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FLEETS wanting to customise their vehicles could take a leaf out of the O’Neill surf team’s book.

MICROSOFT has announced the result of a six-month procurement review that included examining its fleet suppliers.

THE National Health Service (NHS) has awarded a car and LCV supply deal to Interleasing.

PETROL retailers should ensure their tyre pressure gauges are working and are accurate, the RAC Foundation has claimed, after it received complaints that many were inoperable.

CHRISTINE Hamilton is guest speaker at the National Tyre Distributors Association’s annual dinner to be held on April 6 next year.

VAUXHALL is on course for a second consecutive year at the top of the fleet sales charts with the Corsa, Vectra and Zafira showing significant sales improvements over 2003.

READ any article about an Audi car, and you can be pretty certain that ‘understated’ will appear in it somewhere.

AS PUMP prices continue to rocket skywards, there has never been more need to keep tight control on fuel expenditure.

MAKING the decision to implement a fuel card system is the first of many steps for fleet managers wanting to control fuel expenditure.

TO celebrate its 12th birthday, a ‘non-fault’ vehicle replacement firm has hit the lights on a new website at www.driveassist.co.uk, designed by its marketing agency Q Marketing & Media.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.

CITROEN says its autumn campaign and Citroën National Van Open Fortnight, running from October 15 – 30, will include virtually all its UK dealers.

PRESSURE is being placed on the Governement to put the clocks forward this month, rather than back in order to save lives.

CHAINS are made of links, each one as strong and as vital as the next. In the leasing chain, brokers form a vital link as they are the organisations that operate on a local basis, often in niche markets in areas that larger organisations would find difficult and expensive to penetrate.

Letters to the editor

September CV registrations reached the highest monthly volume for 15 years.

A NEW telematics-based insurance product promises to save fleets hundreds of thousands of pounds in costs by fixing premiums for up to three years.

TRANSPORT Minister David Jamieson is one of the speakers confirmed for the Fleet News Industry Conference, to be held in London next month.

FORD’S new Focus will head into battle with the Vauxhall Astra with a clear advantage in residual values according to the latest figures from CAP Monitor.

INDUSTRY experts are calling on the Government to introduce urgent new safety measures after latest figures show an increase in the number of people losing their lives on British roads.

THE order books open on the new Nissan 350Z Roadster and Murano on October 15 with prices at £26,000 and £29,900 on the road respectively.

CITROEN’S revised C5 will have a lower list price at the entry point to the range and promises a higher level of equipment.

THE 2004 Fleet News Europe Tax Guide featuring detailed analysis of 16 countries and key accession states is now available, priced at E100.

CUSTOMERS of chauffeur company Graham Brit Services could soon be transported in a petrol-electric hybrid Lexus RX400h, which goes on sale next year.

A PROPERTY support services group has ordered a new fleet, with many of the vehicles equipped with satellite navigation to help meet its duty of care to employees.

THE distance van drivers can travel without wearing a seatbelt when making deliveries looks set to become 50 metres from next year.

A NEW Porsche Boxster goes on sale in November, with increased power from its 2.7-litre and 3.2-litre flat-six engines.

SCOTTISH fleets look set to benefit from a decision to pump £300 million into the country’s road and rail network in a bid to improve transport links.

CASH-for-car drivers can take advantage of a ‘buy one get one free’ offer from Daewoo.