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LONDON villains will find the Metropolitan Police creeping up on them in future: the force has become the first in the country to put two silent, electric powered TH!NK City cars on its fleet.

A REMARKABLE proportion of fleet executives see a viable future for liquefied petroleum gas-powered cars and vans on their fleets.

THE Treasury has revealed that errors in tax codings for the new carbon dioxide-based company car tax system have affected nearly 100,000 more drivers than originally estimated.

THE Government has confirmed in writing that it has no plans to make driver training compulsory for company car and van drivers.

THE prospect of lower fuel consumption and lower benefit-in-kind tax has prompted a senior member of staff at catering company Sodexho to choose a Toyota Prius as his company car.

HULL City Council has signed the largest biodiesel order on record as part of a pioneering green transport programme.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has launched a new service to offer benefit-in-kind tax-free motoring to drivers of 18,000 of its vehicles who face higher tax bills under the new carbon dioxide regime.

FLEET operators could be losing up to £130 million a year in vehicle damage costs because they are confused over the benefits of vehicle refurbishment.

TRAFFIC in London is moving at its slowest speed for a hundred years.

Powermarque has expanded its vehicle maintenance network tenfold through a partnership with Overdrive Business Solutions.

A MAJOR survey of fleet motor accident statistics has created a league table of company car drivers who cost fleets the most in accident costs.

NORTHERN Ireland-based AI Services is to replace its 50-vehicle fleet with Skoda cars, making the agricultural firm Skoda's biggest fleet 'win' in the province.

THE GMB union has renewed its contract with Vauxhall MasterHire to supply cars for its 330-strong fleet.

THE Government is considering changing the law to make it easier to prosecute motorists for driving dangerously.

ROAD safety campaigner Brake has asked fleet managers to join in its bid to stamp out speeding by educating drivers about time management and vehicle and road awareness.

COUPES and sports cars are the safest investments as low-depreciating company cars, according to Lex Vehicle Leasing.

MANHEIM Auctions has made its best ever start to a new year in 2002. The company is reporting a record January with sales up 15% to almost 31,000 vehicles.

VOLKSWAGEN Financial Services broke its used car records for volume sold, turnover and attendance at an invitation sale held at BCA Nottingham recently.

MOTABILITY Finance Limited (MFL) has awarded major contracts to CAT UK, Eurofleet and BCA AutomotiV to support its end of contract activities.

FIVE of the 10 best-selling diesel car manufacturers reported increases in fleet sales of more than 100% last month amid the unrelenting stampede of company car drivers into low emission cars.

Two fleet rugby team managers have forged ahead in the Fleet News ATS Euromaster Rugby challenge.

VOLKSWAGEN has announced the first long-range test drive of its hydrogen fuel cell Bora, which ran between Switzerland and Italy alongside a clean diesel called SunFuel.

FIRST National Vehicle Holdings has made its first move into the ambulance fleet market with a supply contract for the 80-strong ambulance fleet at West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service.

CAR prices across Europe are rising at their fastest rate for two years.

THE Princess Royal has unveiled the newly refurbished visitors centre and showroom at MG Rover's Longbridge plant.

BRIGHTON-based Premier Windows Doors and Conservatories has added six Fiat Ducato Maxi 2.8-litre diesel vans.

The Government-backed Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme has relaunched its Green Fleet Management website.

New legislation in Belgium will clear the way for Belgian fleets to exploit cross-border leasing opportunities.

Further to its recent announcement of proposed changes to the Block Exemption regulation, the EC has attempted to answer basic questions on the issue.

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