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AVIS UK has announced the appointment of Stuart Gent as its new managing director.

FLEETS should ensure they check driving licences more thoroughly once a new staggered penalty points system for speeding offences is introduced, the industry is being warned.

VAUXHALL will launch its fastest-ever production model in March – the 6.0-litre Monaro VXR.

THE first fleet users are likely to be putting their names down for hydrogen-powered cars by 2020 and the vehicles could be a familiar sight in company car parks in the following years.

THE venture capital company behind the launch of growing leasing firm Tuskerdirect is looking for new acquisitions or mergers in the industry as part of its growth strategy.

KIA is contacting Sorento customers to recall 4,652 cars following two safety related issues.

A FEAST of new fleet favourites for 2005

AS 2005 dawns, fleets are gearing up for a fresh set of challenges.

FOR companies that run fleets of LCVs, rental firms can prove a welcome relief when a surge in business – perhaps during the recent holiday period – leaves the operation struggling to meet its transport requirements.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

THE Transport Minister, David Jamieson should make a New Year’s resolution to bring more flexibility to the use of speed cameras on the UK’s roads and listen more to motorists.

THE president of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, the Duke of Gloucester, has been banned from driving for six months after being convicted of his fourth speeding offence in three years.

SLASHING employee liability costs through risk assessment programmes has become a key priority for fleets as they move into 2005.

THIS is the first glimpse of the new Volkswagen Passat which will arrive in the UK next summer.

MAZDA has signed a deal to supply 3,030 vehicles to National Car Rental and its prestige self-drive brand Guy Salmon in 2005, worth more than £40 million at showroom prices.

LARGE fleets are being promised they will never lose another vehicle document with a new service from auction giant BCA.

BMW has unveiled the ultimate version of the 6-series and the latest car to wear the prestigious M badge.

ROAD safety charity Brake is hosting a series of safety workshops for fleet managers next year.

KIA’S new Sportage SUV will be priced from £14,495 on-the-road when it arrives in the UK in January.

AN unlikely engine-building alliance between BMW and Peugeot-Citroen is set to slash the cost of business motoring when ‘leapfrog technology’ is unveiled in the next 12 months.

TIME is fast running out for British fleets to enter the Fleet News Awards 2005.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

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

GLASS’s has produced a guide to the top 10 trends in the used markets over the past year.

EXPERTS from Glass’s give the lowdown on what’s selling and what’s sitting

PRICES achieved at auction centres across the UK.

PROFESSIONALS in the pan-European fleet industry have been added to the list of speakers at the Fleet News Europe Conference 2005.

THE Association of European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) has re-elected Bernd Pischetsrieder as its president.