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The new car market grew 12% in February, with 76,958 cars registered and fleet and business registrations accounting for 59.1% of the market, with 45,519 units.

National Windscreens has announced that its vehicle glazing repair and replacement contract with Thrifty Car and Van Rental has been extended for a further two years following a successful competitive tender process.

Suzuki has displayed the iM-4 mini 4x4 concept car at the Geneva motor show.

Ford has shown its upgraded Ecosport B-segment crossover at Geneva, which for the first time, will be made available without a rear-mounted spare wheel.

Simon Staplehurst, commercial research manager at Sewells, looks at the changes due to company car tax in April.

Gareth Jones, managing director of Dawsonrentals Vans looks at contracts.

Big car features like a lane departure warning system, heated seats and a heated steering wheel will all be made available on the Viva, the new entry-level Vauxhall model due to reach showrooms in June.

Hyundai is to put the brakes on the number of sport utility vehicles it supplies to rental companies.

Peugeot Citroën has put its vehicle damage assessors through a training programme with Audatex to help ensure assessments are right first time.

Tructyre is renewing a quarter of its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van fleet, thanks to the brand's managed maintenance options.

Dawsongroup has appointed Robert Taylor as the new head and cdommercial director of its expanding Asset Finance subsidiary LHE Finance.

Virgin Media has commissioned artist Ash Kumar to design a livery celebrating the company's network expansion in East London.

The first of a new generation of licence-checking software, RealTime from LicenceCheck, aims to deliver time and administrative savings to its customers.

LeasePlan has awarded Thrifty Car & Van Rental its ‘Rental Supplier of the Year’ award along with the LeasePlan MD’s ‘Leasing Hero of the Year’ award.

Almost half (47%) of commercial vehicle drivers are held up by a road traffic accidents at least once a month, with more than one in four (28%) being delayed three to five times.

SHB Hire has updated its fleet following a major intake of new Iveco vehicles spanning the 3.5, 5.2, 7.0, 7.5, 12 and 18-tonne sectors.

Chargemaster has created a new dedicated business division to serve the North of England and Scotland.

Government reforms which aim to tackle fraudulent and exaggerated whiplash claims have been welcomed by south east law firm Furley Page.

Toyota will launch the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car in September, although numbers will be strictly limited.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has welcomed a BMW i3 electric car to its personal fleet of vehicles, marking the latest stage in its support for new technology and alternative fuels.

Ten Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 313 CDI welfare vans have joined the A-Plant rental fleet.

Volkswagen has revealed the Sport Coupé Concept GTE on the eve of the Geneva motor show.

Mazda's CX-3 crossover model range is to start from £17,595.

A new electric motor in the Renault Zoe has extended its range to 149 miles.

Nissan's Sway concept compact hatchback, unveiled at Geneva, could give a glimpse of the future Nissan Micra.

Ssangyong's B-segment crossover, the Tivoli, has been unveiled at the Geneva motor show.

Emissions for the new Renault Kadjar will start from 99g/km, with emissions of 74mpg, the company has announced at Geneva.

Patrick McGillyguddy, head of fleet at Skoda, looks at the career of fleet management.

Pentagon Commercials has become the first member of Mercedes-Benz’s franchised network to appoint a technical specialist dedicated to the Fuso Canter light truck range.

Navman Wireless and Teletrac – major operators in the GPS fleet and asset tracking market - have merged to create one of the world's largest global telematics companies.