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DAIHATSU is offering free automatic transmission on the Terios Tracker until September 30, resulting in a saving of £1,010.

IAM Fleet has secured a contract to provide risk assessment and driver training to Health and Safety Executive staff.

A CONFERENCE designed to help fleet executives understand the impending Health and Safety Executive guidance on employers' duties for fleet safety will take place next month.

FLEETS are being urged to look at their duty of care policies in preparation for a new Home Office review of road traffic offences.

RENAULT has announced prices for its new Megane Coupe-Cabriolet (pictured) with an aggressive strategy against the upcoming Peugeot 307CC.

THE Ministry of Defence has ordered a fleet of 486 Iveco multi-purpose lightweight vehicles (MLV) in a deal worth more than £200 million.

SAAB is to concentrate on selling its cars to fleets of less than 50 vehicles in future following a shake-up of its corporate operations.

RENAULT'S Twingo city car has prompted Fiat to revive a name from the past for a new model due on sale next year.

THE forthcoming ban on hand-held mobile phones behind the wheel has prompted a telecommunications company to order a fleet of 15 new vehicles.

Paul Atkinson, managing director of the British School of Motoring (BSM), is the first senior executive to order a new Vauxhall Signum.

DRIVER Hire has scooped top honours at the National Courier Association's Corporate Safety Awards.

ELIM Construction has taken on three Ford Transit double cab chassis with tipper bodies from Motorpoint of Glasgow.

RECRUITMENT firm MCA Consulting has raised more than £1,200 by taking part in the Race for Life for Cancer Research event.

CAR ownership schemes can be implemented into a fleet policy in a seamless manner, providing financial protection for both the employer and employee.

RATHER than looking for that elusive, all-encompassing solution, companies should become far more strategic when examining their vehicle operations and save money by adopting more efficient fleet funding policies.

FORGET thirsty petrol engines, oil-burning models are now the pick of the range when it comes to executive cars. But which of the challengers will find favour with fleets?

REPRESENTATIVES from the Ministry of Defence and the emergency services were courted by a host of fleet suppliers at Defence Vehicle Dynamics 2003 at Millbrook.

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STEVE Johnson, head of communications at Drive & Survive, urges more companies to train their van drivers in a bid to improve the terrible 'white van man' image of some of Britain's LCV fleets.

THE Fleet News Hit for Six Conference, sponsored by Mazda, will offer fleet executives practical guidance to meet the major challenges ahead.

CREATING names for new vehicles is always a difficult challenge. Manufacturers try to generate a 'family' feel between models, but that can have its pitfalls.

SPORTS versions of many volume fleet cars are increasing residual value premiums over their mainstream cousins as buyers look for something different from the norm.

VOLVO has launched its XC90 into the used car market for the first time at a dealer closed auction hosted by the Fleet Auction Group (FLAG).

FLEETS should review their remarketing partners periodically and not assume that just because prices are high they are getting the best value.

FLEET decision-makers could learn valuable best practice skills for disposing of their vehicles by following the example of Europe's biggest fleet, Motability Finance.

'IT is a feature of the north European market, and especially of the UK, that car buyers have never taken to smaller cars with boots. Nearer to the Mediterranean they love them. But closer to home a boot is the kiss of death.'

BRITAIN'S company car drivers spend nearly six million working hours a week stuck in congestion, costing business tens of millions of pounds in the process.

ALLIANCE & Leicester Commercial Finance is to wind up its 10,000 vehicle-strong fleet management and contract hire division.

DEUTSCHE Post has started reorganising its fleet sourcing contracts for tens of thousands of vehicles around the globe following the company's recent acquisition of DHL and Securicor.