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BUSINESS Express has personalised its fleet of 300 LDV Convoy vans with a BX prefix on the registration plates.

VOLVO claims its S80 rapid response ambulance is capable of changing the face of front-line ambulance use.

FLEET NEWSNET will be reporting Chancellor Gordon Brown's Autumn statement live this afternoon, with instant coverage of any changes affecting the fleet industry

OCCUPATIONAL psychologists have entered the front line at Lex Vehicle Leasing in the firm's battle to become a world-class company.

DENTAL services supplier Aesthetic Dental Services has taken delivery of nine Vauxhall Corsa GLS 1.7 diesel cars worth nearly £100,000 at showroom prices.

OBC Shipping, the national shipping and port agent, is moving its 84-vehicle fleet over to Renault in a deal worth £200,000.

AUDI has launched a special edition of the 225bhp Audi TT quattro with a limited run of 200 S-Line versions

THE new Range Rover has been unveiled at a VIP reception at the Design Museum in London before its official unveiling at the Detroit Motor Show in January.

VW GROUP has unveiled a new brand structure designed to prevent its growing stable of marques from cannibalising each other's sales.

A LAST ditch bid has been launched to persuade Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to introduce tax breaks for high-mileage company car drivers

INTERLEASING has launched a tax-beating company car scheme that it claims can save employers £1,000 per vehicle per year.

BUSINESSES in Nottingham fighting to kill off proposals for workplace parking charges have failed to win Government sympathy during a face-to-face meeting with Transport Minister John Spellar.

VENSON has officially opened its multi-million pound police fleet management facility in Nottingham, and claims that one day all police vehicles will be privately run.

THIS column, in common with many figures across the industry, often considers the question of how many imports are arriving into the UK from Europe

BUSINESSES face a sharp rise in motoring costs after the European Court of Justice ruled that companies cannot recover VAT when they reimburse their employees for driving their own cars on business.

A CAMPAIGNING Member of Parliament is calling for a ban on drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel.

NATIONAL Car Rental in the UK has distanced itself from its international parent firm ANC Rental Corporation after the USA-based operation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

AS company car drivers race headlong towards diesel cars, BMW GB has highlighted that some of its petrol-powered 3-series cars will incur a lower benefit-in-kind tax charge than their diesel equivalents.

FLEET managers need to stop treating company drivers like 'numbers' and start recognising them as customers, according to a leading fleet marketeer.

BRITISH Sky Broadcasting is replacing its entire installation and service fleet with 1,000 Citroen Berlingo vans.

VOLKSWAGEN group is pushing SEAT into more upmarket territory with the launch of an all-new Ibiza.

RENAULT has announced prices of its new 2.0-litre Laguna which goes on sale this month.

CITROEN has set a distance record for electric vehicles, with two Saxo Electrics covering 1,712km (1,064 miles) in 24 hours and 58 seconds on a closed track in France.

LARGE vehicle fleets are being asked for help to test a new range of products which improve visibility in cars in poor weather.

LEASEPLAN is no longer for sale. The international leasing and fleet management giant has been taken off the market by its owner ABN AMRO.

HUNDREDS of thousands of companies have not supplied the Inland Revenue with up-to-date details of company cars, risking chaos next April when company car tax rules change.

VOLVO will introduce a cash-for-car package in December for drivers choosing to opt out of company car schemes in the light of the new <A HREF="http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=22103" class="Sitelink" target="_blank"><u>tax regime</u></A> next year.

COMPANY car drivers at office products supplier Guilbert have been given a solid financial incentive to choose alternative fuel.

DIET and fitness techniques used by the world's leading rally drivers are to be used to improve the safety record of company car drivers.

VAUXHALL will have a 1.8-litre Vectra powered by liquefied petroleum gas available at launch next year.