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SPECIALIST vehicle rental giant Northgate has launched a new online service as part of its bid to double the size of the business in five years.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has pledged £15,000 of fuel to support one of the UK's most demanding physical charity challenges.

THIS year's London Motor Show, due to run at Earls Court from October 17-28, has been cancelled by its organiser Clarion Events.

AUCTIONS are back to reporting a buoyant period, with conversions hovering around the mid-70 per cent mark.

MOTOR racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has officially opened the new home for Fleet NewsNet and a host of sister motoring titles belonging to parent company Emap Automotive.

PURCHASING, human resource, marketing and distribution departments are streets ahead of fleet managers in their approach to European business, according to a new report.

A Conservative MP has put fleets at the top of her agenda for the next Parliament.

BRITAIN is falling behind Europe in the battle to cut vehicle emissions because of the Government's treatment of diesel.

FLEET NewsNet has obtained a copy of a high-level, confidential report that seeks the views of major fleets on how they would like to see franchised car dealers evolve.

ARVAL PHH chief operating officer David Bird has left the company as part of a management shake-up at the leasing and fleet management giant that will see it focus on forging closer European ties.

THE parent company of Interleasing UK has bought a car leasing and fleet management company in Gdansk, Poland.

THE Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (LPGA) has accused the Government of reneging on its promise of support for the LPG industry over the next three years.

COMPANY directors have heavily criticised the Government's changes to mileage reimbursements for business journeys.

BRITISH businesses are starving their fleet departments of vital resources and treating them like a 'poor relation', a leading fleet figure claims.

NISSAN fleet sales director Kevin McNally is to take up the role of commercial director with fleet management and leasing specialist LeasePlan.

MANUFACTURERS pre-registered 74 cars in May, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturer and Traders.

MOTORISTS and fleet managers are suffering under a rip-off Government, not rip-off oil companies, MPs have heard, amid renewed fears about the rocketing price of fuel.

FLEET decision-makers will soon have the opportunity to select cars according to their active safety features, as well as their crash-worthiness.

A SWINDON-based power supply business has phased out its 500-strong fleet in favour of a cash-for-car scheme.

FLEETS will have to wait another four months before getting behind the wheel of a new common rail diesel Ford Focus.

INTERNET-based car companies are publishing misleading information, according to pricing analyst CarPriceCheck.

SUZUKI has reiterated its commitment to its dealer network in the light of potential fleet desire to deal directly with manufacturers in a post-block exemption world.

PROFITS at Fleetlease plunged into the red last year as the firm wrote off millions of pounds from the value of its fleet

FORECASTS that vehicle telematics service revenues will exceed $6.4 billion a year in Europe and the United States by 2006 have failed to prevent a crash in the share price of traffic information and telematics company Trafficmaster.

GOODYEAR has invented an environmentally-friendly tyre that contains extracts of corn, and helps improve fuel consumption and reduce emissions.

VAUXHALL will be offering full-size curtain airbags across all Corsa, Astra and Zafira models from the autumn.

THE BMW 3-series will be sporting a new look from September with styling changes, chassis tweaks and two new engines.

PROTON is launching a demonstrator programme to try to boost its profile in small fleets with its new Impian medium sector car.

CITROEN Parts and Accessories has added VDO Dayton's MS5000 navigation system to its options list.

FLEET management and leasing company LeasePlan has offered redundancy to a number of its sales and marketing staff.