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DELEGATES at this year’s Fleet News spring conference will be given the chance to win an action-packed driving day at PalmerSport, Bedford Aerodrome, in July

ONE of the UK’s biggest contract hire companies stresses it is ‘business as usual’ for its fleet customers despite announcing a new name change

A PROPOSED ruling banning UK firms from claiming back VAT on company mileage expenses could lead to tighter control of other company expenses, it is warned

CAP’s residual value forecasts for the new Volkswagen Passat range will make worrying reading for the firm’s volume selling rivals

CHOICE of colour is having a bigger impact on the residual values of cars than ever before, with some unpopular shades knocking £2,500 off the value of defleeted models

DECISION-makers signing up for the Institute of Car Fleet Management’s (ICFM) Introductory Certificate can now complete the course online

AUDI’S three-door A3 range features a new look from this month after adopting the deeper front grille from the five-door Sportback version

THOUSANDS of readers took part in Fleet NewsNet’s biggest ever giveway

BMW has introduced a new Z4 convertible, priced at £22,755 on-the-road. The 150bhp 2.0-litre model goes on sale this month

LOWER-medium cars continue to dominate the fleet sales market, taking four of the top five places in April’s charts

HERTZ franchise holder Auto Travel has awarded a £1.8 million deal to LDV

JAGUAR’S diesel range continues to grow with the addition of a 2.2-litre X-type in September

TIM Holmes is retiring as director and head of HSBC Vehicle Finance (UK) at the end of the year after more than 30 years in the leasing industry

THE latest version of Mitsubishi’s rally replica Lancer series has just been announced

COMPANIES with Fords on the fleet can now benefit from a new AA deal giving drivers European breakdown cover

VOLVO’S diesel engine line-up will grow next week with the launch of two new Euro IV compliant engines

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK

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

AVERAGE sale values in the disposals market rose in the first quarter of 2005 by nearly £300 over the last quarter of 2004, thanks mainly to increasing levels of demand

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

RESULTS from sales across the UK

HERTZ franchise holder Auto Travel has awarded a £1.8 million deal to LDV.

VAUXHALL Motors has appointed Jonathan Browning as its new chairman in addition to his role as vice president of sales, marketing and aftersales at General Motors Europe.

A BROAD range of risk issues will be analysed and good practice shared at this month’s Fleet News Spring Conference.

THOUSANDS of business car users are driving with unsafe tyres, new research has revealed.

A RUSH to install hands-free mobile phone kits in cars has led to four-week waiting periods for some models, fleets claim.

A NEW regional chairman and secretary have taken the helm at the Association of Car Fleet Operators South West and Wales region.

THE Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) is holding its 2005 AGM and conference on Tuesday, May 17.