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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.

QUIRKS in next April's change to carbon dioxide emissions-based <A HREF="http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=22103" class="Sitelink" target="_blank"><u>tax system</u></A> means some drivers could actually be better off upsizing to a bigger car.

COMPANY directors face the prospect of jail sentences if the Government-backed Work-related Road Safety Task Group (WRRSTG) succeeds in its aim to have all employees driving on business covered by health and safety legislation.

THOUSANDS of fleet drivers could be exempted from London's proposed congestion charging scheme after essential users in the public sector launched a concerted campaign against the tolls.

DIESEL will still be a key fuel for fleet vehicles for the next 50 years, despite rapid advances in alternative technologies, a new report suggests.

ONE of the UK's largest contract hire companies has secured bulk funding of £250,000 to make it easier for its customers to select alternatively-fuelled vehicles.

COMPANY car drivers are continuing to spec-up cars 'like Christmas trees', ignorant that they are fuelling a tax bill double whammy.

LEXUS will restrict its new car sales next year to protect and build residual values.

COMPANY car drivers will start swapping their saloons for supervans as a result of next year's company car <A HREF="http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=22103" class="Sitelink" target="_blank"><u>tax changes</u></A>, according to CAP Network.

BMW will be putting a diesel engine in the MINI, but not until 2003.

FEARS that drivers taking up cash-for-car schemes may not be adequately covered to use their vehicles for business journeys are being tackled by insurance firm Groupama Insurance.

VAUXHALL has launched a new cut-price, highly specified trim level for the Vectra estate.

MANUFACTURERS pre-registered a total of 222 cars worth £2.1 million during August, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

WELL-known fleet industry figure Alan Hale has left Manheim Europe after 18 months and is now looking for a new job.

PROPOSALS to fit speed limiters to company cars in a bid to cut accident rates have been criticised as 'dangerous' and 'pointless' by a safety expert.

MERCEDES-BENZ is to introduce 250 limited edition A-class cars, called the Autumn Edition.

INSURANCE litigation specialist Amery-Parkes has moved to new larger offices in Birmingham city centre.

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ONE of the UK's greenest fleets has calculated that eight of the 20 cleanest new cars available in the UK are powered by gas, while the other 12 cars are a mix of hybrids, city cars and superminis unlikely to make their way on to company car choice lists.

CAR manufacturers' websites are continuing to ignore fleet buyers in favour of private consumers, a study has found.

PEUGEOT will not offer UK company car drivers a diesel car that can avoid the three percentage point penalty for diesel under the new company car tax system until 2003.

TRANSPORTACTION PowerShift has relaunched its website with a new running costs calculator designed to help show the costs savings available by adopting alternative fuels.

COMPANY car drivers would rather get behind the wheel than sit in a classroom when it comes to defensive driver training, latest research reveals.

TOYOTA claims to have hit a combined fuel economy figure of 104mpg with its 'car of the near future', the ES3.

FLEETS with their own service and maintenance workshops will face increased pressure to deal with oil and fluid wastes in an ecological way from July.

A NEWLY formed national network for independent windscreen replacement firms has lambasted its national and international rivals for falling standards.

THE creation of a major pan-European leasing network will see BCH Vehicle Management rebrand as ALD Automotive.

THE fleet industry could see fuel bills tumble by millions of pounds a year under European Commission moves to reduce fuel duty in favour of road tolling schemes.

AN anti-car crime website is targeting fleet drivers and decision-makers as part of a £3.5 million Government campaign to cut down on vehicle break-ins and theft.

CIVIL engineering firm Propin Services has cut its fuel and wages bill by £500 a week by using a vehicle telematics system.