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MAZDA has announced details of its new MX-5.<P>

CVC Capital Partners has this afternoon announced it is to sell Kwik-Fit to Speedy 1 for £800m.

A HOUSEHOLD services provider has announced a multi-million pound fleet deal for hundreds of vans fitted with satellite navigation units.

FLEETS and their suppliers have made their final bid to influence the shape of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill.

A DISPUTE between Britain’s general trade union – the GMB – and the AA over working conditions could hit fleets needing breakdown and recovery support if a strike is called.

A HOUSEHOLD services provider has announced a multi-million pound fleet deal for hundreds of vans fitted with satellite navigation units.

FLEETS should include mis-fuelling in their driver policies as part of a negligence clause as soon as possible, businesses have been told.

HIGHLANDS and Islands Airports (HIA) is using a new fleet management software system to manage its diverse range of 600 vehicles.

PEUGEOT’S 307 hatchback, estate, SW and CC models get the brand’s ‘shark’s nose’ grille from September.

NATIONAL Car Rental has renewed a £400,000 contract with Kwik-Fit, marking the continuation of an 11-year relationship.

SWEDISH furniture giant Ikea is trialling a fuel cell vehicle for deliveries in Germany. The company is using a HydroGen3 vehicle, which is based on the Opel Zafira and runs on liquid hydrogen.

EUROPEAN car price tracking index eurocarprice.com has launched a new website and extended its pricing analysis.

RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin attended an official ceremony to mark the start of construction of Toyota’s new manufacturing plant in St Petersburg.

AN INNOVATIVE form of technology just launched takes vehicle tracking to a new level.

LIKE any form of new technology, people have to get used to the idea before embracing it with open arms. Satellite navigation is now a very popular option on new vehicles but it has not always been this way – when navigation units first hit the headlines, take-up was slow.

CONSUMERS are getting lazy. Rather than spending hours trawling the shops for goods, they have discovered the joy of internet shopping in their own home.

FLEETS will have to make sure their vans are in top condition when they are remarketed, or face not being able to sell them.

FLEETS will have to make sure their vans are in top condition when they are remarketed, or face not being able to sell them.

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

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

REMARKETING giant BCA has launched a loyalty card scheme called MyBCA.

AVIS Rent A Car has appointed Hi-Q as the sole supplier of tyres for its fleet of about 20,000 vehicles.

NISSAN has unveiled a folding roof hardtop version of its Micra supermini.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.

INDUSTRY opinion is divided over whether diesel sales will soar later this year before new company car tax rules no longer exempt drivers from a 3% benefit-in-kind penalty.

THE Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has criticised the London Assembly Liberal Democrats for a ‘hitlist’ it has published of SUVs that it says should incur twice the congestion charge of other vehicles.

NEW and old have been blended together for the new Mercedes-Benz S-class which comes to the UK next year.

THIS is Renault’s new Clio, on sale in the UK from October.

TOYOTA is dropping three cars from its UK line-up in response to forthcoming emissions laws.