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DAEWOO is reinforcing the wholelife costs of its cars with a revolutionary residual value guarantee for fleets on its Lanos, Nubira and Leganza ranges.

BRITISH Gas Services has ordered 565 Ford Transit vans for delivery this year.

VAUXHALL'S 9,000 workers have voted to accept a revolutionary pay deal which links their wages to the strength of sterling.

FAST-FIT group Montinex has bought FTM Tyrefit for an undisclosed sum.

ROVER Group corporate sales director Steve Harris, Rover Motability operations manager Kim Champion and Emap Automotive's Georgina Jacklin were among those competing in Sunday's London Marathon.

CENDANT Corporation, the American owner of PHH Vehicle Management Services, has completed the £801 million takeover of National Parking Corporation, which owns Green Flag and NCP car parks.

BRITAIN'S largest vehicle glass repair and replacement company, Autoglass, has denied reports that it to be floated on the London Stock Exchange.

PEUGEOT has become the first car manufacturer in Britain to offer electric cars on a fully commercial basis to fleet buyers.

OXFORD is one of six European cities aiming to ban all but zero and low emissions vehicles from some areas.

VISITORS and exhibitors at the 1998 Fleet Motor Show, May 11-14, will be able to keep track of all show news and events by listening to the show's own radio station.

DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has pledged his support for the car's vital role in future transport policy.

USED vehicle values should be topping fleet managers list of areas for management action in the light of the spring Budget, according to Fleet Cost Management managing director John Britcliffe.

FIFTEEN companies - including four van manufacturers - are to exhibit in the special Light Commercials Centre at the Fleet Motor Show.

TWENTY-three companies are booked to exhibit in the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association Village at the Fleet Motor Show.

THE Fleet Motor Show will include a live auction of 150 vehicles from many blue chip fleets and contract hire operations in the UK.

VAUXHALL is set to become the first manufacturer in the UK to launch a complete range of liquefied petroleum gas-powered vehicles aimed at the fleet market.

FLEETS of twenty-five units or less will be strongly targeted by Hyundai with its new flagship Sonata model, which had its shroud removed at the 1998 Turin Motor Show.

VEHICLE manufacturers gathered in Chester at the weekend to display the latest developments in green vehicle technology.

COMPETITION is hotting up for team places in the 1998 RAC-Fleet News Five-a-Side Charity Soccer Challenge, run in association with Royal & SunAlliance and being held at Arsenal Football Club in north London on Saturday, June 6.

MACCLESFIELD-based Vehicle Upgrade, which provides replacement vehicles to motorists involved in non-fault accidents, has taken delivery of 140 Volkswagens on contract hire.

PROTON is launching a manufacturer approved remarketing programme to protect the residual values of its ex-rental stock.

BUSINESS and investment across the country is suffering real and unnecessary damage because the UK's transport infrastructure is failing both industry and commuters - including company car drivers - according to a new report.

VOLVO'S new executive sector contender - the S80 - will be unveiled in Sweden on May 28 and will go on sale in the UK in the second half of this year.

DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott and EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock have announced a Europe-wide campaign to encourage use of back seat belts.

THE first fleet managers to win places on the RAC Scholarship Awards Scheme, run in conjunction with the Institute of Car Fleet Management, will be revealed at the Fleet Motor Show.

DAIHATSU has launched liquid petroleum gas Hijet van and pickup models, in a move which looks set to herald the arrival of LPG versions of the Move and Cuore city cars.

SAAB has slashed an average of 17% off the prices of replacement parts in a move to cut service and maintenance costs.

THE biggest ever exhibition of environmental cars in Britain will be held this weekend, when European Union transport and environment ministers gather to discuss future environmental policy.

CONTRACT hire outperformed all other acquisition methods in 1997, with its share of company car acquisitions rising by 9.1% and its share of the overall company car fleet growing 6.4%.

THE big three manufacturers - Ford, Vauxhall and Rover - are all losing ground to smaller players as fleets opt for a wider range of vehicles.