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AWARD-winning fleet manager Peter Carson, who resigned as ND ServiceTeam fleet manager following a split with bosses last year, has set up his own firm offering fleet management advice and training.

COMPANY car drivers are more likely to use public transport to help reduce pollution levels than use it reduce their benefit-in-kind tax bills, according to a new survey.

FLEETS will have to pay more for essential services if the Government accepts the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission and implements a minimum wage of £3.60 per hour.

PLYMOUTH-based Securi-Guard has switched to a solus Vauxhall arrangement as a replacement for its 25-vehicle fleet.

ELECTRICAL giant Dixons has signed up Leeds-based accident management service Zenith Careline to care for its 1,500-strong company car fleet.

THE latest recruits in Humberside Police Force's battle to beat crime are two 150mph observe and pursuit Subaru Impreza Turbos.

RENAULT is planning to roll out a svelte rival to Germany's best cars in an ambitious bid to win recognition as a prestige car maker.

MONDIAL Assistance is offering a new back-up service for motor manufacturers' fleet sales forces.

RYLAND Multifleet is offering customers the option of having Toad Secur-Film, a clear window film designed to prevent windows being smashed, fitted to their vehicles.

RESIDUAL values for some larger off-road vehicles are dropping as people downsize to more economical and affordable models.

THE long-awaited Government white paper on an integrated transport policy has been delayed once again, it was revealed this week.

ALMOST 40 years after the launch of its first estate car - the 95 - Saab is returning to the market.

THIRTY-five teams from across the fleet and motor manufacturing industries are due to line up at the JVC indoor sports centre at Arsenal Football Club in London on Saturday, June 5, to compete in the 1998 RAC-Fleet News Five-a-Side Charity Soccer Challenge being run in association with Royal SunAlliance.

A NEW all-party backbench Houses of Parliament motor industry group has been launched to campaign on behalf of the motor industry and motorists.

THE Automobile Association is to clarify its members' constitutional rights following concerns expressed at its annual meeting.

FLEET managers could help their companies' chances of winning lucrative council contracts by switching to 'green' fuels, local authorities have revealed.

MOTORING groups and fleet organisations have hit back at a new campaign which has fixed the blame for increasing pollution firmly with the car.

FLEET buyers and managers' vital role in the push for cleaner vehicles has been recognised with the creation of a new Government fleet-specific committee to help them stay at the cutting edge of 'green' transport.

RESIDUAL values could tumble and leasing rates rocket as manufacturers pump an increasing number of new cars into the market with no buyers.

MORE than 2,000 fleet decision-makers from across Europe have been invited to the first Automotive Congress Europe being held in Switzerland on September 29-30.

GENERAL Motors has launched a global fleet strategy board to enable the world's largest companies to sign worldwide fleet deals.

FLEETS should review their tyre buying policies in respect of both brand and price, according to a new report by David Openshaw, former managing director of Motorway Tyres and Accessories.

A TOTAL of 8,254 fleet managers and fleet decision-makers attended the 1998 Fleet Motor Show, it was announced this week.

A CAR'S crash test performance is to become a key part of the company car decision-making process, according to fleet managers who visited the Transport Research Laboratory at Crowthorne, Berks, to see at first hand the results of the latest European New Car Assessment Programme tests.

INDEPENDENT Car Auctions (Holdings) has created a team of dedicated national commercial vehicle managers to oversee 'one-stop-shop' van, truck and plant auction services.

AUCTION Live, British Car Auctions' sale at the Fleet Motor Show has been declared a huge success by the company itself and firms which supported the event.

THE British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association is holding a maintenance seminar for senior managers sponsored by Vauxhall on June 17.