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Tusker is campaigning hard in the run up to the General Election to rectify an anomaly in teachers’ pay and conditions which effectively excludes them from benefiting from car salary sacrifice schemes.

End of contract charges will be one of four topics debated at this year’s Company Car In Action (CCIA), which takes place at Millbrook Proving Ground on June 16 and 17.

Electric vehicle (EV) residual value forecasts are moving closer to traditional diesel cars as the used car market becomes more accustomed to the technology, says Glass's.

The average value of used LCVs at auction decreased from £4,907 to £4,749 between January and February, reports the National Association of Motor Auctions.

Taxiarchis Konstantopoulos has been appointed as the new managing director of Autoglass.

British Car Auctions is set to be acquired by a consortium of investors, known as Haversham Holdings, according to Sky News.

Michelin’s new Cross Climate tyres, the first summer car tyres to be certified for winter use, will be a ‘game-changer’ for UK Fleets, according to ATS Euromaster.

The BMW X5 xDrive40e is the first plug-in hybrid production car from the BMW core brand.

Midlands takeaway business Big John’s has added 12 new Toyota Yaris’s to its fleet.

Institute of Advanced Motorists calls for changes as driving test reaches 80th birthday.

Proposed manual passport checks at the main cross-channel terminals, which are due to be introduced on April 8, will cause traffic chaos, according the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

Nickie Brooks, MD of Alternative Route Finance, looks at fuel cell technology.

There has been a ‘huge rise’ in the number of fleets using short-term rental over the past 12 months and a further increase is expected this year, according to GE Capital, Fleet Services.

A Mitsubishi dealership in Worcestershire has sold two Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrids to Hollywood Monster.

Ogilvie Fleet is to accelerate its expansion plans after agreeing a major funding facility with HSBC that will enable it to fund almost £100 million of vehicles.

Morrison Utility Services (MUS) has teamed up with Red Letter Days for Business to launch a driver incentive scheme with the aim of promoting better driving standards and saving up to 7% on its fuel bill.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles launches approved racking and storage solution range.

Fleet management provider ARI will be launching its new commercial vehicle compliance dashboard at the CV Show in April.

The Government has confirmed that new company Highways England will take over the running of motorways and major trunk roads from the Highways Agency on April 1, 2015.

The latest edition of the Fleet News Directory - packed full of information essential to running a fleet - has been launched.

Martin Brown, MD of Fleet Alliance, looks at the Government's input to the EV network.

Licence Bureau will showcase its new online Compliance Managed Services (CMS) licence checking portal at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show.

David Wallace has been appointed business services director at RAC to lead the company's drive for growth.

Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz will both appear at this year’s Company Car in Action – the UK’s premier arrive and drive event.

Speedy, the tools, equipment and plant hire services company, has opened a National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Tamworth.

AA research reveals that the UK continues to levy the highest level of road fuel tax in the EU – despite four years of fuel duty freeze.

Whitbread and ENN have opened a HGV liquid natural gas fuelling station at its Wellingborough depot.

City Auction Group says its second auction at Rockingham was another huge success, with the firm selling 300 vehicles, with a total value of £2 million and all in excess of 96% of CAP.

Demand for ex-fleet used vehicles has picked up significantly in the first two months of the year and looks set to continue through the first half of 2015, according to Andy Brown, managing director of CD Fleet Services.

A few places are still available for the Freight Transport Association’s two Van Excellence operational briefings.