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Autoglass has added to its commercial sales team with the appointment of Andrew Scott as business manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Vauxhall is hoping to lure user choosers to the Astra with a range restructure, lower pricing and new models with added fleet appeal.

Seat has showcased a brand new plug-in hybrid prototype based on the new Leon, at the official closing event of the pioneering Cenit Verde research project that produced it.

Vehicle rental company Burnt Tree has announced plans to create a dedicated contract hire and leasing division.

Fuel card and fuel management provider Keyfuels has registered a record growth in sites since the beginning of 2013.

Rolec EV has been awarded the contract to manufacture and supply electric vehicle charging stations to all Scottish domestic home owners looking to purchase an EV and obtain funding from Transport for Scotland/OLEV via the Energy Saving Trust grant support scheme.

New data from G3 Remarketing shows that clean, small engine cars are still continuing to command strong prices in excess of 104 per cent of Cap, particularly the Hyundai I10 and Peugeot 107 models.

The high and sustained levels of parking fines on delivery vehicles in London are a sign of policy failure rather than successful enforcement, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has told the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.

A highly successful Fleet News Company Car In Action saw visitor numbers rise 12% year-on-year to almost 900.

An ambitious bid to drive Isuzu to pole position in Britain’s pick-up market has been launched by importer International Motors.

A team from leasing and fleet management specialist, Fleet Alliance, has raised more than £4,700 for charity after participating in the Five Ferries Challenge.

Hire company Avis has added Volkswagen’s Touareg to its fleet, launching its new 4x4 category in the UK.

Lex Autolease has been selected by Glasgow based not-for-profit organisation Queens Cross Housing Association (QCHA) as its sole vehicle supplier and fleet management services provider.

Designer and developer of licensed GPRS based hardware and software for the vehicle placement and security market, Trakm8, has announced that a joint product development and marketing agreement has been reached with tachometer data analytics company, TruTac. Under the agreement TruTac’s legal data compliance analysis tools are being integrated into Trakm8’s telematics solutions.

Mark Forrest, general manager, Trimble Field Service Management, discusses how businesses are prioritising sustainability and delivering on the green agenda.

Automotive intelligence provider CAP is preparing to launch a major revamp of its residual values forecasting product used by many businesses in the fleet sector as an industry benchmark.

Logistics recruitment company TRG Logistics is continuing with the growth of its UK network of regional branches with the opening of its 7th and latest branch in Luton, Beds.

Venson Automotive Solutions has joined vehicle environmental tuning and ECU remapping specialist, Viezu Technologies, to help light commercial vehicle fleets meet their own environmental and cost reduction targets. Through this new collaboration, Venson customers will benefit from Viezu’s expertise in remapping cars and vans by optimising the efficiency of a vehicle according to the way it will be driven. This marks part of Venson’s ongoing commitment to providing a tailor made approach to fleet management.

Surrey-based eco-business Naked Energy’s finance director Nick Simmons has taken delivery of the UK’s first V60 Plug-in Hybrid from Volvo dealership Squire Furneaux Leatherhead.

Producer of all-electric medium-duty commercial vehicles, Smith Electric, has now produced over 700 of its Edison and Newton trucks.

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers held their inaugural chairman’s lunch on Friday June 7 to reveal their plans to help support the Government’s call to provide more funding to SMEs across the UK.

Transport professionals from across the UK and Europe have attended Paragon’s client conference held at the Heritage Motor Centre.

An Opel Astra Sports Tourer has come out top in a two-year reliability test that saw it driven for over 100,000 km across Europe, sometimes towing heavy loads, without developing a fault or making a non-scheduled trip to the garage.

The Leasing Foundation has launched a consultation process to understand the needs of the leasing and asset finance industry in terms of education and development.

Advanced driver assistance systems provider, Mobileye, has signed an agreement with GE Capital Fleet Services to make Mobileye collision avoidance systems accessible to its truck fleet customers. Mobileye produces the only National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) compliant system, enhancing driver safety, reducing the risk of collisions and improving compliance, safety & accountability (CSA) scores.

Commercial vehicle bodybuilder Bevan Group has made two key changes to its management team and invested in a new, extended fleet of mobile workshops to serve its aftercare customers.

Vauxhall lowers emissions to 99g/km on the new Insignia and adopts new pricing strategy to tempt fleets and company car drivers.

Microlise held its Annual Transport Conference at the East Midlands Conference Centre on May 14 2013. Hosted by Quentin Willson, over 400 delegates heard from a number of leading industry figures about how they are bringing best practice to their transport and logistics operations. The full day event was broken down into a number of themes; reducing fuel usage, costs & emissions, improving health and safety and the enhancing customer service.

A new EMC test chamber has been launched at the Blue & Amber Light Fleet Exhibition by specialist vehicle conversion company MacNeillie.

Yodel has announced the appointment of Keith Basnett as chief operating officer.