Volvo moves worldwide fleet sales team to Britain

It reinforces similar sentiments at compatriot car-maker Saab, which flew corporate sales personnel from all over the world to attend its annual conference - timed specially to coincide with the Fleet Motor Show.

Initially comprising four people, the new operation will be headed up by former leasing manager Alan Carpenter, whose role will be to make the most of emerging corporate business opportunities across Europe and in other key markets such as North America and Japan.