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Contract hire and salary sacrifice specialist Tusker has moved into new, high-tech offices capable of meeting the company’s expansion needs.

The Vehicle Remarketing Association has confirmed the final speaker line up at its 20th September conference being held at the Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park near Oxford.

Whether you’re a large business with a whole fleet of vehicles or a small business with just one or two company cars, it's worth finding out more about electric vehicles (EVs), says the Energy Saving Trust (EST).

BlueOptimize, an intelligent ECU remapping technology from Viezu, has won another major technology award.

A recent commercial vehicle sale at Manheim showed strong demand for two used AshWood hybrid Transits, with the vans achieving significant premiums over their standard cousins.

Hyundai has announced pricing and specification for the new ix35, a model which seeks to continue the car's success in the UK's compact SUV segment.

Apcoa Parking UK has appointed Raj Makwana to the position of Fleet Manager across its UK estate.

A growing new car market could have a negative effect on car values and leave fleets and company car drivers facing a rise in leasing rates.

The new Peugeot 308 will make its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor how with CO2 emissions from 82g/km.

HPI has joined forces with Deltapoint, to bring dealers, manufactures, insurance and finance houses a new service for used car valuations.

Brake calls on employers to run a Bright Day as clocks go back to promote safer roads for pedestrians and cyclists.

Glass’s is predicting that new car registrations will reach 70,000-75,000 units – up from 59,433 units in August 2012.

CD Auction Group has launched a redesigned version of its website as part of a £300,000 investment as the company gears up for more and more businesses moving their vehicle buying and selling online.

Mazda has announced that it will be the official vehicle sponsor of Donington Park circuit for a fifth year running, providing the famous race circuit with a fleet of 10 Mazda cars.

The dangers of falling asleep at the wheel and the use of technology and data to reduce risk are just two of the topics up for discussion at next month’s Fleet Van summit.

The more efficient and more spacious second-generation Kia Soul crossover will make its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Within days of setting its first 25 new Mercedes-Benz Citans on the fleet last March, van rental specialist Global Self Drive had seen them all snapped up by two major account customers.

Two new appointments have been made at motor industry technology specialist Epyx.

Vehicle hire and fleet management company, SHB Hire has joined forces with vehicle tracking provider, Tracker.

Non-maintained fleet and leased vehicles which are presented at auction without a full service record are losing up to £390 per vehicle and up to 5% of their value, according to G3 Remarketing.

Almost half of transport companies (42%) say roadside inspections by VOSA are increasing, according to research commissioned by TomTom Business Solutions.

Fleets are making short-term lease, daily rental and accident management their top priorities for the coming 12 months, according to a survey by contract hire and fleet management provider Grosvenor Contracts.

Cleaner look, new design details plus greater power and efficiency mark the A8's mid-life facelift.

Isuzu Motors have announced the successor to Nikki King as managing director of Isuzu Truck (UK).

In support of the company's successful service support operation, Terberg Fire and Rescue has added six new Vauxhall Vivaro and Movano fully equipped mobile service units (MSU’S) to its service fleet that are now strategically working across the UK and Ireland.

Denis Keenan, managing director of automotive information supplier KeeResources, speaks about residual values and the state of the UK car market.

Burnt Tree has announced a new addition to the growing sales team with the appointment of Maurice Wilson as contract hire business development manager.

Land Rover will soon begin taking orders for hybrid versions of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.

Truckstops 20, the latest routing and scheduling optimisation system from VRS supplier MapMechanics, has been integrated into Masternaut’s telematics solutions.

Independent fire dog detection service K9Response has taken delivery of a specially adapted Skoda Yeti, which will be used by dog handler Duncan Carmichael to transport highly trained fire investigation dog Billy.