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Average fuel prices in the UK

DON’T you just hate people who don’t pay their fair share – whether it’s the guy who always hangs back in the pub when it comes to his round, the person who thinks it clever not to pay his proper taxes or the truck operator who pays not a penny towards the upkeep of our roads

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

SMALL vans have been the stars of the auction floor in the first quarter of this year among commercial vehicles, with older, pre-common rail diesel panel vans the hardest to shift

RESULTS from auction halls across the UK

Transport Minister David Jamieson has announced he will be stepping down from the Government at the next General Election.

Prime Minister Tony Blair today announced a general election for May 5.

LDV has won crucial fleet orders for its new Maxus range of vans valued at £10 million.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has selected All Fleet Services to provide the third party driver support for the British Gas commercial fleet it manages on behalf of Centrica.

LPG is still a viable alternative to petrol or diesel, despite recent controversy surrounding Government funding and fuel duty increases.

TWO well-known figures in the fleet industry have announced their retirement.

THE new Ford Focus four-door saloon will be on sale in the UK from May 21.

THE Government is making good a manifesto promise that it would introduce new corporate manslaughter laws to punish companies which ignore their duty of care to employees and the public.

FLEET managers responsible for a parc of more than 100,000 vehicles have given their views of the industry in a revealing survey – and fleet funding has proved to be one of the hot topics.

BUYING a vehicle should be a simple matter. You pop round to a dealer, take a test drive, select the specification, place your order and a few weeks later the vehicle arrives.

BUMPER damage tops the list of the most common type of car damage, according to a survey by fleet management group Arval.

CONTRACT hire and leasing companies are getting much better at assessing end-of-contract vehicle damage. New technology means it takes only a couple of minutes to assess a car and produce a repair bill for the customer.

RUNNING fleets is all about finding the cheapest cars, but does a low front-end price equate to the best running costs? Our panel considers the merits or otherwise of some budget cars against more established rivals.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

BCA won the Best Website accolade in the latest Fleet News Awards for its site at www.bca-europe.com, ahead of impressive entries that included GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services and Inchcape Fleet Solutions.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry

UK automotive companies have been investigating the opportunities of new business in Russia.

PAN-EUROPEAN growth is at the heart of a five-year expansion plan announced by software company cfc solutions.

THE Government has revealed a tough new Corporate Manslaughter Bill in one of the final steps to making companies liable for failing in their duty of care to employees driving on business

THE impact of a new Corporate Manslaughter Bill will be one of the issues tackled at the Fleet News Spring Conference – Double Jeopardy

A SENIOR Government transport official has praised the use of city car clubs as an ideal method to help tackle congestion

VOLKSWAGEN is to use lower prices and higher perceived values in a fresh bid to sharpen the appeal of its controversial Phaeton model in the corporate sector

EXECUTIVES choosing Lexus’ proposed hybrid 300bhp GS450h could be paying benefit-in-kind tax on the equivalent banding of a 2.0-litre compact saloon, should it go on sale next year