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FMG has achieved ISO 39001 certification for road traffic safety.

A worrying leap in the percentage of secondary-school starters killed or injured as pedestrians on UK roads, compared to children in the last year of primary school, sends a clear warning to drivers as the new school year begins, says the AA.

A van driver with 11 points on his driving licence, who threw his arms up in despair when caught breaking the speed limit, was prosecuted for failing to have proper control of a vehicle, in addition to the speeding offence.

Production Gear has enlisted the help of Auto Styling Truckman to increase the flexibility of its Hilux pick-up trucks.

Jaguar Land Rover is supplying a total of 135 vehicles as transport for the two-day NATO Summit in Newport.

Euro NCAP, the vehicle crash safety test body, has released latest scores for new models now on sale.

Ken Bowling, managing director, Driving Risk Management, looks at the attitude of young drivers to the road.

Land Rover has unveiled the Discovery Sport, the replacement for the Freelander, which will go on sale in January 2015 - with a 119g/km version to follow.

Quindell, a global provider of professional services and digital solutions, has bought the RAC’s stake in their joint telematics venture, Connected Car Solutions (CCS).

Alphabet has launched a fleet of demonstrator vehicles designed to boost the take up of corporate car-sharing among organisations in the public and private sectors.

Burnt Tree is providing Lyreco with 57 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 513 integral vans on a full five-year contract hire deal.

Trimble has teamed up with Ryder, which provides and manages the fleet of administrative vehicles for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) based in Germany.

Europcar is moving away from the standard industry practice of simply leaving the keys to a vehicle wherever available if no-one is present to sign for it.

Through switching to electric, drinks company Chivas Brothers has already seen reduced running costs of £1,600 each year across the fleet and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 18 tonnes per year.

Fleetondemand has announced new rental operator clients to the Fleetondemand Rental Management Platform.

A new Smart Vehicle Replacement Tool designed to help fleets adopt flexible life cycles has been introduced by Chevin Fleet Solutions.

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has revealed the shortlist for the 2014 Low Carbon Champions Awards.

Fiat Group Automobiles UK has announced the appointment of Francis Bleasdale to the newly created role of fleet and used car director.

Knowhow, the technology services arm of the UK’s largest electrical company Dixons Carphone, is seeing the benefit of using Paragon’s Multi Depot routing and scheduling solution to further enhance transport efficiency and customer service

Europcar is now providing valeting services for visitors and exhibitors going to ExCeL London by car.

Vehicle Quality Solutions Ltd has appointed Steve Weston as operations director.

Autogas is challenging fleet managers and company car drivers to find out how the very latest in LPG autogas technology measures up to their current vehicles at the Cenex low carbon vehicle event, by getting behind the wheel of its gas-powered Ford Focus 1.6T EcoBoost demonstrator.

Airmax has launched Remote Mileage Manager (RMM), aimed at filling the gap within existing mileage reporting software and will appeal to both finance and operations directors.

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services has placed the biggest single order yet for Mercedes-Benz Citan small vans.

A driver who fell asleep at the wheel and killed two cyclists had been “continuously” texting prior to the collision.

The event programme for the Fleet Van Summit, in association with Van Excellence, has been announced.

Prices for the new Ford Focus, in dealerships from November, will start from £13,995 - the same as today's Focus, with top Titanium and Titanium X versions costing £100 less than the current equivalents.

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can make savings in time and administration by turning to CompareMyFleet.com to source their company cars and vans, the fleet vehicle comparison service claims.

Jane Whittle, marketing manager at Iveco, will complete a wing walk display flight on September 21, with the assistance of the Aerobatic Tactics team at Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Essex, to raise more than £1,500 for automotive charity BEN.

Halfords has relaunched its car parts business – targeting a UK market worth £2 billion with an increased range of over 130,000 individual products.