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FIAT has revealed prices of the new Stilo range, offering a simplified pricing structure and high standard specification to attract fleet customers.

WESSEX Water has overcome staff concerns over its use of vehicle tracking systems to boost staff productivity by 15 per cent.

A MITSUBISHI Carisma belonging to a reprographics company could be a record-holder as the highest mileage company car in the UK requiring the lowest maintenance.

A STOLEN van carrying thousands of pounds worth of equipment was recovered after 'Big Brother'-style technology was used to foil the thieves.

LOGISTICS giant Walon UK has turned to wind power to help improve the efficiency of its computer barcoding system.

IN a bid to reduce fleet running costs and cut carbon dioxide emissions Capital Holdings, the packaging board and paper supplier and processor, has taken delivery of 55 new Mercedes-Benz cars.

THE first batch of entrants have enrolled in the Institute of Car Fleet Managers' Key Start scheme - although the institute admits it is disappointed at the slow take-up.

VAUXHALL is targeting fleets with a new 'personalised' key service available on the new Vectra when it is launched next year.

MORE than two-thirds of small and medium sized firms are risking prosecution because they are not checking to ensure staff are fit to drive on company business.

AFTER weeks of doom and gloom, it does seem that things are at last picking up a bit.

BOOMING fleet diesel sales have led senior industry figures to make an unprecedented call for co-operation between manufacturers, fleets and dealers to fend off fears of a collapse in diesel residual values

POLICE forces are set to be ordered to take tougher action to prosecute employers who fail to meet their responsibilities under road traffic law

BRITISH businesses are paying millions of pounds more for fuel than firms in the rest of Europe

FLEETS could soon be paying congestion charges in London well above the projected £5 a day fee

BRITAIN'S biggest single company fleet BT is to introduce a structured car ownership scheme for its high-mileage job-need company car drivers.

FORD has launched a drive for its dealership network to promote used diesel vehicles following rocketing demand for new diesel models from fleets

THE new Vauxhall Vectra is likely to gain a Euro IV compliant diesel engine in 2003

MITSUBISHI is bringing together its fleet and retail departments in a major restructuring of its fleet operation

DAY'S Contract Hire has launched a new partnership with Overdrive Business Solutions to improve its network of services and launch a maintenance card.

HUNDREDS of businesses in London are to be charged £80 a year for every vehicle they want to bring into a new traffic-free zone.

FLEET News invites you to make a date in your diary for next year's Fleet News Awards, the industry's annual 'Oscars'.

COMPANY car drivers will be able to check traffic conditions before they set off under a new Government-backed initiative.

COMPANY car drivers stranded at the roadside will now be able to receive text messages from the AA telling them how long they will have '2 w8'

VOLKSWAGEN Commercial Vehicles has announced the extension and expansion of a number of offers on its van range until the end of the year.

DRIVERS opting out of company car schemes are being offered a monthly maintenance payment plan to avoid sudden bills for servicing or repairs.

THRIFTY presented six awards to its most successful licensees at its annual convention at the Belfry in Warwickshire.

COMPANY car drivers are being offered a free benefit-in-kind tax review by contract hire specialist Fleet Hire.

LEASING company Alphabet (GB) is offering company car drivers a free guide to the new CO2 benefit-in-kind tax rules.

VOLKSWAGEN has added more than £1,300 of extra equipment to the Volkswagen Sharan SL as a pre-Christmas incentive.

MONDIAL Assistance has won a three-year contract to supply Rolls-Royce and Bentley with breakdown assistance.