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AGE and mileage of stock from major fleets is reducing because the number of companies extending leases with their contract hire companies is tailing off.

TWO examples of cars passing through auction halls.

PRICES achieved by models in the UK auction halls.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER has been given the green light to produce Mercedes-Benz cars and vans in China through two new joint ventures.

SIX years ago I attended a bodyshop conference held by my then employer the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association. The hot topics? Courtesy cars, estimating systems, costs and insurer relationships.

Letters to Fleet News editor John Maslen

REWARDING motorists who drive carefully and have no crashes may seem patronising. After all, firms don’t congratulate employees for turning up at work on time.

EXECUTIVES behind a new technology product which can monitor driver behaviour behind the wheel say it will also serve as a duty-of-care tool for fleet managers and save on costs too.

THE Fleet News Awards will mark the culmination of months of work to pick out the best fleet operator s, service companies and manufacturers of the past year. For this year’s ceremony, there have been a series of improvements.

LONG working hours are forcing many company car drivers to spend up to a month of each year in their cars, turning the vehicles into ‘second homes’.

THE condition of British roads is way behind our European counterparts despite UK motorists paying the highest tax in Europe.

A UK fleet operator is using satellite navigation to track down liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling stations in a bid to reduce fleet costs.

VOLVO is offering prospective customers the chance to sample its cars at a series of regional events with unaccompanied test drives.

THE Ford Focus regained its position at the top of the fleet registrations chart in October. Last month the Vauxhall Corsa ended a 51-month run at the top for the Focus.

AS winter approaches, it seems an odd time to talk about global warming, but international experts agree that climate change is about much more than the world getting a bit hotter.

IF fleet managers were asked how many of their drivers had been for an eye test in the past two years, many would be unable to answer.

JUST over a year has passed since the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) released its well-publicised guidance on work-related road safety, ‘Driving at Work’.

REWARDING motorists who drive carefully and have no crashes may seem patronising. After all, firms don’t congratulate employees for turning up at work on time.

SERVICE companies, with their relatively small budgets and reduced public exposure, are failing to be pushed into the background of internet development by the megabucks lauded around by motor manufacturers.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

Letters to Fleet News' editor John Maslen

AVIS is launching new in-car user and safety guides aimed at improving the safety of its business customers as part of Road Safety Week, which begins on Monday.

COMMERCIAL vehicle sales last month rose on the back of business preparation for Christmas deliveries.

EUROPEAN drivers, carmakers, fuel providers and road planners should join forces in a major effort to reduce CO2 emissions.

THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making its largest-ever loan to the leasing sector in Russia, lending US$150 million to Austria's Raiffeisen-Leasing for on-lending to Russian businesses.

DETAILED and comprehensive regulations have been proposed for approval by European Union (EU) ministers, harmonising rules stating how carmakers should design models to protect occupants involved in head-on and lateral collisions.

AUTHORITIES in Gothenburg are taking on 200 dual-fuel vehicles for use by public service fleets. Part of the batch includes 20 Fiat Punto 'natural power' vehicles delivered to the Swedish local government by Fiat Auto importer Italienska Bil.

LIGHT commercial vehicle sales across Europe are up by more than 8% for the year. Latest figures for the year to date show that registrations in all of the main European markets posted year-on-year increases, ranging from 3.8% in Germany to 12.8% in Spain.

MORE and more legislation might seem to be this Government’s one aim. And like it or not, legislation and regulation impacts on every part of a business.