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SMALL fleets are being targeted by a range of new services launched by training company BSM

STEVE Settle has been appointed as director of Lexus GB with effect from February 1

JEEP’S four-wheel drive commercial vehicle, the Cherokee Pioneer, has been given a new engine to improve towing and load carrying ability

Average fuel prices in the UK

IF you were the managing director of a small to medium enterprise, would you turn down an opportunity to cut your costs significantly? No, I thought not

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.

Fleets should look carefully before extending the life of cars from three to four years, after research found that prices for the average four-year-old car are more than £1,200 less than those at three years – a full 10% less of the average new value

If your car is leased or outright purchased, knowing its value is vital, particularly if you want to offer staff the chance to buy the vehicle at the end of the contract. Use our weekly guide to benchmark prices

The latest results from UK auction halls

A NUMBER of fleet companies have now signed up to Trader Link following successful initial trials on this new website backed by the market leader in the online retail advertising sector, www.autotrader.co.uk

COVENTRY and Warwickshire Ambulance NHS Trust has increased its fleet by taking on four specially equipped Citroen Berlingo response units.

A DECLINING used car market should prompt fleets to act more cautiously over residual values during the year, it is claimed.

MG Rover has dramatically scrapped proposals to increase the size of its fleet team just weeks after announcing an expansion plan.

THE National Audit Office has praised the motor industry’s efforts to reduce vehicle crime.

INCHCAPE Automotive Remarketing Management’s first online auction saw more than 160 buyers and 40 dealers logging in.

SUBARU has announced that all its cars are to come with three years’ free servicing as part of an aggressive new sales drive.

CITROEN has introduced two new diesel supermini models to take advantage of what it sees as a burgeoning sector.

COVENTRY and Warwickshire Ambulance NHS Trust has increased its fleet by taking on four specially equipped Citroen Berlingo response units.

SAAB sales in the UK have passed the 20,000 mark for the first time, new figures show. The company says its sales success has been driven by an 86.4% rise in fleet sales.

GREAT looks, performance, a measure of practicality and some of the strongest residual values in the industry. These cars are no longer the pariahs in fleet they once were. Our panel investigates.

CONTRACT hire and outright purchase have more or less an equal share of the funding market. But which method is best for fleets?

THE Fleet Auction Group (FLAG) homepage doesn’t have the usual classic site design cues.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

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

THE Sewells Information & Research ‘Fleet Operator Attitude Survey’ is a great opportunity to improve the service you get from dealers and vehicle manufacturers so we'd be really grateful if you could spend just a few minutes completing our survey questionnaire - please call Kerry Weston on 01733 468655 for a copy.

INDUSTRY experts will host presentations on the pan-European fleet industry at a major conference next week. The Fleet News Europe Conference will take place on Tuesday at the Brussels Marriott Hotel.

OUTSOURCING, the gradual replacement of some car fleets with vans and a surge in market share of diesel models are the key trends that will shape the fleet market over the next four years

AN investigation into fleet safety has exposed continuing flaws in licence checking