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ROYAL Mail has awarded a £75 million supply deal for new vans to Ford in a five-year agreement.

LET your fleet drivers take their hobbies to the extreme and this is the sort of company vehicle you can expect them to choose

M&M PLASLINE is pushing forward with plans to become a completely green fleet by only running vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas.

HARLOW-based dealership Charvills is hosting a car safety course for women in a bid to help female drivers remain safe on the road.

FLEET executives could offset a predicted rise in repair costs if they controlled the process of fixing damaged vehicles properly.

LOGISTICS and transport group Ryder is to make substantial increases to the size of its commercial fleet.

AUDI has revealed details of the new 4.2-litre V8 allroad model which will go on sale in the UK this summer.

LEASING companies could do much more to reduce hefty end-of-contract charges suffered by fleets, according to Fleetlease.

IDS EUROPE claims its new FleetWare rental management system can boost rental companies' profits and improve service levels for fleets.

SPECIALIST railway construction company Geoffrey Osborne is on track to cut £50,000 a year from its annual fuel bill after introducing a risk assessment programme for drivers.

RENAULT Kangoo showed off its stylish new face at the show as the French manufacturer revealed its revised model for the first time.

VAUXHALL is aiming to consolidate its position as number two best-seller in the UK van market with the launch of a raft of new variants.

PROFESSOR Jim Horne, head of the Loughborough Sleep Research Centre, has spent 10 years looking at the effects of driver fatigue and was at the show to promote a device designed to combat driver fatigue.

WITH the British van maker about to celebrate its tenth anniversary in April, LDV was keeping its new model under wraps – partially.

NISSAN showed off its latest muscle machine, the Navara Outlaw, at the show.

MARKET leader Ford was out in force showing off a range of commercial vehicles – but the star of its show is still on the drawing board.

ISUZU has aptly named its new truck Grafter, as it is built to work hard.

WITH software totalling £26 million being given away free, there was no shortage of visitors to the cfc solutions stand at the show.

DISPOSAL experts from Manheim Auctions were on hand at the show to guide fleet decision-makers through the tricky process of selling vans.

FLEETS gained their first glimpse at the show of a new range of commercial vehicles from MG Rover.

WITH a fresh line-up of vans on offer, Fiat is renewing its efforts in the LCV marketplace by sharpening up its dealer network.

IF a war in the Middle East led to a shortage of fuel, those fleets driving LPG vehicles could be the only ones left on the roads.

SECURITY film company firm Pentagon is to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on April 1, with a value of £2.5 million.

AN office copier-printer manufacturer has taken delivery of 25 Peugeot 307 SWs citing practicality, high equipment levels and good fuel economy from its common rail diesel engines.

PEUGEOT has completed its 206 SW line-up with the addition of a high-performance 2.0 litre petrol model.

WELL-known industry figure Malcolm Noyle has become a board member of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP).

JAGUAR has announced a new derivative of the X-type with extra standard features aimed at maintaining higher residual values.

SAAB'S high performance 9-3 Aero has gone on sale with a list of 850 customers who placed an order without driving it.

THE Whitehouse Group is the latest dealer to sign up with online service provider Oasis Advance for its maintenance and repair authorisation system.

EUROPCAR UK has announced a massive increase in bookings via the internet. In 2002, the rental firm experienced a 74% increase in online sales, which equates to 30% of total bookings.