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BT is offering its online driver training system to its employees’ family and friends in a bid to ensure thousands more people remain safe on the roads.

WESTERN Power Distribution (WPD) has appointed Cooper Tyres as its sole supplier of rubber for its fleet of 80 Ford Ranger 4x4 vehicles.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

GATESHEAD Council has been awarded the top prize at the inaugural Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards for saving 300 tonnes of CO2 and cutting mileage by nearly 300,000 miles in the last year.

LAND Rover is attempting to push the Freelander upmarket with this, the second version, and this means that more than ever before it is going to have to compete with the BMW X3 – the accepted benchmark for a premium small SUV.

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

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

IAM Fleet has appointed Simon Protano as its new business manager for the north of England.

MIKE Wise is returning to Kwik-Fit to replace Nigel Davies as UK sales director on December 4.

ONE in five at-work drivers has not had an eyesight test for the past five years.

FOR the chauffeur fleet or managing director wanting the ultimate in luxury, the new range-topping Maybach could well be the answer.

A DOUBLE Fleet News award- winner responsible for creating a major government departmental fleet has retired from the industry.

FLEETS can air their views as part of a consultation on detailed proposals for a London Low Emission Zone.

SCOTTISH-based Ogilvie Fleet has announced a 28% increase in turnover, up from £53 million to £68 million for the year to June 2006.

INSURER Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company has signed a two-year contract with Universal Vehicle Services (UVS) for its salvage management and disposal services throughout the UK.

COOKSON Electronics has awarded Grosvenor Contract Leasing with a sole-supplier contract for its fleet of 70 multi-marque cars.

KWIK-FIT Fleet is offering a free five-point vehicle check covering batteries, exhausts, tyres, tracking and glass/wipers at its nationwide centres.

WISH Communications, which reviews companies’ mobile telecom usage in a bid to make savings, has appointed Alphabet as supplier of its 20 contract-hired vehicles.

CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown is being urged to cut company car tax in this year’s budget for drivers who switch to biofuel-powered vehicles.

SIR Richard Branson has taken delivery of a Saab 9-5 BioPower, which runs on bioethanol E85.

NORWICH Union is currently trialling biofuel cars in a move which could lead to an increased number appearing on fleets run by parent company Aviva.

THE wonder of youth. Fresh of face and bursting with energy, the younger generation represents the burgeoning future of your firm.

OF the essential items that vehicles need replacing on a regular basis, brakes don’t get much press.

THE way in which we pay to use our roads is going to change. John Lewis, director general of the BVRLA, looks at the issues.

THE government has said it will not introduce a maximum working week of 48 hours following discussions with the Social Affairs Council of the EU.

JON York has been promoted to fleet operations manager at Centrica.

CAP has appointed Madelaine Smith as head of customer account management for contract hire and leasing.

LLOYD Brown has joined IAM Fleet as head of training.

Terry Swanton, national corporate sales manager, Mazda.