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Burnt Tree was presented with the silver award for occupational health and safety at the recent Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awards ceremony in Glasgow.

Midlands tyre fitters Lodge Tyre are adding a further 12 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters to their fleet.

Vehicle tracking supplier Quartix Ltd has been named Powys Business of the Year.

The rapidly falling price of tablets is making them ideal for a wide range of fleet applications that wouldn’t have been considered even a year ago, says Chevin Fleet Solutions.

A recent safety stand down day provided the opportunity for Balfour Beatty’s Fleet team to carry out vehicle checks ahead of winter weather and begin the roll out of new telematics to the company’s power, gas and water fleets.

Westminster City Council has renewed its car club scheme with Zipcar for a further two years.

Vehicle sharing could be made more difficult under new proposals designed to protect young drivers.

David Riches, managing director, Ultracar, on why the credit scoring system is stacked against enterprising young companies.

Safety body TyreSafe has recorded a special track, complete with video, to promote tyre safety month and encourage drivers to check their tyre pressure.

The average carbon emissions of new company cars fell to an all-time low of 126g/km during the first six months of 2013, according to data from ALD Automotive.

Alpina has launched a new generation of saloons and estates, claiming to produce the world's fastest diesel car.

Beverley Bell, the North West of England traffic commissioner, has reminded operators that there must be “absolute transparency” when it comes to who is running vehicles under a licence.

There are now just over 4 weeks to go until this year’s FN50 Dinner and there has been a great response by the fleet industry for this year’s event.

Venson Automotive Solutions has enhanced its interactive portal with a new dashboard, which provides fleet managers with a snapshot of the key data that help to measure and manage cost and operational efficiencies.

As part of National Customer Service Week, senior managers from vehicle leasing and fleet management company Arval have been going ‘back to the floor’.

Used panel vans have been likened to fine wines for continuing to appreciate in value at auction despite a marked increase in their age.

Olympus Automation, five years into a strategy of running one of the most socially responsible green car fleets in the food industry, has added ten brand new Volvo V40s to its fleet.

ARI Fleet UK has celebrated the success of its UK-wide garage network at an annual awards ceremony.

Recovery in the German car market is likely to end the cheap new car bonanza that has benefited hundreds of thousands of UK motorists this year.

Gianni Mason, client services director, Fusion-Events, on why live events play an important role in demonstrating to fleets the advanced technology available.

Mazda has boosted the appeal of its CX-5 compact SUV range with the addition of a new low emission model.

Car Leasing Made Simple has appointed Laura Heathcote-Smith and Leonie Channell as senior relationship managers.

Experts are divided as to whether residual values could suffer as a result of a growing new car market.

A fleet management consultancy which has developed new software used in the management of large vehicle fleets has received a £500,000 investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures.

The crucial trading month of September has ended on a record high for Audi UK, which has posted an unprecedented total of 25,829 sales.

The volume of “self serve” daily rental – where fleets both book and manage their own rental requirements online through dedicated sites created by rental providers – has grown by 10% in the last 12 months.

Masternaut has launched its next-generation telematics platform, Masternaut Connect, which its creators say ‘rewrites telematics’, offering businesses a step-change in features, integration, performance, scalability and accuracy.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has continued a record-breaking 2013 with its best ever September registrations.

Telematics and monitoring firm Airmax have introduced a CANbus linked monitoring system.

Fleet-specific versions of the most important European luxury model yet from Infiniti are being introduced as part of plans to quadruple the company’s share of the UK new car market.