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OFFICE, industrial and retail refurbishment company Trills Services has signed a three-year deal with Nissan and taken on five Kubistar small panel vans, a Primastar van and Cabstar compact truck.

ONE out of every 10 employees in small or medium-sized businesses is uninsured for driving their own car for work, new research has found.

SWEDISH retail giant Ikea has signed a solus fleet deal with Skoda and Lombard Vehicle Management.

HSB Engineering Insurance and its engineering inspection subsidiary HSB Haughton have restructured their company car policies.

A PHENOMENON known as waxing could leave diesel drivers stranded if temperatures plummet, fleet managers have been warned.

FLEET NewsNet continues its assessment of the best company cars ever.

IS there a more perfect car than Porsche’s evergreen 911? In terms of performance, handling, driver feedback, style, build quality and useability, little can match its all-round appeal.

IMAGINE spending more than £30,000 on a company car for the fleet? It’s not too difficult to envisage but what if the £30,000 just covered the optional extras?

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

TOP Gayer, the online gay automotive publication, announced recently that it had joined forces with Gaycar.co.uk to provide business users and private customers with leased vehicles.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

LDV has revealed it has been in discussions to secure a vital financing package to fund the restart of production.

GENERAL Motors BV (formerly General Motors Nederland BV) and Opel Nederland BV, look set to lose a second appeal against being fined over preventing their dealers exporting to other European Union (EU) member countries.

THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to lend E12 million to the Ukraine’s First Lease, a Kiev-based vehicle fleet leasing company.

THE European Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control by Fiat over car and lorry leasing company Leasys SpA, which until now has been jointly controlled by the Italian auto manufacturer and electrical group ENEL.

Volkswagen's elegant new Passat Estate is a car full of pleasant surprises.

FLEETS have welcomed a move this week that will allow them to continue to reclaim VAT on fuel bought by individual drivers.

FLEETS were ignored in the Pre-Budget Report this week, with an announcement on the changes to the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) held over for a later date.

THE fleet industry is calling for a cohesive approach to Government plans to extend congestion charging to towns and cities across England.

COMPANY car drivers spend a staggering 25 days a year on the road as part of their jobs, new research suggests.

CRIMINALS are able to target company cars in the hope of valuable portable satellite navigation systems being left inside because of marks on the windscreen, fleet managers have been warned.

THE Health and Safety Executive has announced the appointment of Geoffrey Podger as its new chief executive.

VOLKSWAGEN’S new Jetta range – essentially a booted Golf – will cost from £14,635 when it goes on sale in February.

CREW working for an international cruise company now have access to rental vehicles following a deal between Carnival UK, the parent company of P&O Cruises, and Countrywide Car and Van Rental.

THE Metropolitan Police Service has awarded a 10-year fleet management contract to Lex Transfleet, severing its controversial links with Venson.

A LIST of the top 10 tips when looking for a fleet management company has been compiled by Leasedrive Group.

A SERVICE designed to tackle the problem of lost documents on fleet vehicles has doubled in size to cope with demand.

LESS than a third of fleets have brought forward their company car replacement cycles so drivers beat the increase in benefit-in-kind tax on new Euro IV diesel cars.

CAR retailer Reg Vardy is being sold to rival firm Pendragon for £450 million.