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A RISE in deaths involving police vehicles is a sign of lowering standards of driver training, it is claimed.

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

UPPER-medium cars – one of the core models in the fleet arena – continue to be the worst performing vehicles at auction, selling on average for less than 30% of their price new.

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

PEUGEOT’S revised 607 range has just gone on sale, with prices starting at £24,995.

THE new Renault Clio has been named Car of the Year 2006 by motoring journalists from 22 European countries.

THE collapse of MG Rover has cost the taxpayer more than £231 million.

FLEETS can now access a new website offering good practice information on occupational safety and health at work.

WOMEN driving on business are increasingly being caught for speeding.

DESPITE the Government’s push to increase the use of biofuels, companies producing the fuel are finding trading increasingly difficult, following the removal of a tax break by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

THE majority of UK boardrooms are failing to consider their company’s fleet operations when attempting to improve business performance, new research has found.

DRIVERS have been slammed for ‘acting like children’ over a company’s attempts to limit the brands of fuel they are allowed to buy for their company cars.

HAMPSHIRE Constabulary has become the first police force in the country to utilise an operator-controlled satellite navigation system.

The Fleet News Awards is the biggest night in the fleet industry. Each year, more than 1,300 people descend on the Le Meridien Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, to see who wins the coveted titles, to see old friends, dance and celebrate.

Count us out of the market share game

WITH a growing number of public sector fleets focusing on their green credentials, Lexus is hoping its new performance hybrid SUV can find a place within police forces.

CAR manufacturers are climbing over themselves to offer the most economical and environmentally-friendly operations – and not just in terms of vehicle emissions.

AN international call for consistent Government support for clean fuels has been made by some of the leading figures in the global automotive industry.

The combination of a fleet car and a quantity of vegetable oil could help protect some of the world’s most endangered species, as Mike Roberts explains

KEY appointments in the fleet industry.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

MANHEIM has recently launched its new website, where it claims to bring all the latest innovations from the US as well as adding some of its own to the UK fleet manager.

HYUNDAI is to build a €1 billion car factory in mainland Europe to help with its expansion plans.

SOFTWARE firm International Decision Systems Europe (IDS) has launched a new version of its fleet management system FleetWare, called FleetWare Lite.

NATIONWIDE Crash Repair Centres has revamped the customer service areas across the country.

GLASGOW vehicle hire firm AMK Self Drive has bought 20 new LDV Maxus panel vans.

DIAMOND Advanced Motorists has introduced eco-safe driving to its advanced driving test.

NEW car sales in central and eastern Europe fell slightly over the past year, but underlying growth is apparent for the third quarter of 2005. The market was down 0.8% compared to the same time in 2004, but third-quarter (Q3) sales this year rose 6%.

GENERAL Motors Europe has appointed Ian Hucker (pictured right), formerly Vauxhall’s national commercial vehicle sales manager, as director of pan-European corporate sales and leasing.

THE growth in the number of flights to Eastern Europe has prompted National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car to open a site in Bulgaria.