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Petrol prices at UK pumps have reached their highest-ever levels.

COMMERCIAL vehicle registrations for the rolling year hit 391,829 units, up 5.5% on March 2004.

MG Rover has begun insolvency proceedings, calling in accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrators and has stopped production at its Longbridge plant.

THE EUROPEAN Commission has accused nine European Union governments of dragging their feet over promoting biofuels in their countries.

EUROPEAN Union (EU) courts can excuse insurers from having to pay compensation payments owed by motor policyholders when their victims are partly to blame for a road accident, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) official has concluded. Advocate general Leendert Geelhoed said national court judges should decide such cases, unfettered by EU Directives on insurance and civil liability.

INTERNET hire car companies are acting legally under European Union (EU) law if they refuse to pay full refunds to customers who cancel bookings, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared illegal national rules denying trainee employees expenses payments for travel in a foreign European Union (EU) member country, which would be payable for journeys in their home state.

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FLEETS are focusing on health and safety issues at the expense of other core vehicle management roles and could be pushing up costs as a result

FINAL preparations are being made at the Royal car fleet for the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles on Saturday

RAPIDLY rising fuel prices appear to be leading to an increase in fuel fraud by drivers

A FLEET has shifted from Mercedes-Benz to Skodas and claims it hasn’t had to compromise quality or space

THE new Lexus GS has been awarded five stars in the latest EuroNCAP crash tests for occupant protection

MERCEDES-Benz is recalling 1.3 million vehicles worldwide, including 58,000 in the UK

PRICES for the new Peugeot 1007 Dolce have been announced

THE Scottish region Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) meeting, proposed for November this year, is to be held en route to Belgium

SUBARU is launching a limited edition Forester with just 240 manual and 60 automatic versions available

PIAGGIO has added electric vans including a panel van, glass van, pick-up and tipper to its range of commercial vehicles

FLEETS with drivers who regularly travel into London face soaring costs from the summer as the price to enter the congestion charging zone is increased

CONCERNS have been raised over plans to introduce a car-sharing scheme on a busy stretch of the M25

A CHAUFFEUR company has taken delivery of 128 Rover 75s to transport clients around the country

A SCHEME that offers speeding drivers an alternative to receiving penalty points and a fine has been heralded a success

VOLKSWAGEN has unveiled its new Fox city car ready for its UK debut at the start of 2006

EUROPCAR UK has restated its fleet size following publication of the Fleet News Rental 20 in last week's Daily Rental guide

NISSAN is gearing up to launch its new 108bhp Micra Street Racer or SR

The Fleet Safety Forum, a division of the road safety charity Brake, has produced a free directory of leading suppliers and service providers to the fleet industry

CHRYSLER has launched a special-edition Voyager, priced from £19,695 on-the-road

INCHCAPE Retail has re-launched its website, which claims to offer wider choice with a focus on new and nearly new vehicles