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THESE are the first official pictures of the new Volkswagen Polo, which is due to be unveiled at the Leipzig Motor Show at the start of April.

THE days when a van was a box on wheels with a cab and an engine at the front are long gone.

A MAJOR study into the UK transport system has suggested that charging motorists to use roads will be key to ensuring they do not remain among the worst in Europe

THE fleet industry is glamorous enough as it is for 364 days of the year, but next Wednesday night it will have an even more lustrous sheen than usual

A ‘SIGNIFICANT’ increase in new car sales in early 2004 has been blamed for a drop this year – including those to fleets

BUILDING materials distributor Saint-Gobain has renewed a massive fleet order for more than 1,800 vehicles worth £32 million at showroom prices

THE latest Euro NCAP crash test results have awarded two four-star and one five-star award for occupant protection ratings

THE UK fleet industry is calling for clarification on changes to benefit-in-kind taxation on light commercial vehicles being announced in next week’s Budget

ATS Euromaster has launched a customer reward scheme for small to medium-size fleets designed to provide a range of business and driver benefits

GLASGOW-based First Vehicle Leasing has launched a new car leasing website

HUNDREDS of buyers attended a recent auction of Royal Mail commercial vehicles

THE 300-strong fleet which transports staff who complete meter installations for utilities giant npower has been fitted with tracking units

WOMEN working in the transport industry are being urged to join an organisation that aims to make transport systems more responsive to women’s needs

A MAJOR European court hearing that could ban fleets from reclaiming VAT on fuel was due to start today

RENAULT has signalled the end of its bold drive into the luxury segment with the announcement that it will no longer sell the Vel Satis in the UK from this summer

Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt opened a new production facility at LDV’s factory in Birmingham last week

COMMUNICATIONS giant BT has extended its contract with National Car Rental for a further two years.

ZENITH Vehicle Contracts has secured three new deals worth more than £2.5 million

GLASGOW-based Fleet Alliance has opened four new sales offices which will be headed by experts from the fleet industry

AN initial trial of state-of-the-art technology by a courier has led to a major order for a new system to report package deliveries automatically

FLEET decision-makers are being urged to share their views on whether towns and cities across the UK should scrap proposals for congestion charging following Edinburgh’s rejection of a road toll plan

FLEET management software provider Drive Software Solutions is celebrating its 10th birthday with a new corporate look and a series of industry seminars

CARILLION Fleet Management has ordered 600 short-term rental vehicles from TLS

Average fuel prices in the UK

A GREAT deal of attention is still currently being given to the topic of corporate manslaughter in light of the ongoing Hatfield prosecutions

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

BUDGET manufacturers are making significant strides in improving the residual values and in some cases outperforming volume brands

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