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FLEET drivers are being warned of the dangers associated with driving during the holiday period.

THE Government must win the hearts and minds of company motorists if a road pricing policy is to be successful.

FLEETS are examining the potential for adding a health and safety declaration to mileage expenses and mileage claim forms to ensure employers meet their duty of care to employees covering business miles in private cars.

MITSUBISHI will launch a new model in the UK in February targeting cost-conscious customers in the lower-medium sector.

STAIRLIFT manufacturer Minivator has awarded a fleet supply deal to Lloyds TSB autolease’s small and medium enterprises fleet unit.

DURING my time at Fleet News I have embarked on numerous courses covering varying subjects from advanced driver training and risk awareness to a refresher course in shorthand.

Review of the year spotlights hot fleet topics

FORGET red letter or track days, the latest must-do is a snowmobile safari covering 500 miles, past the Arctic Sea and across the Norwegian fjords.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

BT FLEET’S homepage is easy to navigate – and the menu above the masthead makes this particular website one of the easiest.

CV production rose in November by 6%, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

KABA Doors Systems has taken delivery of 16 new Volkswagen Transporters.

LINCOLN-based Simons Construction Ltd is getting its first Citroen vans.

BRITVIC Soft Drinks is taking 100 Mercedes-Benz Vitos after its technical service staff were given the chance to choose between three different van makes.

FORD has brought out two new Transit models.

Letter to Fleet News editor John Maslen

FORD and PSA Peugeot Citroen are planning to expand production capacity for the 1.4, 1.6 and 2.0 litre diesel engines from the ongoing cooperative agreement between the two companies.

AVIS Europe has released a gloomy statement regarding its half-year performance, admitting the market conditions were still in the doldrums.

THE LCV head of Britain’s biggest van manufacturer is launching a campaign to stamp out the scourge of white van man from the country’s roads.

THE LCV head of Britain’s biggest van manufacturer is launching a campaign to stamp out the scourge of white van man from the country’s roads.

A QUARTER of people would change their jobs if a workplace parking charge was introduced and they believed the cost became too high, a study has revealed.

MINI is offering an extended fixed servicing package with an extra three years or 30,000 miles on top of the existing five-year/50,000-mile scheme.

PROVECTA Car Plan has featured in the Sunday Times annual survey into Britain’s fastest growing companies.

AVIS Rent A Car has won the 2004 Personnel Today award for Excellence in Training.

THE Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (AIRSO) is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

TNT has reappointed RAC Auto Windscreens for the repair and replacement of glass.

MAZDA will use Japanese fleets to help develop the world’s first ‘street-legal’ hydrogen-fuelled rotary engine car over the next few years.

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

AN auction firm has released a six-point guide in a bid to stop firms staking all on guide prices at auction rather than the values currently being achieved.