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DUN & Bradstreet uses a Safe Driver Draw to encourage employees to remain claim-free for a year.

HOW many company car drivers would reject the idea of money for nothing?

CARS being rammed by criminals, a Boeing 747 pranging a vehicle and a heavy cargo load dropping from a ship on to a Ford Transit van.

KEY appointments in the fleet industry.

WITH a homepage bordered on each side by grey panels, first-time visitors to this site may question its design. It looks like a Microsoft Word document with an image pasted onto it.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

A BUSINESS pressure group says London Mayor Ken Livingstone must suspend the congestion charge for six months after his own advisers predicted an economic downturn in London of £200m to £300m following July's terror attacks.

MERCEDES-Benz CharterWay, the international commercial vehicle, financial services, contract hire and fleet management arm of DaimlerChrysler, has won a contract Hire agreement for Ocado, the online grocery delivery service for Waitrose.

GENERAL Motors has announced a major initiative that will support its fleet and product management activity across 10 countries. The company has appointed automotive business intelligence company EurotaxGlass’s to supply ‘strategic consultancy services’ with a team from the company based at GM’s fleet sales headquarters in Germany.

THE famous London black cab could soon be a prominent feature in Moscow, as Russia is among a growing amount of countries that have expressed an interest in adding the vehicles to their own taxi fleets. UK-based manufacturer LTI Vehicles has already supplied vehicles to countries including China, Mexico, Nigeria and South Africa.

THE European Commission has formally threatened the Italian government with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over national regulations that prevent companies based in foreign European Union (EU) countries from registering vehicles in Italy.

THE Peugeot 407. Driving forward new standards

VAN security is coming under increased scrutiny as research organisation Thatcham begins to develop an LCV ratings system.

THE word ‘Fuso’ is probably unknown to you at present – but things are about to change.

A MASSIVE drop in the number of company car drivers for the second year running may force a Government review of the benefit-in-kind tax system.

HOSPITALITY giant Whitbread has completed a major revamp of its 700-strong fleet after inviting tenders from 17 suppliers.

FLEET fuel budgets are set to come under increasing pressure as the soaring cost of crude oil sends prices through the roof with the average price of a gallon of petrol now more than £4.

AUDI’S turbocharged 2.0-litre FSI engine is now available in a wider range of A3 Sportback models.

A NEW version of CAP for Windows is released next month.

READERS’ views are being sought on the biggest frustrations in fleet management.

A HOST of new BMW models will go on sale on September 1. New to the 3-series range are the 318d, 318i and 330d saloons, with a 330d Touring also debuting.

RENAULT and Volkswagen are whetting the appetites of user-choosers by revealing details of their new hot hatchbacks.

FLEET decision-makers have just five weeks until the Hit for Six Conference and tickets are selling fast.

FIAT is introducing a three-year/54,000-mile servicing package for its new Croma, covering all garage bills during that period for £199.

SUZUKI has taken the wraps off its new Grand Vitara.

NIGEL Stephens is stepping down as CEO of independent fleet specialist VELO and will be replaced by the current sales and marketing director Tony Johnston.

THIS is Nissan’s new Note which will replace the Almera Tino early next year

IT may look like a giant Meccano set, but this is actually what Toyota’s funky Aygo city car looks like when it is stripped down to its component parts.

TOYOTA, the world’s second biggest vehicle manufacturer by volume, admits that to achieve a fuel cell launch within a decade requires spectacular cuts in the pricing of system components.

VAN security is coming under increased scrutiny as research organisation Thatcham begins to develop an LCV ratings system.