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Average values for light commercial vehicles increased by £202 (3.9%) in December, as buyers competed strongly for stock in the shortened trading period, according to BCA.

Land Rover will continue its global humanitarian partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for a further five years.

Fleet Logistics International is launching a new supplier-backed initiative for the first four months of 2014, targeting small to medium sized fleets with a stand-alone fleet management solution to improve their fleet efficiency.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is now offering electric vehicles to customers for rental for the first time.

Ford has won the first contract to supply vehicles to Police Scotland, the newly unified Scottish police force.

Zenith has once again been awarded a two star accreditation in the Sunday Times annual ‘Best Companies to Work For’ employee engagement survey.

Truckman, manufacturer of hardtops for pick-up trucks, has added additional models to its Utility Top range.

Less than a quarter of company car drivers would feel comfortable in a self-driving vehicle, research suggests.

Automotive glazing repair and replacement specialist Nationwide Windscreen Services (NWS) has appointed Steve Greenway as their senior partnership manager.

Financial services provider Forester Life has placed an order for 130 Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC models for its corporate fleet.

BCA reports a record year in 2013 as sold volumes rose well above 600,000 units for the first time.

One of the UK’s most successful private motor anti-fraud teams, Asset Protection Unit (APU) and the Merseyside Police force have agreed to share intelligence to help tackle organised crime.

After almost 10 years at Honda, Lee Wheeler will be leaving his post as manager of corporate operations at the end of January 2014. He will be taking up a global role at Santander Consumer a division of Santander Bank.

Forrest, the social housing regeneration business, has added two electric vehicles to its fleet as it looks to strengthen its commitment to the environment.

Telematics and fleet management company Airmax has announced the appointment of Richard Perham as its new business development director.

Growing demand is expected to drive the values of many used cars up in the coming weeks, according to CAP Automotive.

Road safety charity Brake is inviting HR and fleet management personnel to attend its essential crisis response training course.

The recent wet weather storms and risk of freezing conditions towards the end of the month, threaten to deliver the worst pothole season ever seen in the UK, according to Warranty Direct’s road campaign website, Potholes.co.uk.

Trakm8 has been awarded a £1.2million hardware order for telematic units with a UK insurance company.

Companies are being urged to ‘check and challenge’ damage recharges amid concerns about widely differing standards and costs among leasing suppliers.

Prestige Motor Care, parent of Prestige Fleet Servicing, has announced the appointment of Martyn Lewis as chief executive officer. He assumes his role with immediate effect.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s charitable foundation has made a donation of £12,500 to national disability charity Motability

Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones, has visited Quartix in Newtown, one of the leading vehicle tracking businesses in the UK.

The 2014 edition of the Freight Transport Association’s Yearbook of Road Transport Law is now available.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is relocating its UK and Ireland business support services centre as part of a major three-year expansion plan.

Intelligent Telematics has launched its most sophisticated vehicle camera yet to help fleet operators reduce costs, enhance safety and protect against fraudulent insurance claims.

Parking fines could be cut and a statutory grace period introduced, after a growing perception that local councils use parking enforcement as a "cash cow".

Leasedrive Group has won back the van fleet management business of Genus, a specialist in applying biotechnology to advance the science of animal breeding and genetic improvement.

The UK’s leading women in transport and logistics are being encouraged to enter the 2014 Freight Transport Association (FTA) Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards.

Mark Hopkins has joined Kia Motors (UK) as its new marketing director at the company's head office in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.