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A NEW all-party backbench Houses of Parliament motor industry group has been launched to campaign on behalf of the motor industry and motorists.

THE Automobile Association is to clarify its members' constitutional rights following concerns expressed at its annual meeting.

FLEET managers could help their companies' chances of winning lucrative council contracts by switching to 'green' fuels, local authorities have revealed.

MOTORING groups and fleet organisations have hit back at a new campaign which has fixed the blame for increasing pollution firmly with the car.

FLEET buyers and managers' vital role in the push for cleaner vehicles has been recognised with the creation of a new Government fleet-specific committee to help them stay at the cutting edge of 'green' transport.

RESIDUAL values could tumble and leasing rates rocket as manufacturers pump an increasing number of new cars into the market with no buyers.

MORE than 2,000 fleet decision-makers from across Europe have been invited to the first Automotive Congress Europe being held in Switzerland on September 29-30.

GENERAL Motors has launched a global fleet strategy board to enable the world's largest companies to sign worldwide fleet deals.

FLEETS should review their tyre buying policies in respect of both brand and price, according to a new report by David Openshaw, former managing director of Motorway Tyres and Accessories.

A TOTAL of 8,254 fleet managers and fleet decision-makers attended the 1998 Fleet Motor Show, it was announced this week.

A CAR'S crash test performance is to become a key part of the company car decision-making process, according to fleet managers who visited the Transport Research Laboratory at Crowthorne, Berks, to see at first hand the results of the latest European New Car Assessment Programme tests.

INDEPENDENT Car Auctions (Holdings) has created a team of dedicated national commercial vehicle managers to oversee 'one-stop-shop' van, truck and plant auction services.

AUCTION Live, British Car Auctions' sale at the Fleet Motor Show has been declared a huge success by the company itself and firms which supported the event.

THE British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association is holding a maintenance seminar for senior managers sponsored by Vauxhall on June 17.

LONDON-based IAM Fleet Training is finding worldwide custom for its multilingual staff providing defensive driver training courses.

SIXT Leasing is expecting its fleet size to break the 1,000 barrier this month following a spate of new signings.

GROWING vehicle and trailer rental group Hill Hire has set its sites on further expansion following a surge in turnover and profits in the past year.

ANY taxation imposed by the Government on company cars is a tax on businesses, a fleet industry forum has warned.

PRE-tax profits at credit hire and credit repair services group Helphire rocketed 137% to £2.5 million (1997: £1.06 million) for the year to March 31, the company announced this week.

THE British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association says hire firms should not all be tarred with the same brush after trading standards officers questioned the safety of many hired vans on a county's roads.

GREENERGY has developed an ultra low sulphur petrol which will be available on forecourts from mid-June.

VARDY Contract Motoring has announced its biggest yet deal with an agreement to supply up to 7,000 courtesy cars a year to Acoat Bodyshop Services.

CONTRACT hire company Evans Halshaw Fleetcare has clinched one of its biggest deals on record to supply at least 750 cars to credit hire specialist 1st AutoMotive.

DROPPING used car prices which are hitting leasing rates are also forcing car dealers to rethink the way they do business.

JESSUPS Vehicle Contracts has made a series of senior management changes following the implementation of a new strategic business plan.

GENERAL Motors is spending more than £1 million over the next few weeks in the first step of an attempt to drive a group of niche vehicles to a 1% share of Britain's congested premium car market.

THE Government is attempting to take action to stop millions of parents chauffeuring their children to and from school and causing traffic congestion.

MASSIVE increases in the size of the fleet at Peterborough-based Pearl Assurance has led to the firm seeking out a dedicated fleet manager to control its burgeoning number of cars.