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NATIONAL Car Rental has added 25 smart city-coupes to its fleet for rental at its Brighton, Fulham and Marble Arch branches.

THE FARG Bodyshop of the Year Award has gone to Battersea-based Grosvenor Coachworks.

VANMAN has launched a short-term vehicle rental operation through its www.vanman.co.uk website.

SOUTHAMPTON-based Gasworks has taken on two new Citroen Xsara Enterprise vans.

STS Stapletons Tyres & Exhausts has joined the Fit4Fleet network.

CHARGING drivers for every mile they cover, in return for cutting other road taxes, could be the way to tackle Britain's growing congestion problems.

JAGUAR chairman Bob Dover says he is betting his career on the firm's entry into the diesel market. Fleet NewsNet discovers why and also reports on the new oil burning V6 engine.

HONDA'S new Civic IMA is helping win over sceptics of alternatively-fuelled vehicles and is also blazing a trail for acceptance of the technology among UK fleet operators.

FUEL cell technology will take a step closer to becoming production-ready when company fleets in Canada trial Ford Focus FCVs on the streets of Vancouver next year.

THE Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has backed a series of guides by TransportEnergy to encourage fleets to reduce the environmental impact of their vehicles.

CALOR Autogas has opened three advice centres in London aimed at fleets looking for information on alternative fuels and congestion charging.

ENERGY Minister Brian Wilson has hailed the delivery of the 100,000th liquefied petroleum gas vehicle in the UK as a 'significant landmark'.

THE autogas market in the UK has grown in the past five years from 3,000 vehicles to 100,000, representing the most rapid increase in Europe.

VAUXHALL is giving its green fuel operation a boost with the appointment of its first national Dualfuel manager.

TRAINING fleet drivers in a bid to combat dangerous driving is a key part of a new road safety policy launched by the European Commission (EC) which aims to halve the number of road deaths a year on EU roads by 2010.

A PARTY of 35 Portuguese dealers now have an insight into the UK's used car market following a visit to BCA Blackbushe.

The latest appointments in the fleet industry.

THE Porsche Boxster has the highest residual value percentage over three years/60,000 miles, a new survey has revealed.

PEUGEOT launched three new models on to the used vehicle market at a BCA sale.

VALUES for three-year-old cars have plummeted by 11.7% on average over the past year, according to the latest index from Alliance and Leicester.

BCA London has staged its second dedicated specialist convertible sale of the year.

'THE UK used car market is a multi-billion pound industry, employing huge numbers of people – many of whom have their own agenda. Therefore conflicts are inevitable and one of the most common complaints voiced by buyers or sellers is that the other side isn't listening.'

FLEET decision-makers have been warned to be on their guard against fuel fraud after an investigation at one of Britain's largest insurers uncovered a £150,000 fuel card scam.

FLEET decision-makers with responsibility for thousands of vehicles worth more than £60 million have called for help with training through the Fleet News/Fleet NewsNet Get Trained campaign.

DIESEL will be a no-cost option when Jaguar drives its landmark oil-powered X-type into showrooms this autumn. It will also be its first four cylinder model in decades.

COMPUTER boffins have been drafted in to help improve the reliability of Mercedes-Benz cars.

VAUXHALL'S new Vectra estate has been unveiled, offering virtually the same load space and even more rear legroom than the Omega estate.

SIR Paul McCartney surprised a teenage fan with a gift of a new Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet.