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INCREASED offerings from credit card companies are drawing fleets away from the traditional fuel card, analysts claim.

THE MINI Cooper and Peugeot 207CC have achieved maximum scores for adult occupant protection in the latest round of crash tests.

SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s has announced plans to convert a fifth of its home delivery fleet to electric vehicles by 2008.

PORTSMOUTH-based estate agency Fry and Kent has taken delivery of its third black Volkswagen Beetle liveried with the orange Fry and Kent logo.

A SURVEY of 1,000 employees on benefit choices found the majority want their employer to be environmentally responsible.

INSURANCE companies have called for action to cut the number of young people killed or seriously injured on UK roads.

A MOBILE security group has replaced its 100-strong fleet of Vauxhall Corsas with Ford Transit Connects following a fleet review.

A SURVEY of hundreds of UK fleets has added weight to calls for the industry and the government to do more to encourage fleets to go green.

AN Audi concept car unveiled in China points to a Land Rover Freelander rival due in 2010.

A RECORD number of delegates have already signed up to Risk in Fleet, our next conference which will be held on May 15.

LLOYDS TSB autolease has teamed up with the National Forest Company to plant of a tree for every new vehicle it delivers to customers.

HOTELS, restaurant and health and fitness giant Whitbread is aiming to improve employee safety by using a service that links risk and accident management.

WATER and sewage treatment company Wessex Water is fitting a vehicle tracking system and fleet management system to over 80 of its vans.

CITROËN Retail Group has opened its biggest dealership in the country.

AVERAGE prices across the UK.

THOUSANDS of employees could be jeopardising corporate security by divulging computer passwords to external sources.

STEVE Martin has joined Fastline, the specialist vehicle division of Jarvis, as head of sales.

ANDY Doran has joined electric vehicle manufacturer Modec as a southern sales representative.

ZENITH Vehicle Contracts has appointed James Clewer as its new business tender executive, where he will be responsible for producing the company’s responses to invitations to tender for new contracts.

PETER Gluckstein, CRM development manager, Mondial

MARIE Jarrold, car fleet controller British Car Auctions

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MARTIN Ward, CAP’s manufacturer relationships manager, scours the globe for the week’s insider fleet intelligence.

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News editor Martyn Moore.

SALES of new cars across Europe for the year to date have fallen slightly, although new EU member states performed well, latest figures show.

CRITICISM has been levelled at nine European countries for not doing enough to reduce the amount of deaths involving drink drivers on their roads.

BMW UK has warned that a spate of bogus emails titled ‘International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company’ are being circulated on the internet.

Renault has given its Espace MPV range a refresh for this year with a new model line-up and new diesel engines.