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Fleet Logistics is launching a free driver app to provide fleet drivers with access to all their vehicle details, mileage data, support services and other key information.

Patrick McGillycuddy, Skoda head of fleet, talks about looking ahead to the next generation.

Diesel cars that do not meet the Euro 6 emissions standard will have to pay a £10 charge to enter London in an effort to combat air pollution.

FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) driver Tom Chilton has signed up as an Alphabet brand ambassador.

Hitachi Capital Car Solutions has promoted national sales manager David Jackson to the newly created role of head of customer experience as it continues to further develop and reinforce its customer centric culture.

The popularity of company cars as a benefit in kind remains largely undiminished, according to newly-published data from HM Revenue and Customs.

BMW and Ford have been ranked as the best fleet suppliers by operators running hundreds of thousands of vehicles in a major new survey.

Baroness Kramer has announced a new car club development fund, to be administered by Carplus to help expand access to car clubs in England.

Fears that the explosion in new cars financed on PCP will lead to oversupply in tomorrow’s used market are unfounded, according to CAP.

Nigel Stead has taken up the post of non-executive director on the enlarged board of APD Global Research & Development.

Kia has teased its new Sorento, to be launched at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.

Nine out of ten company car drivers have faked their driving miles, it's been claimed.

Enza and Road Range, Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealers in the north west, have merged to form Roanza.

Tusker is a finalist in two prestigious national awards.

Jaguar has announced its new XE model, designed to compete with the BMW 3 Series, is expected to deliver 75mpg.

Mercedes-Benz has revealed its new Vito mid-sized van.

The past five years have seen new driving rules, laws and practices put into place, yet it seems that the vast majority of drivers feel that driving standards have in fact deteriorated.

Crawley Down Group's Crawley bodyshop is to join the Fix Auto network.

The majority of UK adults (56%) say they would not purchase a driverless car and one in four (25%) believe that autonomous vehicles will not be safe, according to a new study from Churchill Car Insurance.

Employers, especially those with staff who drive for work, are being urged to take part in Road Safety Week 2014 (17-23 November), the UK’s biggest road safety event.

Britain has been revealed as a nation of hidden business fleets, with one third of British drivers who drive as part of their job uninsured for business miles, according to research from telematics company Masternaut.

The Fuel Card Group has signed a Framework Agreement with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), making it easy for public sector vehicles to access cut-price fuel.

Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is now standard specification on all Citroën Nemo, Berlingo and Dispatch LCVs produced from July 1, 2014.

Audi's A3 Sportback e-tron is to go on sale in August for £34,950 (which excludes the plug-in car grant discount).

Leeds-based Ctrack helped deliver a successful Grand Départ of the Tour de France by providing an advanced vehicle tracking solution over the race weekend.

Construction plant hire company Rawley Plant has become Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS).

Driving licence fees are set to fall by up to 32% under plans announced today (July 28, 2014) by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and Roads Minister Claire Perry.

Matt Hague, product strategy director at Microlise, looks at how telematics and driver safety can be linked.

Fleet managers across the UK need to offer their staff effective training to ensure they are as safe as possible when taking to the nation's roads, according to Steve Gale of MileageCount.

The Government is raising the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway roads to 50mph.