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THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

RENAULT UK says its van registrations in 2004 took maintain fifth place in the market and increased their share to 6.7%.

2004 was a record year for commercial vehicle sales, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

TOYOTA has revealed the face of its new Hilux pick-up truck which it hopes to reveal to the British public at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show.

A EUROPEAN Commission move attempting to block VAT reclaims on business mileage could leave UK fleets out of pocket by tens of millions of pounds every year.

IN a new innovation to the fleet industry’s most prestigious awards, for the first time the readers of Fleet News will get the chance to cast the decisive votes for the three top Fleet News Awards in an interactive poll.

FLEETS running green cars fear that a massive overhaul of the Government’s aid programme to promote them will see grants being slashed.

MAZDA is expecting its sales to reach 70,000 units within the next five years, with fleet sales accounting for one-third of its customer base.

BMW’S new 3-series range will start at £21,090 on-the-road when it arrives in the UK in March.

FAST-FIT giant Kwik-Fit is piloting a multi-million pound modernisation and refurbishment programme at 20 of its UK centres, and is asking for feedback from fleets on the new plans.

AVIS UK has named Stuart Gent as its new managing director.

A SURREY dealership is using a fleet of hybrid vehicles to promote the new car-sharing website it has signed up to.

A NEW company has been launched into the daily rental market.

TRINITY Accident Repair, an independent body shop, has taken delivery of 50 Mazda2s for its courtesy car fleet.

RISK management and driver training group DriveTech has restructured.

TOYOTA Motor Manufacturing (UK) chairman Alan Jones has been knighted

ROVER is to be driven back to the future in a fresh bid to end years of sliding sales.

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has, after months of debate, struck a deal over the future of EU working time rules for professional road transport drivers, cutting the maximum driving time per week to 56 hours from the current 74 hours.

ALD Automotive has announced a series of IT developments in a bid to help fleets improve service to drivers and reduce administration.

HONDA is to shift production of its CR-V sport utility model from Swindon to the US to make room for a surge in demand for diesel engines.

LAND Rover will offer a fresher faced Range Rover in the spring with a new line-up of petrol engines to be shared with the forthcoming Range Rover Sport.

VOLVO has launched entry-level versions of the S40 with the introduction of 1.6-litre petrol and diesel variants.

TWO new guides designed to help fleets tackle the issues of funding and VAT are now available.

LETTERS to Fleet News' editor John Maslen.

THERE are eight days to go. Eight days before the selling of general insurance through unauthorised intermediaries becomes illegal.

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

RESULTS from auction halls around the UK.