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LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

THE latest industry appointments.

RAC Warranty has teamed up with XPart, the independent supplier of MG Rover original parts, to offer a mechanical breakdown insurance policy.

Derek Cook, founder of the DC Cook dealer group, has been killed in a car accident while holidaying in France.

Fleet risk management: comprehensive solutions from Norwich Union and Cybit

A MAJOR review of the way workplace injuries are reported could see companies having to provide details of how many of their drivers have been involved in motoring accidents

EXCLUSIVE Fleet News research has shown how emergency stopping distances rocket because of basic distractions such as tuning a radio

LICENCE checks carried out by UK fleets have uncovered a number of staff are driving illegally, new research reveals

RENAULT is planning a major upset in budget-priced fleet motoring by making its Logan utility model available in British showrooms in two years’ time

JEEP’S revised Grand Cherokee goes on sale in the UK from June, with prices starting at £29,495 on-the-road

A COMPANY that specialises in employment opportunities for disabled people has revamped its fleet and outsourced it in a multi-million pound deal

GLASS’S has put its residual value forecasting system online

VAUXHALL is targeting fleets with three-day test drives

NISSAN has developed its first motorcaravan conversion, based on the Primastar van

THE average price of fuel has now surged past the £4-a-gallon mark for diesel, adding thousands of pounds to company fuel bills

MOTORISTS will protest about speed cameras on the M4 slowing them down – by slowing down

A NEWSPAPER group has launched a major risk management and driver training programme for hundreds of its company car and van drivers

MORE than half of all fleets are planning to review how their company cars are funded during the coming year, new research suggests

DAYS Contract Hire has awarded a £1 million deal to ATS Euromaster for the supply and management of its tyres

AN environmentally-friendly fleet that deals with advertising and sponsorship on buses and trains has awarded a deal to Fleet Alliance

A COMPANY that collects milk samples from around the country has awarded a deal to Somerset-based fleet management group Fleetlink

ELECTRICAL appliance specialist Homebuy Group has taken delivery of 320 Citroen Xsara Picasso 2.0-litre HDi Desire MPVs

LEX Vehicle Leasing has launched a new van website at www.lexvans.co.uk

Average fuel prices in the UK

David Jamieson, Minister for Roads, Labour Party

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

RESIDUAL values of MG Rover cars will drop by a minimum of 10% in the wake of the car company going into administration, according to Glass’s

RESULTS from sales from around the UK

Denis MacShane, Minister for Europe, explains what the proposed Constitutional Treaty for the EU means for the transport industry.