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THE Whitechapel name is synonymous with structured employee car schemes, having pioneered the sector since its launch in 1991. Now the company is looking for growth, as general manager Adam Trevaskus explains.

THE majority of vehicle manufacturers will have hybrid electric vehicles in production by the end of the decade as they race to be perceived as the most green car maker, a new report has concluded.

TRANSPORTENERGY has launched an improved version of its Travel Plan Resource Pack for Employers.

FLEET managers may approve of driver training but what do their company car drivers think? Here, editorial assistant Jane Ward reports on a training day with account director Yvonne Wright.

FRENCH fleets will be encouraged to use environmentally friendly electric or hybrid cars as part of an aid scheme aimed at promoting environmentally friendly transport.

EUROPEAN business travellers renting cars at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport can now receive spoken directions while they drive, through partnership between electronic communications company Motorola and daily rental giant Avis.

PAN-European fleet business is set to spearhead a big new drive for additional sales by Nissan.

KIA is targeting the European businessman with its new Opirus that aims to compete in the middle-high and near luxury segments.

Residual values for the Ford Mondeo in Germany have climbed ahead of the Volkswagen Passat and even premium models such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz for the first time, a top executive claims.

RESIDUAL values of vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are unlikely to rise, even for models exempt from the London congestion charge, experts claim.

NEW data shows that Britain's used car market grew last year by 3.4% to 7.58 million units.

THE used car market is still suffering a stock shortage, resulting in defleeted cars fetching higher prices.

ON my return from the launch of the new Volkswagen Touran my colleagues in the CAP office and around the industry were unanimous in their curiosity. Was it, they all wanted to know, as good as the Porsche Cayenne or the BMW X5?' Martin Ward, CAP national research manager.

EMPLOYERS should introduce a ban on the use of all private cars for business purposes in a bid to take control of staff health and safety on the road, leading industry experts warn.

THE owner of a delivery company has been fined £2,500 for breaching health and safety regulations after a driver suffering from exhaustion was killed in an accident – even though he was not working at the time of the crash.

MANCHESTER-based housing maintenance company City Response has taken on 49 Citroen commercial vehicles worth half-a-million pounds at showroom prices as part of a complete fleet replacement programme.

DEPARTMENT store group John Lewis Partnership claims it is saving almost £50,000 a year in fuel by using liquefied petroleum gas-powered cars.

DAILY rental company easyCar has announced plans to enter the car club market with up to 12,000 rental vehicles available from unmanned pick-up points by the end of next year.

A RESIDUAL value 'bubble' is set to burst and send used car values plunging to record lows, used car pricing experts CAP warned this week.

PEUGEOT has launched a new contract maintenance service for fleet customers who bought their vehicles using cash or traditional hire purchase.

The Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued a consultation paper seeking views for draft regulations for the End-Of-Life Vehicle Directive.

AUTOMOTIVE services group Inchcape has announced a 78% rise in pre-tax profits to £108.6 million, up from £61 million the previous year.

LLOYDS TSB autolease has signed with 1link Service Network for fleet service and maintenance online services.

A FAST-MOVING 'vehicle stock market' is developing in which fleets can trade with a number of different suppliers each day to slash purchase costs by almost a fifth, a leading leasing company has claimed.

LAND Rover has announced a five-year maintenance programme for the Range Rover.

LOCAL authorities are afraid to make bold moves to ease congestion or promote green alternatives and are siphoning off money intended for transport to other areas, a new report claims.

ENGINEERING, construction and services group Balfour Beatty has added a number of new Nissan 4x4 pickups and X-trails to its fleet.

ENERGY solutions supplier Elyo (UK) Industrial, has plugged into a major source of fleet savings through a deal with Whitechapel Corporate Services.

UK car dealers offer vehicles for hundreds of pounds less than if the same model was bought in mainland Europe, a survey has revealed.

PEUGEOT managing director Tod Evans becomes non-executive chairman of the board of Peugeot Citroen Automobiles UK next month.