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FLICKING back through some old issues of Fleet News the other day, I discovered that a lot of people who are invited to contribute their opinions on this page take health and safety as their chosen topic on which to pontificate.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.

FLEET NewsNet looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles. Using data from used car expert CAP Motor Research, we benchmark two cars against each other to see how they perform over the traditional fleet cycle.

GLASS’S experts give the lowdown on what’s selling and what’s sitting

RESULTS from sales across the UK.

SALES of new cars across central and Eastern Europe have fallen during the first half of the year. Independent data from business information company JATO shows sales were down by 4.03% compared to the same period last year.

COMPANY car fleets using daily rental vehicles on the Continent can now take advantage of new satellite navigation technology.

WHITE van man has become a scapegoat for bad management practices as many fleets hand the keys over to young employees without properly training them to drive their vehicles.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has become one of the most profitable contract hire and leasing companies in the country after announcing its half-year results.

RENAULT’S new Clio range will be priced from £8,895 to £12,650 when it goes on sale in October.

COLOURFUL performers at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival are travelling round the city in a fleet of Renault Grand Espaces.

VEHICLE management company Arnold Clark Finance has opened new premises near Manchester as part of its expansion plans.

HONDA’S FR-V diesel range will be priced from £17,300 when it goes on sale next month.

EUROPCAR is fitting a tracking and navigation system into its fleet of Mercedes-Benz C-class and E-class vehicles.

RUNNING a fleet of up to 400 vehicles in-house is not commercially viable and should be outsourced, a fleet manager has claimed.

THE Zafira is the latest Vauxhall to get the VXR treatment, resulting in a seven-seat mini-MPV with 237bhp and a top speed of 144mph.

INTERNATIONAL breakdown firm Europ Assistance is investigating the potential for a major expansion into the UK fleet market.

DUN & Bradstreet uses a Safe Driver Draw to encourage employees to remain claim-free for a year.

HOW many company car drivers would reject the idea of money for nothing?

CARS being rammed by criminals, a Boeing 747 pranging a vehicle and a heavy cargo load dropping from a ship on to a Ford Transit van.

KEY appointments in the fleet industry.

WITH a homepage bordered on each side by grey panels, first-time visitors to this site may question its design. It looks like a Microsoft Word document with an image pasted onto it.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

A BUSINESS pressure group says London Mayor Ken Livingstone must suspend the congestion charge for six months after his own advisers predicted an economic downturn in London of £200m to £300m following July's terror attacks.

MERCEDES-Benz CharterWay, the international commercial vehicle, financial services, contract hire and fleet management arm of DaimlerChrysler, has won a contract Hire agreement for Ocado, the online grocery delivery service for Waitrose.

GENERAL Motors has announced a major initiative that will support its fleet and product management activity across 10 countries. The company has appointed automotive business intelligence company EurotaxGlass’s to supply ‘strategic consultancy services’ with a team from the company based at GM’s fleet sales headquarters in Germany.

THE famous London black cab could soon be a prominent feature in Moscow, as Russia is among a growing amount of countries that have expressed an interest in adding the vehicles to their own taxi fleets. UK-based manufacturer LTI Vehicles has already supplied vehicles to countries including China, Mexico, Nigeria and South Africa.

THE European Commission has formally threatened the Italian government with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over national regulations that prevent companies based in foreign European Union (EU) countries from registering vehicles in Italy.

THE Peugeot 407. Driving forward new standards

VAN security is coming under increased scrutiny as research organisation Thatcham begins to develop an LCV ratings system.