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FLEET drivers who travel to Belgium are being warned that cruise control has been banned on congested motorways.

GLOBAL strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton will call on National Car Rental for its daily rental requirements across Europe and the Middle East.

FLEETS are being warned against ‘rip-off’ charges for writing risk policies.

IN the world of fleet supply, helping customers identify their exact requirements and then meeting them is the name of the game.

FLEET decision-makers need to ensure their suppliers are keeping up-to-date with the increasingly onerous demands of new legislation.

THERE is a mission statement on the website of leasing firm Tuskerdirect – ‘because time is money’ – that embodies the benefits the company believes it can offer customers and other fleet suppliers in the next few years.

WITH 154 fitting centres and more than 3,000 fleet accounts on its books, RAC Auto Windscreens is one of the largest fleet service companies in Britain.

ELECTRIC scooters are becoming the latest fashion accessory to have on the streets of London.

NEW products designed to improve the running of your fleet.

JFM Transport Solutions is championing its new website, which it claims is state-of-the art and fully interactive. The Doncaster company specialises in the short-term hire, lease and outright purchase of commercial vehicles, including 4x4s, pick-ups and specialist municipal vehicles.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

A LAWN treatment specialist which plans to be serving one million customers within the next five years has invested in a fleet worth £1.3 million at showroom prices.

NEW car sales across Western Europe were bolstered by the growing popularity of mini-MPVs, new analysis shows.<P>

EUROPEAN fleet drivers could find short-range radars that detect when a collision is about to happen and automatically apply a car's brakes fitted to their vehicles by the middle of next year.

SPEED limits in Ireland have gone metric, changing from miles to kilometres per hour. As a result of the changes, the speed limits across Ireland have changed, falling on 91% of its roads and increasing on the remaining 9%.

THE majority of European countries noted increases in light commercial vehicle sales during 2004, latest figures show.

POLICE chiefs are undertaking a detailed investigation into claims that drivers of cars on their fleets are responsible for more than 30 deaths a year and are involved in 55 crashes a day nationwide.

FLEET executives in Edinburgh will have their say on whether congestion charging should be introduced in the city in a referendum taking place this month

VAUXHALL executives say residual value predictions for its Astra Sport Hatch buck trends in the fleet market

THREE years after it became the first in the range to signal BMW’s radical new design direction, the 7-series has received a makeover

BALFOUR Beatty Utilities has completed a major evaluation process for its short-term rental needs and chosen LeaseWay Vehicle Rental as its supplier of cars and vans

WHEEL safety is the subject of a new pack produced by the Fleet Safety Forum, a division of road safety charity Brake.

CONTRACT hire and leasing company ING Car Lease has moved its new vehicle procurement process online, choosing the Leaselink e-procurement system from Ebbon-Dacs

BCA and Sandicliffe Motor Group have announced a remarketing partnership following a trial period

THE quality of relationships between UK fleets, vehicle manufacturers and their dealer networks will be assessed as part of the Sewells’ Fleet Operator Attitude Survey, which is being compiled now

BOOTS, one of Britain’s biggest high street names, has outsourced its in-house fleet department in a bid to introduce new services for drivers

FLEETS will finally start to feel the full effects of changes to the way new cars are distributed and serviced later in the year, experts predict

THE need to keep vehicle downtime to a minimum has prompted newspaper and magazine distributor WHSmith to appoint an accident manager provider

JAGUAR has announced that from now on all X-type diesels will be Euro IV-compliant, foregoing the 3% benefit-in-kind surcharge