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CAR dealership group Lookers has acquired PLP Motors.

NISSAN has added a range-topping 4.0-litre V6 model to its Pathfinder off-roader range.

THE charity Marie Curie Cancer Care has signed a deal to add two models of Skoda to its fleet.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.

ISN’T it nice when someone listens to you and then acts on what you say? When it means as much as this does, it’s doubly satisfying. While Corporation Tax may not be the most exciting topic in the world, the changes – or perhaps lack of them – as put out by the Government last week, will affect us all.

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

FLEETS and the car industry need to do more to educate the public about the true value of used vehicles.

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

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

SALES of new vehicles in the lower-medium, small MPV and SUV segments continued to grow during the first six months of the year, latest analysis has shown. The lower and upper-medium segment showed solid growth, according to the analysis, with this success led by products such as the new Vauxhall/Opel Astra, Peugeot 407 and new Volkswagen Passat.

THE Netherlands, Greece and Poland have come under legal pressure from the European Commission to reform their car taxation rules so that it is easier to move vehicles around the European Union (EU).

Kia Motors (UK) Limited has launched its first commercial vehicle onto the UK market, based on the Sorento.

THE Government has pledged to listen to concerns from fleet van operators on speed limit regulations that are causing confusion within the industry and could see drivers breaking the law.

LEASEPLAN has promoted UK managing director Kevin McNally to regional senior vice-president.

THE Government has pledged to listen to concerns from fleet van operators on speed limit regulations that are causing confusion within the industry and could see drivers breaking the law.

CITROEN UK has announced that Xavier Duchemin will take over as managing director from September 1.

CAR manufacturers have moved to quash fears that fixed cost servicing packages could leave fleets open to prosecution in the event of an accident.

THIS is Peugeot’s sleek 407 Coupe, due to go on sale in the UK early next year.

CITROEN’S diesel-engined C1 supermini will cost £8,455 on-the-road.

AUDI is offering A4 Cabriolet buyers the chance to upgrade to Sport specification at no extra cost, or to S Line trim for a reduced premium.

THE Toomey Group has announced the purchase of company car opt-out firm Opticar Limited for an undisclosed amount.

CHICHESTER-based fleet management specialist Inspire Fleet Solutions has launched a new online tendering initiative.

BCA joined forces with Fiat and Alfa Romeo to host the manufacturers’ first Live Online sale, with 16 dealers logging on.

PRINTER giant Epson has demonstrated the vital role boardroom support can play when launching major fleet initiatives that are to win the support of company drivers.

VAUXHALL is targeting the user-chooser market with this stunning new Astra TwinTop, a coupe-cum-convertible which goes on sale early next year.

THE in-trays of fleet managers throughout the country are always groaning under the weight of letters and marketing material from the leasing industry, but there has been a distinct change of theme to their mailings recently.

WITH more flexible interiors than traditional company car offerings, mini-MPVs are stealing a sales march in the fleet sector.

FLEET managers may feel instantly lost by the amount of crowded text on the home-page of this UK version of a series of websites marketing tyres online to 21 countries.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.