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THE GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to introduce a draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill which could hold companies accountable for fatal accidents involving their drivers.

ENTRIES are flooding in for the Fleet News Awards 2005 – but those who have not yet got their submissions in are being urged to do so now, particularly fleet managers and fleet service companies.

Formal training in fleet management can pay for itself hundreds of times over, delegates at the Institute of Car Fleet Management heard during their annual conference, entitled ‘Going for Gold’ at the Motor Heritage Centre in Gaydon.

Congestion charging could be coming to a town near you as councils look at how to keep traffic flowing in busy areas. Local authorities are encouraged by the impact that the London congestion charge has had on traffic, but daily rental companies have a very different story to tell

IT can cost more to buy a pair of shoes than it does to rent a car for the day.

The latest appointments in the fleet industry

Mike Rowney, Fleet manager - East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

Combining tradition and modernity

Launch dates for key fleet models

HI-tech location systems that pinpoint mobile phones when they are used to make emergency calls could save lives, a major European report has claimed.

TOYOTA is celebrating the manufacture of its 2.5 millionth vehicle in Europe.

UP to 11% of petrol at fuel stations in Poland is of poor quality and could be damaging engines, experts have warned, although the problem has improved significantly in recent years.

TELE Atlas, a global provider of digital maps, is extending its European coverage eastwards. More than 20 central and east European countries will be put in the Tele Atlas digital map database during 2005, taking the total European coverage to 40 countries.

MAHA UK has won the distributor of the year award at this year's Maha International sales meeting in Haldenwang, Germany.

A SENIOR Government Minister has given whole-hearted backing to favouring company cars instead of cash allowances as the most environmentally-friendly solution to road transport for employees.

AS the saying goes ‘you need to be in it to win it’. So enter now for the Fleet News Awards 2005. Fleet News is currently looking for fleet managers and fleet service companies to enter for next year’s awards.

COMPANY car drivers are not being given adequate protection in low-speed crashes, a survey of typical fleet models claims.

HUNDREDS of accidents involving company car drivers could be prevented every year if more fleets selected electronic stability programmes (ESPs) from vehicle options lists.

THE price gap between liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other fuels is continuing to grow as petrol and diesel costs climb higher.

IT may resemble the latest weapon in the war against late delivery of milk but in fact this is part of the battle against global terrorism.

SALES of cars between motor trade professionals must be declared at open market rates under a VAT law being introduced in the UK.

AS the run-up to Christmas begins, hard-hitting research has shown that almost a quarter of drivers killed on UK roads are over the drink-drive limit.

LEASING group YourFleet has been awarded two prestigious titles in the past month.

INTRODUCING an online tracking system has helped one housing management company streamline its fleet.

EXPERTS are reviewing whether a law to ban smoking in public places in Scotland could lead to lighting up in fleet cars and vans being outlawed.

A PLANT and tool hire specialist has undertaken a massive risk assessment of its 1,900 company drivers in just two weeks in one of the biggest operations ever undertaken in the UK.

HYBRID technology was given a boost on Monday as the Toyota Prius was named European Car of the Year.

AUDI has revealed the new A6 Avant before its spring launch.

THE details of a new corporate manslaughter law that would affect company directors if one of their fleet drivers was involved in a fatal accident could be unveiled in the Queen’s Speech next week.