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VOLKSWAGEN'S new small car, the Lupo, will be launched in the UK early next year, it was announced this week.

FUEL duty increases levied in the March Budget are now transforming into price rises at the pumps, according to the latest PHH AllStar monthly fuel report.

COMPETITION in the petrol market is fierce but fair according to the Office of Fair Trading, which has concluded a year-long study into the industry.

A QUARTER of companies which have introduced a cash for car scheme have experienced problems with it, according to a survey of 167 fleets.

BMW'S global fleet chief Arthur Dalziel is to join GE Capital Fleet Services in succession to the retiring Geoff Becque as director of corporate communications.

THE first round of bids for up-for-sale Auto Windscreens are being considered by Morgan Grenfell, the bank advising the glass company's parent Hayward Williams, with Cendant Corporation, Lex Service, Kwik-Fit and a string of venture capitalists rumoured to be among those interested.

EASTERN Group, owner of Eastern Electricity, has outsourced the finance and management of its 2,900-strong fleet.

A NEW contract hire business - 75% owned by motor dealership group William Jacks and run by former Leasecontracts directors Rod Jeans and Peter Gunter - is due to be launched in July.

SANDERSON Bramall Motor Group, one of the country's biggest car distribution companies, has launched a nationwide push into the used car market.

NEARLY new vehicle supermarket business Car Group, which operates the Car Supermarket chain, has announced a 43% leap in six-monthly pre-tax profits from a 100% increase in turnover.

A CAR which is not due out until next year kept Lexus staff busy at the Fleet Motor Show.

SUPER-clean Jaguars could be in the showrooms within weeks of a decision to go ahead with adding gas power to the company's model line-up.

FLEET managers made a beeline for the Institute of Car Fleet Management stand at the Fleet Motor Show, with the latest recruits to the ICFM crossing an entire continent to enrol.

NEW products are poised to play a critical role in driving Saab to its goal of achieving a 1% share of Britain's new car market after the next 18 months.

HIGH interest from fleet buyers has prompted a 50% boost in orders for a vital new car. Skoda UK planned to sell 3,000 examples of the ground-breaking Octavia saloon and estate range, which will be launched next month.

SELECTED Peugeot fleet customers are likely to see Coventry's crucial new supermini up to three months before it breaks cover as one of the stars of the Birmingham International Motor Show in October.

SWAN National and BP have joined forces to offer the leasing company's customers specially branded versions of the BP Supercharge and BP PLUS cards.

A THIRD major contract in two days left Daewoo fleet executives cock-a-hoop at the Fleet Motor Show.

FLEET management software firm Car Fleet Control signed a deal at the Fleet Motor Show with the leisure division of Rank Group for a system to run its 1,200-strong fleet.

MAJOR firms have started tests on new black-box equipment which allows them to check on drivers.

THE AA announced at the Fleet Motor Show that it had renewed its contract to provide breakdown and recovery services for the 90,000 vehicles operated by GE Capital Fleet Services.

BRISTOL-based BCH Vehicle Management announced two new contracts on the opening day of the 1998 Fleet Motor Show.

ELECTRONIC gadgetry designed to take the hassle out of forecourt fill-ups had its European launch at the Fleet Motor Show.

FLEETLEASE signed a £900,000, 150-vehicle sale and leaseback deal with electrical products company Electrium at the Fleet Motor Show.

A DIVISION of FCS Computer Services, the fleet management software specialist, has joined forces with Bristol-based BCH Vehicle Management to promote a software package to fleet managers.

ATS Euromaster has won a £4.5 million tyre management deal with leasing and fleet management specialist First National Vehicle Contracts.

THE Fleet Motor Show has once again confirmed itself as the fleet industry's premier business forum with fleet decision makers turning up in their thousands to the new Donington Park venue.

CAP Motor Research took the wraps off its Palm Pilot mini-computer on the first day of the Fleet Motor Show.

AUTOMOTIVE parts supplier Unipart launched a new fleet service at this week's Fleet Motor Show designed to offer a one-stop solution for fleet maintenance needs.

THE AA announced at the Fleet Motor Show a five-year, multi-million pound investment programme to allow it to continue setting new industry standards and remain the trusted first choice for roadside.