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DOUBLE glazing firm Anglian Home Improvements has taken delivery of 16 Fiat Doblo 1.9 JTD MPVs.

SUZUKI has launched a diesel version of its new Grand Vitara, costing £16,999.

HEPBURN Engineering Group has signed a deal to monitor its van fleet using Cybit’s Fleetstar-Online telematics system.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

OIL is running out. It may well be years away, but we are consuming a decreasing resource at an ever-increasing rate.

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

AUCTION halls will see a subdued start to the new year, unlike the more upbeat starts to recent years.

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

FLEET News and Fleet News Europe are helping drive forward a campaign to save 25,000 lives on the roads by signing up to the European Road Safety Charter.

MAJOR changes in boardroom attitudes to fleet safety will only be driven through personal interests and fear of the consequences of not taking action, a senior panel of fleet experts has concluded.

A QUARTER of new vehicles will be sold without a spare wheel by 2008 as manufacturers shift to run-flat tyre technology.

MAZDA is the latest car firm to launch an SUV model, with the announcement of the new CX-7.

FLEET managers have given a mixed reception to new rules designed to sidestep potential damaging European legislation for reclaiming VAT on fuel bought by individual drivers.

ACCIDENT management firm Helphire Group has announced its results for the first half of the current financial year.

ASKING drivers to ‘read the handbook’ is an almost impossible task because most guides are more than 400 pages long and information is difficult to find.

BMW Group’s special sale programme with BCA during 2006 will feature BCA’s Live Online service that allows internet bidders to compete online against buyers in the auction hall.

A FLAGSHIP BMW dealership is offering drivers a free game of golf while they wait for their cars to be serviced.

NOBILAS Claims and Fleet Solutions has brought out a new vehicle repair product.

THE Government has announced major reforms in the way speed cameras are funded and will encourage local authorities to consider alternatives to reducing the number of accidents on UK roads.

SAAB’S revised 9-5 range of saloons and estates will be priced from £21,051 when deliveries begin this week.

SATELLITE navigation systems and speed camera warning devices are set to be the big Christmas present this year – but they could cause safety problems, fleets have heard.

IN the last three weeks we have looked back to the 1950s to consider the finest car ever in fleet, chosen by a panel of experts from across the fleet industry.

TURNING around a company which had a high turnover but was making massive losses was the challenge facing Terry Donovan when he took on the role of chief executive at vehicle tracking system manufacturer Minorplanet.

WE take a look back at the highs and the lows of the last year in fleet.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

AUDI’S Q7 will be in quite a fight for corporate business next year, with over 25 SUVs on offer during 2006.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

THE most important issues facing European fleets and their suppliers will be tackled at a major conference in Brussels to be held on February 8.

THE chief executive officer of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, has been elected president of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association for 2006.

ALD Automotive is now offering full service leasing and fleet management in Romania.