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Volkswagen Van Centre Guildford, which doubled its fleet in two years, is set to expand even further.

Lex Autolease has launched a new driver website to help company car drivers select and manage their vehicles.

Glasgow based broker First Vehicle Leasing has accelerated to record growth, having raised its turnover by 25% to £2.5 million.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects the fleet market to be the primary driver for car sharing growth, following its acquisition of City Car Club.

Pendragon Vehicle Management is entering a period of significant investment as it prepares the business for modern-age fleet management.

A robust plan to clean up illegal levels of air pollution, which could have a major impact on fleets, will have to be drawn-up by the new Government.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has unveiled the sixth-generation of its Transporter model.

Platform Service and Repair (PSR) has taken delivery of 23 Vauxhall Vivaros for its network of mobile service engineers.

Grundfos Pumps has cut its daily rental spend by 42% after introducing Alphabet’s corporate car sharing solution, AlphaCity.

Private sector airport transfer organisation Airporter is implementing Masternaut’s telematics.

Fleet Management Live has announced a raft of key partnerships, reinforcing its importance to non-traditional fleet decision makers.

Calor Gas has ordered 20 new ‘Minibulk’ tanker vehicles based on DAF’s 18-tonne Euro-6 LF 220 FA chassis.

Driving school car supplier CA Cars has ordered more than 40 Toyota hybrids equipped with dual controls.

The Independent Garage Cooperative (IGC) network has introduced the In2-Connect online electronic trading platform for vehicle maintenance transactions.

A record number of UK car buyers are choosing ultra-low emission vehicles, according to research by Go Ultra Low.

Chip-and-pin and additional functionality is being added to the Allstar fuel card in an effort to make it a ‘total payment solution’ for fleets.

Volvo Cars has unveiled a new concept for executive business travellers at the Shanghai Auto Show.

Improvements in the way Manheim uses data will help defleeted vehicles sell faster and for more money, according to divisional managing director Tim Hudson.

Portsmouth-based Industrial Maintenance Services (IMS) has ouchased 12 new Renault vans as it moves to double in size in the next five years.

The Conservatives offer the best policies for the fleet industry, according to the latest poll from Fleet News.

The FTA has said that the decision by Ulster University to discontinue transport courses will be a huge loss to the local transport and logistics sector.

A growing number of organisations are looking at merging fleet, travel and expense management to improve cost control and compliance, new research suggests.

Fleetio has launched an API, to allow customers to use data like vehicle records, maintenance logs and driver information in other software applications.

Britain’s political parties have yet to provide answers to key concerns facing fleet operators, says the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA).

Renault has dubbed 2015 the year of the conversion as it moves to grab a bigger slice of the ever-growing specialist model market.

With the toll of road deaths amongst cyclists continuing to rise, Mercedes-Benz is leading a new push to make people on bicycles more visible to truck drivers.

Consistency seems to be the key trend for the de-fleet sector in 2015, as March heralded another month of robust values.

Regus has opened its first Regus Express location on the M1, at Watford Gap motorway service area.

LowCVP has announced a call for nominations from organisations that have made a real difference in the area of low carbon road transport.

FMG continues to be recognised as an Investor in People following its review for the worldwide mark of excellence in people management.