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LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

BCA won the Best Website accolade in the latest Fleet News Awards for its site at www.bca-europe.com, ahead of impressive entries that included GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services and Inchcape Fleet Solutions.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry

UK automotive companies have been investigating the opportunities of new business in Russia.

PAN-EUROPEAN growth is at the heart of a five-year expansion plan announced by software company cfc solutions.

THE Government has revealed a tough new Corporate Manslaughter Bill in one of the final steps to making companies liable for failing in their duty of care to employees driving on business

THE impact of a new Corporate Manslaughter Bill will be one of the issues tackled at the Fleet News Spring Conference – Double Jeopardy

A SENIOR Government transport official has praised the use of city car clubs as an ideal method to help tackle congestion

VOLKSWAGEN is to use lower prices and higher perceived values in a fresh bid to sharpen the appeal of its controversial Phaeton model in the corporate sector

EXECUTIVES choosing Lexus’ proposed hybrid 300bhp GS450h could be paying benefit-in-kind tax on the equivalent banding of a 2.0-litre compact saloon, should it go on sale next year

ALD AUTOMOTIVE has launched an online staff benefit scheme for its employees

COMPANIES with a number of pool cars on the fleet will be able to take advantage of a new telematics system due to be launched this autumn

A FLEET seminar focusing on ‘Driver Training in Modern Fleet Operations’ will take place on April 27

A FREE safety guide for fleets and their drivers has now surpassed the 50,000 production mark

THE dealer repair market is facing collapse due to a massive drop in the amount of repair work and plummeting prices for fleet business

AUDI has announced that prices for its 4.2-litre, V8-powered super saloon, the RS4 quattro, will start at £49,980

INDUSTRY groups have welcomed a new report on road charging, but believe a system will only work if the price is right

FAST-fit giant ATS Euromaster has embarked on a massive revamp of its network, with an average of one outlet a week being given a makeover

A VEHICLE rental firm has ordered 140 new LDV Maxus panel vans, making it the first big fleet deal for the new model

LIVERPOOL timber and builders merchant, Beers Timber & Building Supplies, has taken delivery of seven Toyota Avensis cars

DANISH hi-fi specialist Bang & Olufsen has developed a new sound system for the Audi A8 range

COMPUTER supplier Tiny.com has awarded a £3 million deal to Amtrak Express Parcels which will deliver more than 2,000 packages for its next day delivery service

Average fuel prices in the UK

CONGESTION charging and road tolls – not terms likely to improve the good humour of most road users

Letters to Fleet News editor John Maslen

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

Longer leases steady the auction year

Glass’s experts give the lowdown on what’s selling and what’s sitting