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BRITISH Airways is investing £230 million in its fleet over the next decade after signing up to a major fleet management contract.

NEW van warranties up to 150,000 miles are the latest development in the battle for sales advantage among manufacturers – and used values are set to benefit.

ENVIRONMENTAL support services expert Fountains has taken on a specialist fleet of 18 Vauxhall Movanos to help tackle new maintenance contracts for Network Rail across the whole of southern England.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER has created a new centralised sales team dedicated to fleet sales.

LLOYDS TSB autolease has launched a new broker service as part of its expansion plans.

Robert Wiseman Dairies has spent £185,000 on a new fleet.

VAUXHALL has produced a handbook designed to get fleet drivers back on the road following an accident.

AS the continuing war causes uncertainty over the future of fuel prices, the AA is promoting its fuel comparison website.

RENTAL firm National Car Rental is offering customers staying at any Travel Inn up to 50% discount off its daily hire rates.

COORS Brewers is providing key details about fleet policy to staff through a new intranet site.

MORE than a quarter of European fleet managers are unhappy with the level of service offered by their fuel card supplier, a new study claims.

CHRIS Birch has been appointed head of vehicle procurement at Arval PHH.

DEUTSCHE Post World Net (DPWN) has relaunched its parcel, express and logistics business under the new DHL brand, creating the world's biggest single logistics company.

DEMAND for diesel throughout Europe is rocketing and could account for half of all new cars sold within three years.

OPEL is increasing its presence in the

FLEETS could be facing a turbulent year selling end-of-term cars amid conflicting claims over residual values.

TWO Fleet News Award winners joined forces for a successful first-time auction, with BCA putting the Transit Connect under the hammer for the first time.

CAP has announced plans for a reorganisation to bring it closer to customers with a direct telephone link to used value experts.

'MY CAP colleague, Monitor editor Jeff Knight, experienced something I had almost forgotten about last week – a flat tyre.' Martin Ward, CAP national research manager.

FLEET industry leaders have urged Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to issue a 'business-friendly' Budget next week amid fears he could push up taxes to fund a growing hole in Government finances.

STATE-of-the-art technology and class-leading engine performance are the two principle messages of the new 5-series, BMW has revealed this week.

TOYOTA GB will be bringing its full range of tax-busting Euro IV diesels and the new Avensis line-up to the Fleet Show at Silverstone on September 23, 24 and 25.

ONE of Britain's biggest fleets, the NHS, has signed up nine leasing companies to supply vehicles in a deal worth more than £80 million using a ground-breaking internet-based ordering system.

KWIK-Fit Fleet is to expand its core fast-fit and mobile operations through the launch of new services and products following a strategic review.

THE Department of Trade and Industry's scheme to set standards for garages used by fleets for repairs has been labelled an 'unnecessary intrusion' by a senior figure in the fast-fit sector.

CATERING and support services provider Sodexho estimates potential savings of £1 million after switching to an employee car ownership plan.

USED car values are bucking widespread fears of economic uncertainty, which are being fuelled by the conflict in Iraq, industry expert CAP claims.