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The European Commission is to investigate the £10 million grant to be given to Vauxhall by the Government for the development of the carmaker's Ellesmere Port plant, home of the next generation Vectra estate.

EMPLOYERS are facing a fresh headache as they prepare for the new company car tax system after a computer error at the Inland Revenue led to thousands of drivers potentially receiving the wrong tax codes.

##IT&E small--left## The speaker line-up for Tuesday's Fleet News' internet and e-commerce conference, being held at The Heritage Motor Museum, Gaydon, has today been confirmed.<p>

COMPANY car drivers have learnt more about the changes to company car tax through the newspapers and television than through their own fleet departments, a major survey claims.

A LEADING politician has criticised plans to charge drivers £5 a day to enter London, following the closure of a public consultation on congestion charging last Friday.

FIRST National Vehicle Holdings, Britain's fifth largest leasing firm, could be sold within months as part of a major review being carried out by its owner Abbey National.

FIAT will offer one year's free subscription to its hi-tech Connect telematics service in the new Stilo that goes on sale next month.

FLEET insurance premiums will face inflationary pressure as the Government sharply increases the compensation that hospitals can seek for treating road traffic accident victims.

THE AA has launched a vehicle sourcing and personal leasing operation as part of a continuing expansion of its 'motoring essentials' strategy.

RENAULT is adopting a radical approach to protect residual values of its new executive car, the Vel Satis.

FIT4FLEET, the fast-fit firm backed by General Motors, has launched a new Proactive 'Booking-In' Service, designed to help fleet managers reduce vehicle maintenance costs.

FLEETS will see a massive boom in e-trading in the next year, a leading motor industry IT specialist has claimed, as tougher economic conditions force many suppliers to cut costs by using the web.

ASHTEAD Plant Hire has named ARVAL PHH as the preferred supplier to its 1,500-vehicle fleet.

THE Volkswagen Golf was the most popular company car on Lex Vehicle Leasing's fleet in 2001.

The M2 will be closed for maintenance at the weekend.

CAR Fleet Control is offering new services for fleets on its website www.carfleetcontrol.com.

VOLVO is expanding its S80 range with the addition of a 200bhp 2.4T engine in both manual and automatic versions.

PRESTIGE car rental company Guy Salmon has teamed up with Worldwide Reservations to consolidate its position as a provider of premium rental vehicles.

MORE than 12,000 vehicles have been converted to run on alternative fuels.

THE UK has become the first country in Europe to put the precise environmental performance of cars at the heart of its motoring tax system.

IN the largest European deal of its kind, a Japanese manufacturer has won a tender to supply 600 vehicles to renew Italy's traffic police fleet, effectively marking the end of the country's traditionally protectionist internal trade barriers.

PEUGEOT is preparing a pan-European fleet programme to ensure the company's new 607 flagship car enjoys high residual values.

A NEW report has warned pan-European fleets to review their contracts and make sure that they own the fleet management data on all their vehicles.

AN international two-day conference, Cars Online 2000, is being held in Belgium at Conrad International Hotel in Brussels on April 6/7.

FRENCH equipment rental company Cardella Group has been bought by Hertz France for an undisclosed sum.

LEASE Plan has opened a new European office in Slovakia.

SMALL and medium car hire groups in Germany which are organised in one of the seven counties of the BAV (Federal Association Car Hire Germany e.V) have created a homepage on the internet.

PORTUGUESE bank Banco Finantia has acquired fleet management company Contratecar from its owners Santogal and Europcar.

GERMAN rental and leasing giant Sixt plans to go on-line with e-Sixt, allowing customers to source leasing products, used vehicles and professional fleet management in Europe's major airports.

FLEET fast-fit tyre specialist Kwik-Fit Fleet is moving into Europe with the launch of Speedy Fleet in France and Pitstop Fleet in Germany.