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Tristar Worldwide has become one of the first private hire companies in the UK to have the new Mercedes-Benz V-Class on its fleet.

A team of eight employees from Close Brothers Motor Finance will be taking on a three-part challenge on June 20 to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

Ford is to supply its Tourneo Connect people carrier models with new 1.5-litre efficient diesel engines.

ePower Trucks has supplied a second electric utility truck to one of the UK’s most prestigious schools.

More than 1.75 million motorists could struggle to access their driving licence online, due to teething problems with the DVLA's online licence-checking system.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has set a target to halve the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads by 2020.

The new man running Seat in Britain has put relationship development as his number one priority in a fresh plan to expand the level of corporate car business.

A new e-commerce service designed to help franchise dealers compete for fleet tyre business has been launched by Epyx.

Prestige Fleet Servicing has made two new management appointments and expanded its network of Service Centres by eight new outlets.

Chargemaster, has installed one hundred and fifty six charging points at seventy one fire stations and five other Brigade sites across London.

Nissan is launching a seven-seat version of the e-NV200 in response to huge interest from fleet operators.

City Auction Group will have its new online bidding platform operational at its next auction on Thursday, June 11, at 9.30am.

Manheim’s market analysis has shown a steady appreciation of van sale prices across all segments in May.

Miele has completed the first phase of a process that will ultimately put every one of its service technicians behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz van.

Property management and maintenance specialist VPS has selected Fleet Service Great Britain as its fleet management provider following a strategic review.

RAC Business will be bringing a replica of the supersonic car, Bloodhound SSC, to Company Car in Action (CCIA), at Millbrook next week (June 16 and 17).

Renault is claiming best-in-class residual values for its new Kadjar crossover.

Almost three quarters of parking fines were appealed successfully, according to an FTA survey.

Rachael Nevins has been appointed to the new position of chief financial officer at incident management company FMG.

The DVLA's new online system to check driving licences following the abolition of the paper counterpart crashed on the day of its launch yesterday.

RingGo has reported increases in both employees and businesses using its RingGo Corporate mobile parking payment service.

England and Wales will soon be “isolated” with the highest drink drive limit in Europe, according to the Police Federation.

Jon Dye, head of motor, Allianz, looks at the business case behind telematics in commercial vehicle insurance.

The abolition of the paper counterpart driving licence should serve as a refresh of a company’s approach to road safety, according to Licence Bureau.

FTA is urging the Government to rethink its approach to licence checking after it today replaced the counterpart to the driving licence with an online service.

Mick Glover has taken on the newly created role of used remarketing manager at Mercedes-Benz Vans.

The paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence has today been replaced by an online service.

Selly Oak based Harborne Garage has been picked to join Autogas' LPG conversion network.

SMH Fleet Solutions (SMH Fleet) has implemented a new financial management system to improve efficiency.

Morley Accident Repair has been appointed as Fix Auto Derby.