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AWARD-winning fleet manager Sally Weeks is the new chairman of the Scottish region of fleet managers’ association Acfo.

A HYBRID van has been created to extol the virtues of the technology to fleets.

THE Institute of Motor Industry has elected Guy Pearce, UK sales manager at the Fleet Auction Group (FLAG), as a fellow.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

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

USED LPG vehicles are good for the environment but not so good for the budget, according to auction specialist BCA, which says fleet managers should not expect a financial return on LPG vehicles when it comes to remarketing.

RESULTS of sales around the UK.

AS we find ourselves suddenly in the second half of the first decade of the new millennium (good grief – where did the first half go?), something rather curious is happening in the wonderful world of vans.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

FOR many fleet drivers, last Saturday was a moment in history as it was the last time they could light up in their vehicles without breaking the law.

ELECTRICAL retailer Homebuy has signed a deal with telematics firm Masternaut to fit satellite location and navigation technology to its fleet of 850 sales, service and delivery vehicles.

A ‘KNOW your limits’ campaign aimed at Scottish fleets by the East Coast Safety Camera Partnership is warning van drivers that if they obey speed limit signs on roads they could end up with points on their licence.

ARVAL UK chief executive Philippe Bismut is to join the company’s head offices in Paris as group managing director.

VIRGIN Atlantic has extended its contract with Volvo to supply cars for its chauffeur service.

NATIONAL charity Sue Ryder Care has appointed Volkswagen Group Leasing to supply, fund and maintain its fleet of commercial vehicles.

BMW’s Night Vision system, which uses infra-red technology to create a digital picture of objects ahead in a screen on the dash, is now available as a £1,385 option.

AMTRACK Express Parcels has signed a deal to deliver 75,000 PCs a year for computer firm MESH.

SKODA is making a concerted push to attract driving instructors to its cars.

MOTORISTS must ‘get on the pace or get off the roads’ when it comes to driving standards, according to a hard-hitting warning from one of Britain’s most senior police officers.

TOYOTA has opened a new training centre to impart maintenance and production skills to European employees.

CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown’s move to penalise drivers of 4x4s and luxury cars has met with a mixed reaction from the fleet industry.

A REPORT from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), released last week, looks into the impact of the company car tax reforms introduced in April 2002.

JUST 90 days ago, British van manufacturer LDV closed its production lines, sent its staff home and went into administration. The press predicted ‘another MG Rover’.

THE amount of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere is at a record high across the world, with global consumption of fossil fuels estimated to release more than 22 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS debating climate change see tree planting as a key way to reduce CO2 levels.

BIOETHANOL – the crop-grown environmentally friendly fuel – has gone on sale at public pumps for the first time.

THE director of an Oldham business has an experience of a lifetime at his fingertips, thanks to CompanyCarDriver.co.uk.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.