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THE Government is being told to provide an ‘urgent’ explanation on why it has dropped lorry road user charging (LRUC) proposals.

LONDON has beaten Paris to win its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

THE increase in UK fuel duty due in September is being postponed again, the Government has announced.

COMPANY car drivers are being urged to store emergency contact details in their mobile phones that can be easily found and used in the event of an accident.

VEHICLE management services company Inchcape Automotive has a new managing director.

NEWSPAPER group Johnston Press is aiming for financial savings by supplying hundreds of Kwik-Fit Business Drive Cards to its company car drivers.

SEVEN new cars have joined the growing list of vehicles awarded a coveted five-star rating in independent crash tests.

PARKING is a fleet manager’s biggest nightmare when it comes to accident damage. But new automotive technology is capable of finding a suitable space for a car in a busy town centre – and then lends a hand in manoeuvring it into position.

FOR a company accused of conservatism which would make the more trenchant readers of the Daily Mail seem like adrenaline junkies, Jaguar really is on a rollercoaster of a ride.

ONE of Britain’s biggest leasing companies is to introduce live updates on its performance against all its service level targets for customers in a bid to maintain high service levels.

IN the latest in a series of exclusive extracts from his book, Managing Your Company Cars, Colin Tourick turns his attention to fleet leasing contracts.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

INDEPENDENT fleet support company FMG offers incident management to repair and recovery services, with a website that opens up the opportunity to learn more about each of its services.

FLEETS are being urged not to leave vehicle maintenance to chance after a major survey found 76% of garages failed to service cars correctly and in some cases left them as death traps.

THE new bosses of fast-fit giant Kwik-Fit have highlighted expansion in the UK and Germany as a priority but stress it is business as usual for fleet customers.

A CALL has been made for police officers to undergo better driver training and risk assessment following publication of results that show an increase in the number of fatal accidents involving patrol cars.

THE GMB union has claimed that the results of its ballot among AA recovery drivers in favour of striking was ‘overwhelming’ and that a formal ballot will be called within the next couple of weeks.

INSURANCE claim validation company Improveline has fitted on-board telematics to 114 vans and 40 cars after it was shown the systems could save its fleet as much as £275,000 a year.

CONGESTION charge operator Transport for London claims to have plugged a loophole which allowed a website to help drivers pay tolls without running the risk of getting a £50 fine for late payment.

CRASH repair and performance parts business SEL-Imperial has opened a new distribution centre in Basingstoke.

THE Government has rejected pleas to remove voluntary termination (VT) clauses from hire purchase and conditional sale agreements.

THE venue for Fleet Audits’ basic fleet management course on July 26 and 27 is being changed – after the hotel in Fareham where it was to take place was hit by lightning.

COMPANY car drivers are being put at risk by a lethal combination of dilapidated roads and worn tyres.

A BUSINESS pressure group is calling on the Government to link fuel duty with the price of crude oil.

THESE are the first pictures of Vauxhall’s new-look Signum, due to be officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

MERCEDES-Benz is among a number of manufacturers investigating the viability of launching a range of hybrid models combining electric power with diesel engines.

A WOMEN-only private hire service is fitting its distinctive pink cars with satellite navigation units for round-the-clock tracking and electronic job despatch via PDAs.

SMART’S forfour range has grown with two new models, both sharing a 64bhp 1.1-litre engine.