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HERTZ donated a new Fiat Punto as top prize at the Willow Ball, the Willow Foundation's annual flagship fund-raising event.

BSM Rider Training, the motorcycle and scooter rider training arm of the British School of Motoring and part of the RAC Group, is seeking training organisations and individuals who want to improve rider training and develop their business.

ELECTRONIC billing processes can significantly boost a fleet's efficiency, argues Neil McCrossan, vice-president of sales and marketing, at National Car Rental.

COMPANY drivers spend their lives on the road seconds from disaster because they do not know how long it takes a modern car to stop, new research suggests.

HERE'S your chance to vote in the Fleet News Awards 2004, for the best cars, vans and service suppliers in the industry.

JAPANESE upper-medium cars are renowned for being reliable vehicles, but until now they have never had that star quality. Our leasing panel assesses the latest cars from the East.

TOYOTA'S fleet executives are raising a glass to employees at UK brewer Carlsberg-Tetley who have made the manufacturer their most popular choice.

POLICE fleet managers attempting to balance the books are being urged to consider a new motorcycle leasing scheme.

LEWIS Day Transport has acquired six LDV Convoy Luton vans in a deal worth more than £150,000 at showroom prices.

THE RAF Mountain Rescue Service (MRS) has worked with vehicle suppliers to create a unique new vehicle based on a Mercedes-Benz 4x4 Sprinter.

AA TYRE FIT is now offering a three-year warranty on its tyres, which enables fleets to claim discounts of up to 100% on replacements.

VAUXHALL has unveiled the latest in a new generation of Euro IV-compliant diesel engines which will help cut company car drivers' tax bills and fleet operators' servicing costs.

DAIHATSU has supplied Tottenham Hotspur Football Club with six new vehicles for use by its commercial department.

SUBARU has claimed the top trophy in this year's Caravan Club Towcar of the Year competition.

WEEKS after the Health and Safety Executive launched ground-breaking guidance spelling out how companies can ensure drivers are safer on the road, half of fleet decision-makers have yet to even read the guidance.

PEUGEOT has admitted that sales of the car it launched three years ago as Europe's first volume-produced luxury model have not met initial expectations.

EIGHT years ago when Provecta Car Plan was launched from a small office in London, it had a workforce of one and no customer base.

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MARK Lovett, van brand manager for Renault UK, has been promoted to national van fleet sales manager. Lovett was responsible for the successful introduction of the new Renault Trafic in 2001, which won the Fleet News medium van of the year award this year. He is being replaced by Sandy MacRitchie.

THE city of Minsk in Belarus has taken on 200 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans to be used as taxis.

EUROPEAN car manufacturers have expressed an interest in a new detection system that could prevent accidents and save fleets money by alerting drivers to another vehicle in their blind spot.

A FLEET telematics specialist is set to boost its presence in France after agreeing a partnership with France Telecom.

FULL service history can be worth more than its weight in gold, according to new research from the used car experts CAP.

THE performance of the MPV sector is proving the real surprise package of 2003.

FEARS that the used market for fleet diesel vehicles could collapse with huge numbers reaching the market in a couple of years with nobody to buy them have been allayed by research in BCA's latest Used Car Market Report.

A INDEPENDENT residual value survey among 35 leasing companies has put a Volvo diesel at the top of a chart of junior executive contenders.