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Thrifty Car and Van Rental has expanded its nationwide network by opening a new branch in Worcester.

ACFO wants to find out how popular car salary sacrifice schemes are with its latest online survey.

Pentagon Group has achieved ISO 9001certification at their fleet distribution and operations centre in Derbyshire.

The average value of used cars sold at auction across increased from £4,862 to £4,899 during August according to the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA).

Volvo is launching a new family of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines that will power all future models.

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More than a third (39%) of UK van drivers admit to driving more carefully when using their personal vehicle, a TomTom study has revealed.

Volkswagen Group has set its sights on global market leadership in electric mobility, with 14 electric cars or hybrids by 2014.

Vanarama is warning tradesmen that the condition of their work vehicle is likely to have a significant influence on whether they get a job or not.

Increased demand for Jaama’s Key2 Vehicle Management software from both public and private sector fleets has led to the appointment of Bob Leighfield as customer services manager. Mr Leighfield has joined the software specialist from Arval, one of the UK’s largest vehicle leasing and fleet management companies.

More than 70 fleet suppliers and vehicles are in contention to win 2013 ACFO Awards as voting opens to members.

An overwhelming 99% of employers believe eye tests are just as important or more important than other health checks available for employees, such as medicals and screening, research suggests.

Neil Murphy has joined national contract hire and vehicle rental company Burnt Tree as General Manager for its newly launched ‘Refrigerental’ temperature controlled vehicle rental division.

Masternaut is now offering its customers a tachograph mobile app, an extension of its Tachofresh web application.

Tusker has secured another coup in the recruitment market by appointing Iain Carmichael, formerly fleet sales director of Audi UK, as its first chief commercial officer.

The latest registration figures for plug-in vehicles have confirmed that the government's ultra-low emission incentive scheme is failing to ignite the market.

BCA's first sale in September set a new sales day record, selling 240 cars for a turnover of £1.6 million to achieve the best result since BCA Glasgow opened in 1983.

Outdoor advertising firm Clear Channel UK has invested in autogas LPG to fuel its fleet of service vehicles.

Masternaut employee Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Fish will cycle over two hundred miles in two days to raise money for the Martin House Hospice.

Vehicle Rental software provider Prohire Software Systems is celebrating 500 rental locations using its software.

Volvo Car UK has teamed up with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to help publicise their cycling safety campaign Operation Grimaldi.

Russian LCV firm GAZ demonstrated a new range of NEXT light and medium commercial vehicles, including a crew cab

Vauxhall has slashed the price of its Ampera extended-range electric vehicle by £3,500, to a starting price of £28,750 on-the-road, inclusive of the Government's £5,000 grant.

Average values of used light commercial vehicles (LCVs) at auction rose slightly in August to £4,076, an increase of £14 from the July figure.

Dtec International, a leading supplier of drug and alcohol testing products and services to blue chip clients like Stagecoach, has launched the DrugWipe Super Dual.

Driver behaviour technology is helping a specialist recycling company to lower carbon emissions and save money.

According to Manheim’s latest monthly barometer of activity, prices of de-fleeted cars at auction are still strong.

Baker and food-service supplier Wrights Food Group says that it has “significantly improved” operational efficiency across its business after fitting temperature monitoring and vehicle tracking technology to their main fleet of refrigerated trailers and trucks.

The all-new Ford Transit Connect has been named “International Van of the Year 2014” at the COMTRANS commercial vehicle exhibition in Moscow as Ford became the first single manufacturer to win the award for two consecutive years.

The RAC has launched a telematics service, which aims to enable fleet managers and business owners of all sizes to save time and money by efficiently monitoring each vehicle in their fleets.