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VAUXHALL will launch a diesel-fuelled Tigra in January capable of more than 60mpg and with carbon dioxide emissions of 124g/km.

CADILLAC is back. After a series of false starts, General Motors (GM) is adamant that 2005 will be the year that Cadillac becomes a permanent force in UK motoring.

THE number of tyres scrapped each year in the UK amounts to a mind-boggling 30 million.

ONE of the biggest ‘old wives’ tales’ of tyre management has been debunked by experts at Kwik-Fit Fleet.

FLEETS are set to benefit from a new tyre sealant which, its producers claim, could help slash puncture-related accident rates.

THE image of a businessman huddled next to his car by the side of a road, struggling to replace a punctured tyre, could become a thing of the past within years.

DERBYSHIRE Constabulary’s consistent support for tyre safety initiatives over the past eight years has won the force a national award from the Tyre Industry Council (TIC).

FLEET managers are divided when it comes to their support for the introduction of run-flat tyre technology.

FLEET managers these days bear far more legal responsibility than they used to – not least of which is duty of care where tyres are concerned.

THE National Tyre Dealers Association (NTDA) regards itself as the guardian of tyre standards.

HOW should drivers check their own tyre pressures accurately? According to Darryl Baines, managing director of Wakefield-based Tyre Safety Products, many forecourt airlines give inaccurate readouts.

RENTAL companies battle it out in an ultra-competitive world, practically down in the High Street vying for the customers.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

VAN registrations have set a new November record at 33,896 units.

CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has today announced the restoration from April 2006 of the company car tax diesel supplement on new diesel cars registered from January 2006.

EXACTLY a year after a law was introduced banning the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving, a new survey has shown that nearly all of Britain’s fleets are operating a zero-tolerance policy against drivers caught flouting the law

AS PART of our commitment to an open and clear judging process for the Fleet News Awards, this week we are revealing the panel that will be choosing the 2005 winners

FLEETS were today expecting to be spared a rise in fuel duty as Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown delivers his pre-Budget report

WITHOUT training, drivers should not even be trusted to change a tyre to make absolutely sure that accidents are avoided, fleet managers have heard

AN estate agency group has announced a new fleet deal which will reward its top-performing sales negotiators and lettings staff

THE annual Fleet Safety Forum Awards have recognised companies that have a commitment to fleet safety

ONE of the world’s biggest Ferrari and Maserati dealerships opened in Nottingham this week

THE funeral took place this week of former PHH Vehicle Management Services managing director David Knight, who died suddenly last month

VANGUARD Rental (UK), parent company of National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, has been awarded the ‘best call centre training award’ in the European Call Centre Awards 2004, organised by Call Centre Focus magazine

TOD Evans is stepping down as chairman of Peugeot Citroen Automobiles UK. He has spent 23 years with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group and will leave at the end of the year to ‘allow him more personal time’

IT supplier Norsk Data is replacing part of its 200-strong fleet with 70 Citroen C5, Xsara estate and Berlingo vans

BRITAIN’S businesses are losing billions of pounds every year in congestion and the Highways Agency has been too slow to introduce measures to speed up traffic, a report by the Government’s spending watchdog has claimed

VOLVO has decided to bring an extra petrol-fuelled XC90 to the UK to boost the range and offer an alternative below the 272bhp T6

ATS Euromaster is offering fleets a free 10-point safety check to ensure cars are safe for winter driving.