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A FURNITURE company has ordered 10 vehicles for use by its surveyors and installation team.

BMW is offering particulate filters as an option across its diesel-engined range.

FORD of Britain’s policies on diversity in the work place have been recognised in a national awards ceremony.

SECURITY firm Protek-dor has launched a product to boost protection for van doors.

THE rising price of petrol and diesel has reignited the row over the viability of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

THE likelihood of company car drivers illegally using a hand-held mobile phone behind the wheel depends on how many business miles they cover.

JOHN Robinson, a member of the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) and sales director of Manchester-based Fleet Accident Repair Group, died suddenly on August 19. He collapsed after a game of football.

TIME is ticking away for fleet managers yet to sign up to the Fleet News Hit for Six conference on September 21.

THIS is a sneak preview of Mitsubishi’s new L200 model which goes on sale in March next year.

NETWORK Rail has signed a £12 million deal to lease more than 1,200 new bespoke vans and company cars.

BISHOP’S Stortford Vauxhall dealership Charvills has moved into new purpose-built premises.

IF you want to stick two fingers up at the green campaigners, why not put one of these on your company car fleet?

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

FLICKING back through some old issues of Fleet News the other day, I discovered that a lot of people who are invited to contribute their opinions on this page take health and safety as their chosen topic on which to pontificate.

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. Using data from used car expert CAP Motor Research, we benchmark two cars against each other to see how they perform over the traditional fleet cycle.

GLASS’S experts give the lowdown on what’s selling and what’s sitting

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

SALES of new cars across central and Eastern Europe have fallen during the first half of the year. Independent data from business information company JATO shows sales were down by 4.03% compared to the same period last year.

COMPANY car fleets using daily rental vehicles on the Continent can now take advantage of new satellite navigation technology.

WHITE van man has become a scapegoat for bad management practices as many fleets hand the keys over to young employees without properly training them to drive their vehicles.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has become one of the most profitable contract hire and leasing companies in the country after announcing its half-year results.

RENAULT’S new Clio range will be priced from £8,895 to £12,650 when it goes on sale in October.

COLOURFUL performers at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival are travelling round the city in a fleet of Renault Grand Espaces.

VEHICLE management company Arnold Clark Finance has opened new premises near Manchester as part of its expansion plans.

HONDA’S FR-V diesel range will be priced from £17,300 when it goes on sale next month.

EUROPCAR is fitting a tracking and navigation system into its fleet of Mercedes-Benz C-class and E-class vehicles.

RUNNING a fleet of up to 400 vehicles in-house is not commercially viable and should be outsourced, a fleet manager has claimed.

THE Zafira is the latest Vauxhall to get the VXR treatment, resulting in a seven-seat mini-MPV with 237bhp and a top speed of 144mph.

INTERNATIONAL breakdown firm Europ Assistance is investigating the potential for a major expansion into the UK fleet market.