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Skoda's new Superb will be priced from £18,640 when it is launched later this year.

Fleet decision-makers have voted Zenith Leasedrive Group the UK’s top vehicle leasing and fleet management company for service to customers in the Experteye Awards.

Fleet operator organisation ACFO wants all car parks, not just council-owned ones, to adopt a 10-minute grace period for drivers who overstay a parking space time limit.

Andeva Underwriting Agency has launched Fuel Protect, a £20 a year insurance product to address the risk of mis-fuelling incidents, and aims to minimise both costs and consequences.

Around one in five managers involved in running fleets say that the amount of time spent on administration has increased in the last 12 months.

ATS Euromaster has launched a new e-booking service which allows fleet managers to schedule fixed, guaranteed appointment times.

Eight specialist low carbon road transport companies have been showcased at a Parliamentary event in the House of Commons.

Car park operator NCP has added the Nissan e-NV200 all-electric van to its London fleet.

Plant tracking and security specialist AMI has helped police recover stolen machinery.

62% of respondents to a survey from Venson said they be happy to sit-back and let their company car do the driving.

Suzuki’s city car, the Celerio, is ready to go back on sale less than a month after being pulled from the showrooms over a critical safety issue.

Company car and van drivers are being publicly ‘named and shamed’ by other road users after being caught by citizen traffic cops.

Toyota plans to strip out around 2,500 units from short-term rental this year after a big increase in 2014.

Renault has turned a corner on its residual value performance after suffering a long-term decline since 2004, according to managing director Ken Ramirez.

Tim Emptage, new business manager at Northgate Vehicle Hire, looks at vehicle depreciation.

Fleet Alliance has been rated top for customer service by fleet operators with up to 250 vehicles in the annual Experteye customer satisfaction survey.

David Hosking, CEO at Tusker, takes a look at the reasons why teachers cannot take advantage of salary sacrifice for cars.

Jaguar Land Rover has set up a specialist network of corporate dealers for both brands, with some overlap in market areas.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging the Government to reduce fuel duty by 3 pence per litre.

BVRLA announced the latest winners of its Industry Achievement Awards a ceremony in the London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane.

Ogilvie Fleet has won its fifth Experteye award, making it the most successful winner of the company’s annual customer service awards to date.

The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)has taken its 100th new registration since the scheme became a self-funded national programme last month.

Fleet and lease cars averaged £9,673 at BCA in February, a rise of £195 (2.0%) compared to January and the highest monthly value on record.

Nissan shifted its sales focus last year to reduce its reliance on rental and Motability.

A Fiat 500 in Essex has been recovered with the help of Tracker and a police helicopter.

Transport for London (TfL) has launched its latest campaign to help reduce the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured (KSI) in the Capital as a ninth motorcyclist died last weekend.

Companies will have access to a new electronic licence-checking service a month before the paper counterpart is abolished on June 8.

Alphabet has partnered with driver licence compliance company Licence Bureau, as part of its expanding driver compliance risk management offering.

Keep an eye on UK registrations this year: should they rise by much more than 1%, it will be due to forced activity and daily rental sales, according to the UK president and CEO of Kia.

Mazda’s retail network will complete its corporate identity programme this year as the manufacturer looks to improve the quality of the customer experience.