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Supplying fuel cards to fleet purchasers ensures loyalty for at least two years, a Datamonitor survey has found.

Fuel cards, which operate as a credit card for fuel and enable fleet operators to monitor card usage, will rise from being used for 17 per cent of European fuel sales today to 26 per cent by 2008.

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Business airline plans_3

Virgin Atlantic Airways is proposing to establish an all-business class airline, Jetset Airlines. Chairman Sir Richard Branson said he was interested in covering transatlantic routes to destinations previously not catered for by Virgin, such as Philadelphia and Seattle. Branson is in talks with Bombardier, Boeing and Airbus Industrie to provide planes for the new airline.

Integration for Envera_3

US supply chain solutions provider Envera is to support the plastics and chemicals e-marketplace ChemConnect, following their recent merger. The combined product, Marketplace Plus, will offer clients a flexible and modular approach to the trade, according to the firms.

Rover buys IFS systems_3

E-business specialist IFS Applications is to provide car maker MG Rover’s Longbridge plant with systems for purchasing, accounts and human resources. It is also to supply a complete enterprise solution for BMW’s sheet metal pressing plant in Swindon.

Recycling fee scrapped_3

The Department of Trade and Industry has assured the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders that Britain will not introduce legislation requiring carmakers to pay for recycling old vehicles ahead of Europe. The government had proposed implementing the “end of life” regulation next year. But the motor industry had argued that carmakers would have faced an extra £7.95 billion costs.

Boeing cuts production_3

Boeing is to halve its monthly production from 48 to 24 aircraft until the middle of 2002. The predicted output for this year is now 522 aircraft, which will fall to between 350 and 400 in 2002. Production is likely to fall to below 300 in 2003, a press conference in Germany heard.

Roche, Interbrew fined_3

Chemicals firm Roche and beer giant Interbrew were fined a combined £140 million by the European Commission last week for price-fixing and anti-competitive activity. Roche was penalised for its role in a cartel that colluded in the price of citric acid in the early 1990s, which also involved US food firm Archer Daniels Midland.

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BT gives Brown warning_3

Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BT, has warned the government to stop meddling in its business after chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown said he wanted to cut the cost of using the Internet.