Asda has cut the price of unleaded petrol to 114.7p per litre and diesel to 116.7p per litre today at 301 filling stations, starting a a new price war between retailers.

Imperial Commercials Volkswagen Van Centre, Nottingham, has appointed Adam Barrett as its new interim head of business.

The Project Pictogram – Driving Safer Roads initiative has received support from three major trucking organisations.

Nissan has launched a short run Black Edition variant of its Nissan Leaf, priced from £26,890 including the £4,500 government plug-in vehicle grant.

Computer chip maker Intel is acquiring driverless technology firm Mobileye for £12.5bn.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has appointed Chris Tubbs as head of SME and personal leasing channel.

Portsmouth Naval Base is taking delivery of 48 electric Nissan e-NV200 vans to support the facility's operations.

MAN Truck & Bus UK has supplied three new MAN TGS 35.440 8x4s fitted with Liebherr mixers to join the ready-mix fleet at Tracey Concrete.

Commercial vehicle specialist Guest Truck and Van has added Fiat Professional to its Thetford dealership and truck service centre.

Seat UK is to launch the Fleet Excellence programme, an initiative to deliver higher level of service for fleet customers via its dealer network.

Traffic hotspots across England have been identified to receive millions of pounds for junction upgrades, roundabout improvements and better traffic signalling.

Road safety training specialist TTC Group has appointed Jim Kirkwood as its new CEO.

Five DAF driver trainers have successfully completed the company's dealer driver trainer programme.

Thrifty Car and Van Rental has opened its 99th location, in Belfast.

Sentinel Systems has been appointed to install vehicle safety camera and recording devices on to vehicles used by Dublin City Council.

German car makers Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW will make more than 100,000 purely electric cars for the first time this year, according to PwC.

More than 3,000 council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are substandard, new research from the RAC Foundation suggests.

Pendragon Vehicle Management has been acknowledged as a Van Excellence Recognised Partner.

A new generation of racking for commercial vehicles is something that fleets should be exploiting, believes Arval.

Operators are being warned their licences could be revoked if the mandatory requirements are not met when the time expires.

Attention to detail has helped Ogilvie Fleet win a four-year full outsourcing contract to provide vehicles and a range of services to Raymond Brown Construction.

Places are filling up fast for the next ICFM Fast Track training course, which starts on April 4 and 5, 2017, but delegate spaces remain available.

Grosvenor Leasing has launched ‘OZone’, a new service to advise and support companies that want to their fleet to become zero or low emissions.

Fleet management software provider Jaama is continuing with its growth plans for 2017 by creating more new positions within the business.

A group of fleet industry professionals have joined forces to launch Horizon Vehicle Management, which they believe could 'shake up' the UK market.

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Nick Jones, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, has refused to return an impounded vehicle to an Irish logistics firm.

Tantalum Corporation has appointed Ozgur Tohumcu as its chief executive officer to help develop its position as a leading provider of connected car technology.

The MoD has been issued with a Crown Censure by the HSE after an agency driver, working for the MoD, was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle.

TomTom Telematics will demonstrate its latest developments in connected fleet management systems at this year’s CV Show.