Executives of a new IT company pronounced the show a resounding success when they left Fleet Show 2000 with more than 30 leads to follow up. 'The motor industry is fertile ground for us,' said q.bit Systems director William Cohen.

He said the company's new ideas in providing integrated solutions for data processing and management had been well received and revealed that q.bit has been appointed to develop the next stage of an intranet reporting platform at the group's Autosales dealerships.