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A GROUP of county councils in East Anglia has produced an occupational road risk CD for small to medium-size fleets.

MG Rover has launched a special edition MG TF with a body-coloured hard roof as standard.

THE Inland Revenue is in the process of finalising the design and content of its company tax return form.

MORE than half of UK fleets have taken no action to improve safety over the past two years, new research reveals.

TOYOTA will unveil a range of concept cars at next week's Tokyo Motor Show showing the latest developments in fuel cell vehicles, hybrids and personal mobility.

YOU have until November 1 to vote in the Fleet News Awards 2004, for the best cars, vans and service suppliers in the industry.

WHEN Mike Wear was handed a pen as one of his parting gifts as fleet director of Ford, it was particularly appropriate for several reasons.

WHEN the fuel consumption figures are updated each week for our long-term test fleet, I always have a little flinch when I look at those for my car – my figure is often worse than for the driver before me.

FLEET News recently reported on Ford's plans to approach fleets in the next few years as it rolls out its ambitious fuel cell programme (Fleet NewsNet, September 25)

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THE European Commission has adopted a new eSafety Communication policy that lays down a set of measures for safer vehicles as part of its goal of halving the number of road deaths by 2010.

COMMERCIAL vehicle registrations in western Europe fell by 2.8% in the second quarter of this year, reaching a total of 543,067 units.

A POPULAR choice among fleets in Europe, the one millionth Citroen Berlingo has rolled off the production line in Spain.

A SENIOR police officer has called for fleets to turn to their local police force for help in creating safe driving policies to protect them from the threat of prosecution.

A POTENTIAL tax loophole using a joint ownership system between employer and employee is threatening to blow the benefit-in-kind (BIK) company car tax system wide apart.

EUROPE'S largest fleet is set to save its customers a staggering £200 million during a typical lease by scrapping some charges and negotiating deals with suppliers to reduce others.

AUDI claims the burgeoning market for premium brand vehicles will see it break the £100,000 mark for its models within the next few months.

MAZDA is claiming its award-winning Mazda6 is outperforming the guides on the second-hand market, and is so popular with buyers that it is selling all used cars through its dealer network.

SERVICE company DVC Sales has outsourced its 750-strong fleet to ING Car Lease.

A CHESTERFIELD-based chain of newsagents is switching most of its fleet to Toyota, following a review and in response to demand from drivers.

A RISK management firm that visited more than 300 fleets as part of its training programmes found none of them had a formal driving at work policy.

A WEEK-long road safety awareness campaign is being mounted by the tyre industry in Northern Ireland from Monday.

ORDERS for Toyota's new Prius, which went on sale in Japan on September 1, have totalled 17,500, nearly six times greater than the Japanese company's official monthly sales target of 3,000 units.

Mitsubishi has added active stability and traction control to all its 2004 Shogun off-road vehicles, as well as a number of other revisions to the range to give more value-for-money.

THE Environment Agency is claiming its list of the top 20 cleanest company cars could be used as a blueprint by fleets wanting to go green.

FLEETS could be wasting time and money when vehicles are sent for repairs because of a lack of skills in the repair industry.

LATEST figures show fleet sales for the year to date are down by more than 2% but business car sales to sub-25 fleets have increased.

FORD is scaling down its production in Europe as it tries to reduce costs, resulting in 3,000 job losses at one of its factories.

NISSAN'S new 350Z should hold its value better than a six-cylinder Audi TT, according to the latest figures from market analyst CAP.

NORFOLK Frames is replacing more than half of its van fleet with Citroen Relays.