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12 May 2014 Vehicle Quality Solutions (VQS) has secured a new three year contract to provide vehicle inspection services to Fiat Group Automobiles in the UK. It follows a ten
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Used car values rose 2.2% to £7,773 in April compared to the previous month, according to the BCA Pulse report. But although average values were rising the market was tougher
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Registrations of vans in April fell 0.6% to 20,620 units, according to figures from the SMMT. But year to date van sales were ahead 12.2% to 100,537 units. And despite
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Top three UK leasing firm Alphabet has won a joint contract to supply user-chooser contract hire cars for the London Fire Brigade, along with Lex Autolease and Days Contract Hire.
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Fleets look set to benefit from the Government’s decision to carry on subsiding the electric car market, this time with an investment of £500 million between 2015 and 2020. Under
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LeasePlan has launched a new initiative designed to encourage clients to consider leasing electric vehicles. Dubbed “Take a Leaf Out of Our Book”, the initiative will see the firm make
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With a little over six weeks to go until the Technology Showcase 2014, the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has today confirmed the event host, a new ‘roving reporter’ format and
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A Sunderland-based vehicle rental business has invested over £100,000 in a new delivery and collection app, said to be the first of its kind in the vehicle rental sector. Car2U,
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MINI has the best residual value performance in the UK, while Chrysler is the worst-performing manufacturer, according to a recent study by Glass’s. Glass’s has taken a look at the
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Glass’s is forecasting new car registrations will rise 4% in April to 170,000 units as the boom in retail sales continues. Glass’s has pencilled in a 5% increase in registrations
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Values of used cars dipped in April as high numbers of March plate-change trade-ins hit the market. In the first two weeks of the month, for 3yr/60,000 mile vehicles, values
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Category C or D insurance write-offs will soon come with a warning icon when advertised on Auto Trader. The move follows an agreement to use MIAFTR (Motor Insurance Anti Fraud
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