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New 184bhp 2.0 TDI added to A3 range as well as full LED headlamp option.

Fleet News has announced its event programme for its annual Fleet Van Summit - taking place at Peterborough Arena, Cambridgeshire on September 10.

After 34 years as a ‘trade-only' partner for motor retail professionals CAP will begin providing information to motorists, designed to improve the conversation and relationship between dealers and their customers.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the date of the 2013 Scottish Supply Chain Conference.

Drivers on the M54 in Staffordshire are being urged to stick to the 50mph limit to protect the safety of road users and workers building a new junction there.

Kwik Fit has introduced a new pricing strategy, which sees all brake pads and discs for a manufacturer’s individual car and light commercial vehicle model range priced identically irrespective of the derivative of the vehicle.

Director of Audi UK to move to a role within Audi AG.

Paul Willcox has been appointed managing director of Volkswagen Group (UK), taking over from Simon Thomas who leaves the UK on September 1, 2013 to take up a global marketing role.

Renault UK welcomes the additional government funding for electric vehicle charge points with the announcement of the winning bids for additional points to be installed by dozens of local authorities, NHS Trusts and train operators.

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers using the UK’s motorway system can now access 13 more rapid chargers at Welcome Break service stations.

Leasing and fleet management company Fleet Alliance, has launched e-fleet mobile, a new app for company car and business drivers.

Salary sacrifice continues to prove popular, particularly in the public sector, but one tax expert is claiming that some schemes amount to a raid on the Government’s pension pot

Vehicle inspection, collection and delivery provider, Vmoves, has launched a smartphone application designed to rapidly speed up the process for fleet customers to check the status report on the inspection of their vehicles.

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

Telematics and fleet management company Airmax has achieved its ISO 14001 accreditation.

Royal Mail staff in Southampton have been participating in a vision screening programme provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare. 500 members of staff benefited from a vision screening day, held on-site at the Southampton Mail Centre.

Responding to the announcement by HM Treasury of plans to extend the island fuel rebate to remote inland areas, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that the 5p per litre fuel duty cut should apply across the whole of the UK.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is now operating from Waterloo station as part of its strategy to provide greater access to car hire at London’s main rail transport hubs. The new service at Waterloo will meet growing demand for car hire from passengers at Britain’s busiest train station.

The BVRLA has launched its new website which uses a news-led format to give users quick and convenient access to advice and information about the association and the vehicle rental and leasing industry.

44 years after Autoglass took delivery of its first Ford Transit, the firm has added nearly 100 new Transit Custom vans to its fleet.

MG has announced the specifications of its new B-segment hatchback, the MG3.

London’s transport commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy CBE, warns Londoners and visitors to the capital to plan ahead now to avoid road disruption this weekend, when many bridges and roads will be closed to traffic for the biggest road event the capital has seen since the Olympics.

Zenith has launched a salary sacrifice car scheme, called Driven, to its own employee base. The car scheme is available to 180 eligible employees at Zenith’s offices in Leeds.

The camper van revolution is growing at such a rate that motorists who do not need a van for their work and who aren’t VAT registered are buying used vans to convert into motor homes.

Ministers should consider reducing the limitation period for road accident insurance claims, and require whiplash claimants to produce more supporting evidence. But genuine claimants should not be demonised, according to MPs.

The vast majority of local authorities in England are making a profit from issuing parking tickets, according to figures analysed by the RAC Foundation.

The first Electric Defender has started work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year's Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle.

Hospitals, stations and streets across the UK will see a wave of new chargepoints for electric cars, thanks to Government funding.

Research from British Car Auctions (BCA) reveals that 23% of motorists have ignored red warning lights on their dashboard, choosing to continue driving before addressing the problem rather than stopping as soon as safe to do so.

CAP has solved the most problem-fraught and expensive commercial process problem endured by car manufacturers and their resellers with the creation of ‘CAP New Vehicle Incentives’, launching this year.