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EUROPEAN Union (EU) courts should not ‘disproportionately’ reduce insurance payouts to passengers involved in car accidents when they are partly or wholly responsible for a crash, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

PLANS to create EU-wide driving licences have received a setback, with the EU Council of Ministers failing to approve the directive that would bring them into being.

DETAILS have been released of the six key fleet issues of the year to be discussed at the industry’s most popular conference, Hit for Six, in September.

THE Government has bowed to pressure from the fleet industry and announced a major review of its Advisory Fuel Rates for company car drivers

COMPANY directors will be asked to put their names forward as fleet safety champions to campaign for higher standards in the industry.

FUMING drivers have succumbed to roadworks rage after being trapped in long jams by motorway maintenance – and their attacks are becoming increasingly dangerous, experts fear

HM Revenue & Customs has outsourced the fleet management of 2,000 vehicles in a bid to improve business and driver efficiencies

The latest fuel prices for the UK.

MORE than £200 million a year is to be invested in a transport innovation fund by the Government as one of the first moves towards a national road pricing system for Britain

MASTERLEASE has chosen TG21, formerly Toad, to supply and fit security systems to vehicles run by its fleet customers.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has opened a new UK headquarters in Stockport, near Manchester.

SOUTH Tyneside Council has taken delivery of 62 Citroen commercial vehicles to its 290-strong fleet.

A SCHEME showing car buyers how environmentally-friendly their vehicles are has been officially launched. Cars will get one of six labels ranging from red to green for the cleanest engines

CHRYSLER is marking the arrival of Nintendo’s latest handheld games console with a special edition PT Cruiser.

FORD has confirmed it will put its SAV Concept into production as it seeks to reinvigorate its offering in the large car market.<P>

THE Government is set to take the next step in a major review in the way workplace injuries are reported.

THE cost of entering London has increased this week

PORSCHE is launching two new four-wheel drive 911 Cabriolet models

A £2 million Government-funded trial is testing the use of satellite systems that monitor the speed limit of drivers.

VEHICLE management firm Inchcape Automotive is recruiting 60 new drivers following the launch of its new inspection and collection service.

NATIONWIDE Crash Repair Centres has acquired Gemini Accident Repair Centres, which operates 11 bodyshops in the West Midlands.

THREE of Britain’s biggest car dealerships have joined the Kia network.

THE shape of the fleet market is changing as the traditional role of the fleet manager is split between specialist departments in companies.

VOLKSWAGEN’s new upper-medium challenger goes head-to-head with the diesel cars it must beat in the fleet heartland. Here, our panel of leasing experts assess the Passat’s chances.

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.

A US–based organisation has signalled its intention to form an association in the UK to represent the interests of the remarketing industry.

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

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

THE worst case scenario seems to be £1.35 a mile at peak time on a congested motorway while the best is just a few pence on a rural road in the middle of the night. I refer of course, to the vaunted road user charge the Government is determined to introduce.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.