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FLEETS are calling for manufacturers to help tackle driver negligence when running-in new vehicles, following a series of early engine failures.

COMMERCIAL vehicle sales mirrored the success of the car market last month, reaching the third highest month on record.

EMPLOYERS risk increasing their company car drivers' tax bills by fitting so-called 'black box' technology in a bid to cut fleet costs.

STAFF changes at Fleet News will see the appointment of Jonathan Manning as the new editor, and John Maslen as managing editor.

FIAT AUTO will introduce direct injection petrol engines in 2002 offering company car drivers access to lower carbon dioxide emissions.

VAUXHALL has started delivering its first dual-fuel petrol/liquefied petroleum gas engines that meet Euro IV emissions standards and give company car drivers the chance to pay benefit in kind tax at as little as 14 per cent of P11D price.

BT, one of the UK's largest fleets, has renewed its breakdown and recovery contract with RAC Motoring Services for a further three years.

BT, one of the UK's largest fleets, has renewed its breakdown and recovery contract with RAC Motoring Services for a further three years.

THE UK's largest daily rental company, National Car Rental, has emphatically rejected speculation that it will be affected by the adverse trading conditions suffered by its parent company ANC Rental Corporation in the United States.

SAAB showrooms will undergo a transformation in the next 12 months with no salesmen to confront customers.

MOTABILITY Finance Limited has announced a two-year extension to its tyre replacement contracts with ATS Euromaster and Kwik-Fit Fleet.

FLEETLEASE has boosted its position in the van leasing market with the purchase of Trowbridge Vehicle Contracts, a Wiltshire-based van and HGV contract hire operator.

JAGUAR will carry out a temporary shutdown of its Coventry factory in an attempt to reduce the impact of the terrorist attacks in the US.

FLEET News and Ford want to hear your views on the new company car tax system in the largest <a href="/fnn_congress/2001_survey/" target="_blank" class="sitelink">research project</b></a> yet undertaken into the new benefit-in-kind tax regime that comes into force in April 2002.

A NEW fleet driver training qualification is being developed for van drivers. The Road Transport Industry Training Board is extending its Master Driver training scheme from light goods vehicles to the 'white van' market.

BRITAIN'S biggest fleet, BT, is proving the worth of teleworking by reducing its fleet's annual mileage by 150 million miles.

VOLKSWAGEN is calling on contract hire and leasing companies to widen their supplying dealer base in a bid to speed up delivery times to customers.

AN influential transport policymaker has criticised the serious lack of detail in Transport for London's proposals for congestion charging.

ANGLIA Polytechnic University has replaced its fleet of diesel pool cars with 10 new dual-fuel vehicles in an effort to save £12,000 per year on fuel costs.

AUDI has launched a fleet website to strengthen links between the corporate sales team and its clients.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER is planning to expand its field force personnel by a third in a bid to raise the profile of its brands in the corporate sector.

MITSUBISHI has released prices for its new Shogun Pinin Mirage and given companies the opportunity to save hundreds of pounds on a range of models.

PAYROLL systems specialists Rebus HR has outsourced the management of its 182-car fleet to Zenith Vehicle Contracts in a deal worth £3.5 million.

AN internet site has joined the battle to drive down new van prices after importer Baglan Car Centre and car supermarket Motorpoint announced their intention to join the fray last week.

INTERNATIONAL car rental company Europcar has won an £850,000 contract with Carillion, the UK's largest construction services business.

FOUR leading names in the fleet industry have joined forces to launch a new company aimed at guiding fleets through forthcoming new health and safety at work rules.

VOLVO at last has a car to compete in the aspirational premium upper-medium sector against the likes of BMW and Audi, leaving the worthy-but-dull S40 and V40 to tackle offerings from the volume manufacturers.

THERE appears to be a growing tendency for some leasing company disposal managers to actively sell their vehicles at the end of contract to a franchised dealer, as opposed to sending them off in the traditional route of disposal.

A LEADING fleet manager has taken delivery of four new cars, each of which had a different carbon dioxide figure on its V5 registration document.

RESEARCH by one of the UK's leading human resource consultancies suggests company car drivers would pay an extra £600 per year in tax to keep their company car.