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CHANGES to the board of fleet operators’ association Acfo will be made at its AGM and conference next week.

FLEETS in the future could be travelling on congestion-beating rubber toll roads built on disused railway lines if an ambitious project wins governmental approval.

ATS EUROMASTER has announced its new managing director as Ian Stuart.

TONY Blair’s latest cabinet reshuffle has produced a new Transport Secretary to replace Alistair Darling.

JOHN Wallace has been promoted to corporate sales and leasing manager at Volvo UK.

NISSAN has revised its Pathfinder SUV range and cut prices by as much as £3,000.

A MAJOR campaign urging UK companies to embrace the idea of flexible working practices for staff could reduce congestion on the roads by up to 10% over the next five years, it is claimed.

RENAULT’S hot Clio model – always a user-chooser favourite – will cost less than £16,000 when it goes on sale in July.

IF one in five London drivers chose a hybrid petrol/electric car, the environmental effect would be the same as taking 10,000 cars off the road, it has been claimed.

TOYOTA claims it is the first car maker in the UK to offer specialist conversions for disabled drivers as factory-fit options.

DAIHATSU has launched a new Terios.

AUDI is improving the stereo offering on its cars.

VOLVO’S revised S60 range goes on sale in July.

SPARE a thought for Peter Greenwood of Marshall Leasing, who was the only member of his team to turn up for the South Midlands heat of the 2006 Kwik-Fit Fleet National Karting Challenge.

DANIEL Craig, the new James Bond, will have a brand new Aston Martin as his latest company car.

A BELFAST-based taxi cab may be able to boast of having the biggest fleet of its kind in the UK – after taking delivery of 100 Skoda Superbs.

PEUGEOT’S new 207 will be priced from £8,995 to £15,345 when it goes on sale next month.

AVERAGE prices in the UK.

No longer am I surprised that, when having set up a group to discuss just a couple of issues, many more quickly come to the surface. So it is with what we are currently describing as a European Issues Group.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

FLEET NewsNet looks at how new cars taken on to a fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles.

The values of prestige diesel cars are holding up well, and even improving in some cases, despite predictions that high volumes would seriously harm their second-hand prices.

Wilsons Auctions Scotland has been presented with the Renault Financial Services ‘Best Vehicle Remarketing Company’ award.

BMW has developed a new concept car, which merges its Z4 model with its classic 328 racing car.

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

KIA has developed a new sales and aftersales customer satisfaction programme to help give the Korean manufacturer a more focused attention to its customers.

VOLKSWAGEN has announced it is making a number of changes to its product ranges, reducing the number of vehicle engines, trims and specification combinations.

ALISTAIR Darling, the new trade and industry secretary has outlined the responsibilities of his new ministerial team.

MASTERLEASE has restructured its full service leasing business in Europe into two distinct geographic regions.

DEMAND for light commercial vehicles across Europe pushed sales figures up by more than 7% for the first three months of the year.