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STEVE Botham brims with pride at collecting the Fleet News Platinum Award on behalf of the National Association of Police Fleet Managers.

WITH safety a key consideration when choosing a company car, manufacturers will be tempting fleets with ever more advanced driver aids.

Which way now? The road ahead for sat-nav

THE latest gadgets for making running your fleet easier.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

UK road safety charity Brake has two main aims for its website – to help prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and to campaign for improvements to road safety.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

COMPANY car drivers are the most dangerous motorists on the road, a new study has found.

A THIRD of all fleet decision-makers with more than 100 vehicles are still unaware of the European Sixth Directive, even though it could send their fuel costs soaring.

POLICE forces across the country have ordered 7,000 new Vauxhalls and Saabs in a three-year deal worth more than £90 million at showroom prices.

TOYOTA and Lexus will unveil a host of new fleet sector cars at this month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

JUST three weeks remain until the Fleet News Hit for Six Conference is held in Oxford on September 21.

VOLKSWAGEN’S forthcoming cabriolet-coupe model will be called Eos, named after the Greek goddess of the dawn.

CAR rental firm Europcar has restructured its business development team to improve customer service.

THE Tyre Industry Council has set up a technical hotline for fleet queries.

PREMIER Motorauctions of Leeds has posted operating profits of £2.3m in its most successful year since it launched in 1996.

FLEET executives should ensure they check the driving licences of their employees’ partners or relatives or risk falling foul of the law.

COMPANIES can use vehicle insurance ratings as a vital method of control when allowing drivers to opt out of their company cars into private car schemes.

ONLINE grocery service Ocado has signed a £9.5 million contract hire arrangement for its fleet.

BRITISH user-choosers will get to drive BMW’s new entry-level 5-series diesel two years earlier than was originally planned after pressure from the firm’s UK executives.

ONLINE grocery service Ocado has signed a £9.5 million contract hire arrangement for its fleet.

RENAULT has launched a Monaco special edition version of its Megane Coupe-Cabriolet, offering uprated alloy wheels, leather seats, climate control and metallic paint as standard.

IF one of your drivers is going to have an accident, the chances are it will be betwen noon and 1pm.

SUZUKI has added a diesel model to its Swift supermini range.

A NEW low-cost fleet management system has been launched, aimed at growing small to medium businesses with limited IT resources.

FLEETS are being warned that thieves are increasingly targeting keys left in owners’ homes to steal vehicles.

A NEW service combining fleet management and satellite navigation services for the home delivery sector has been launched.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

EUROPE is a remote place. I don’t mean it is physically remote but ask any man, or woman, in the street about the part that Europe plays in their lives and you’re likely to get a blank stare or maybe a re-telling of the two weeks in fabulous Benidorm where you can get real English fish and chips for three-and-a-half Euros.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.