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Fleets are failing to make the latest fuel efficient vehicles pay their way because many employees have never received the correct driver training.

Fleets are being given the opportunity to understand whether ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) could work for them through data gained from a series of real-world tests.

Six out of 10 (63%) travel, leisure and transportation businesses were affected by fraud in the last 12 months, according to new figures from the 2013 Kroll Global Fraud Report.

Businesses are being urged to attend a London seminar that could collectively net organisations hundreds of millions of pounds in wrongly paid National Insurance Contributions (NIC) on car allowances.

The latest AA British Insurance Premium Index shows the biggest annual drop in premiums since the Index started in 1994.

The Government has announced new reforms to counter whiplash fraud and reduce costs for motorists.

AutoRestore is expanding its workforce with the recruitment of a further 50 technicians.

LeasePlan Go will supply vehicles to Leeds United as part of a two-year sponsorship deal.

Fix Auto has recruited Blade Accident Repair Centre, the Swindon-based bodyshop of the franchised dealer Blade Group, to its network of vehicle repair bodyshops.

Brake, the road safety charity, has published guidance on how fleet managers can use in-vehicle technology to help improve driver safety.

Hertz has signed a partnership with Oxford Brookes University enabling more than 3,000 staff and 18,500 students to rent low emission and electric cars by the hour.

Mercedes-Benz has launched of Daimler Fleet Management, as reported by Fleet News in May.

An electronic fuel cap device has been launched to counteract the war on fuel theft.

Seven out of ten motorists in the UK are against the clocks going back this week, according to a new survey.

Campaign for cycle safety released in Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham and Cambridge.

A government-backed project, which is demonstrating how fleets of all sizes can cut fuel costs by up to 75%, has reached its halfway point.

Employers are reducing two headline areas of corporate concern – CO2 reduction and occupational road risk management – by introducing car salary sacrifice schemes.

The public sector is being urged to use car clubs to help cut grey fleet mileage and stop some employees being paid more than £5 per mile to drive their own car.

Organisations that introduce a pool car scheme or give employees access to a car club have found they can wipe out a large slice of grey fleet mileage.

Fleet data provider KeeResources has launched a new version of its Kwikview vehicle data lookup software.

Express delivery company City Link has launched City Link Click&Send, a new service aimed at low volume and ad hoc users.

Order books are open for the latest version of Audi's luxury flagship range combining revisions to its aluminium body with a raft of technological advances.

Continental and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) in Aachen are on the verge of a breakthrough with their joint development project for rubber for tyre production that is made from dandelion plants.

With the clocks going back new research reveals that a worrying number of cyclists are putting themselves at risk by forgetting to use bike lights and wear high visibility clothing as the evenings get darker.

The BMW i3 has topped the electric and hybrid car category in The Sunday Times Top 100 Car list despite the i3 not going on sale until November and customers not having driven the car.

Video footage captured the moment a Ford Galaxy swerves violently across a motorway and collides with a lorry in a whiplash scam.

Birmingham-based DriveSafe has welcomed the launch of a public consultation process by Birmingham City Council to set a 20mph speed limit on 90% of the city’s roads.

The 2014 Alfa Mito has now gone on sale in the UK.

Research by Accident Exchange has revealed that up to 300,000 cars previously involved in an accident could return to dealer forecourts by 2016.

Volvo Car Group has developed an alternative to the heavyweight, large and expensive batteries seen in hybrids and electric vehicles today with a new battery that can be fitted to car body panels.