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Car fleet win and carbon neutrality

Car fleet win and carbon neutrality Yorkshire-based fleet lessor Zenith Vehicle Contracts has won a deal to provide 300 company cars to Otto UK, a direct mail company.Terms for the deal were not announced

Pendragon: Profit forecast cut

Pendragon: Profit forecast cut Car dealer Pendragon has said that its profits for full-year 2007 will be £12m lower than predicted, sparking a 35 per cent slide in its share price.

A mixed year

A mixed year With the warm feelings that come from Christmas cheer and a large advocaat snowball I shall sit back and reflect on 2007 and sum it up from a brokers perspective The biggest event of the year for me was the sad loss of my best friend, confidant and advisor my mum, who has been the biggest supporter of mine and will be dreadfully missed

Pendragon lowers profit forecasts

Pendragon lowers profit forecasts Car dealer Pendragon has said that its profits for full-year 2007 will be £12m lower than predicted, sparking a 35 per cent slide in its share price

Fleets’ carbon footprint falling

ALD Automotives study into company car emissions is therefore welcome news, as the fleet management and leasing company found that the CO2 output from the company cars it provides has fallen by 40 per cent in four years.

New entities after split

The changes will also affect the companies’ UK arms. As of November 1 Mercedes-Benz Cars (Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, smart, Maybach) and Commercial Vehicle (Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Fuso) will be operated by Mercedes-Benz UK Limited, with the retail subsidiary to become Mercedes-Benz Retail Group UK Limited.

Here to stay?

Many fleet managers are turning to more environmentally sound car fleets in line with new sustainability trends within corporations

Forestry Commission deal for ING Car Lease

Forestry Commission deal for ING Car Lease ING Car Lease has won a deal to provide the Forestry Commission with car leasing services, to a maximum value of £293,000 per year

Fleet finds its carbon footprint is falling

ALD Automotives study into company car emissions is therefore welcome news, as the fleet management and leasing company found that the CO2 output from the company cars it provides has fallen by 40 per cent in four years.

Loan cars for BEN

Loan cars for BEN Motor sector charity BEN has received free loan cars from ALD Automotive and National Car Rental to allow its volunteers to stay on the road for their work Managing director of ALD, Keith Allen said: “Each of BENs welfare officers can travel up to 30,000 miles a year and, as they work alone, often covering large distances, it is particularly important that they have good quality, reliable vehicles