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UK employees are failing to take annual leave, with almost two- thirds of staff not using their holiday allowance.

CONTRACT hire and leasing group All-in-One Leasing has recruited a former professional footballer to its sales team.

MATTHEW Weight, manager business sales, Renault UK

THRIFTY Car & Van Rental has increased its sales team from six to 15 including a new field sales manager, Peter Flanagan.

DOMENICO Mariconda has joined Lex after five years with Nissan, where he was product manager for the medium sports car and small car markets.

LINDA O’Hara, fleet manager Musgrave.

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DETAILS of a major initiative to help fleet decision-makers cover all aspects of at-work road safety will be revealed at this year’s Hit for Six Conference.

A NEW dawn or the sun setting on another great British marque? Whatever your view, Ford is remaining silent over mounting speculation that it is considered selling its Jaguar luxury car division.

A LEAKED letter from the UK’s top transport official has suggested that a national road pricing scheme could start next year – and would use national standards and prices to avoid driver confusion.

PROPOSALS that include increasing road tax to £1,800 a year for the most polluting vehicles to reduce greenhouse gases have been broadly welcomed by the UK fleet industry.

FLEET operators’ association ACFO has formalised its board at an extraordinary general meeting.

A NEW servicing programme from Peugeot offers fixed labour rates and discounted prices on service and wear parts.

SKODA’S Superb range has been revised for the 2007 model year, with some minor styling tweaks and a new dashboard layout.

SEAT will launch a new variant of its Altea range at the Paris Motor Show next month.

CITROËN is adding to its MPV range with the launch of the striking seven-seat C4 Picasso, pictured here for the first time

THE Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund (BEN), has taken delivery of four new minibuses for its UK residential and daycare centres.

MANUFACTURERS have moved to quash fears that a strike by vehicle handlers last week could affect new car deliveries.

FLEET managers have been warned to be on the lookout for employees ‘swapping’ penalty points.

A DOZEN Mitsubishi L200s are being used by beach rescue teams as part of a new fleet deal.

MERCEDES-Benz has introduced two new high performance models to its CLK range.

FLEETS can access a new risk management website with advice on vehicles, drivers and journeys.

GENERAL Motors has re-signed a contract with Universal Vehicle Services for its vehicle salvage and disposal management in the UK.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

AUDI has revealed the first pictures of its S3 Quattro performance model.