.

DIESEL car registrations are continuing to soar as buyers react to rising fuel prices.

HOT on the heels of Vauxhall’s scorching Astra VXR comes Ford’s riposte, the 223bhp Focus ST.

A MASSIVE new launch programme of 20 new cars in four years is being prepared by Fiat in an all-out drive for profit.

MOTOR parts supplier Kevin Cooper has replaced its entire fleet of light commercial vehicles with new Ford Transit Connects.

VAUXHALL’S Vectra VXR range will cost from £23,995 when deliveries begin in November.

TRUCKS or vans spilling diesel on the road should be pulled over and forced to stop until their vehicles are fixed, according to the RAC Foundation.

SUBARU has revealed its new-look Impreza range which goes on sale next month.

FLEET solutions specialist AutoEase has launched a new online service aimed at getting small fleets similar vehicle price discounts to bigger companies.

APPLEYARD Vehicle Contracts has given its website a makeover.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

PREMIER Motorauctions is claiming a first with a new e-commerce disposal system.

SCOTLAND is different. This is the view you will get from both sides of the border, but probably for different reasons.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.

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

THERE is one particularly large item finding its way onto back-to-school shopping list items alongside pencil cases, shoes and jumpers – a large MPV. The end of the summer holidays has proved a fillip for the beleaguered used large MPV market as parents face the prospect of another year on the school run.