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WHILE international attention is focused on Iraq, few people realise the extent of other British Army commitments abroad.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

A LOOPHOLE behind the use of ‘double-cab’ pick-up trucks as company cars has been closed in the 2005 Budget with the confirmation of a 600% increase in benefit-in-kind taxation for some vehicles from 2007/8.

THE Fleet News FuelWise campaign, in association with Arval, will help fleet decision-makers deal with the challenges of impending changes to the way firms deal with fuel. Fleet News editor John Maslen launches the campaign.

FOR companies looking to reduce headcount, cut back-office admin costs, improve cash flow and spruce up balance sheet ratios, sale and leaseback could provide all the answers.

A EUROPEAN safety body is calling for daytime running lights to be compulsory on all vehicles across Europe.

DIGITAL map data company Tele Atlas has announced plans to provide navigation maps for Russia. The company has established a close co-operation with the Roskartographia agency, which is supervised by the Ministry of Transport in Russia.

BRITAIN is today experiencing the longest period of sustained economic growth since records began in the year seventeen hundred and one.

A EUROPEAN ruling banning companies from claiming VAT on fuel payments reimbursed to staff could cost fleets £1.2 billion

CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has delivered a Budget of pre-election sweeteners in the run-up to Labour's bid for a third term in power.<P>

A TAKEOVER deal between the owner of fleet insurer Norwich Union and RAC could spark a chain reaction of changes throughout the industry

FLEET executives of a nervous disposition should look away now – despite the fact that few company car drivers would ever want to repeat this stunt

EUROTAXGLASS Group chief executive Kevin Gaskell is attempting to walk to the North Pole in memory of his sister who died of leukaemia

PARKER’S Price Guide is usually the first port of call for private car values, but the valuation experts are now offering van prices free for a limited period

THE real-life cost of penalty charges for not paying a fee to enter the London congestion charge has been revealed to Parliament

TWO of the biggest companies in the fleet risk management market have joined forces following a week of high drama in the industry

THE revised Alfa Romeo 147 is now on sale in the UK, starting from £13,660 on-the-road

A FORMIDABLE fleet of four Mega vans will act as fast-response units to the menace of fly-tipping

CENTRICA has announced the result of a major review into the way thousands of British Gas vans are maintained

TRANSPORT Minister David Jamieson has recognised that fleets need to look after their drivers when out on the road

JOHN Given has been named as the new commercial director for GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services

MAZDA is offering its special edition Mazda6 Sakata for a limited production period which is expected to run until the end of this quarter

E-GOODMANNERS, a provider of internet-based management systems, will now operate under the Manheim Global brand

CAMDEN Council has announced plans to ‘revolutionise’ conventional car use and has become the first local authority in London to allow companies to run environmentally-friendly car clubs

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

AFTER the world united to focus on delivering aid relief to those parts of the world devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami, it is no bad time to reflect on the hazards of travel and what can be done to minimise your exposure to risk

Letters to Fleet News' editor John Maslen

FLEET News looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles