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GM TO SELL GOLF COURSE IN ASSET SALE. A golf course in New Jersey and a car park in Michigan are among the items being sold by cash-starved General Motors in a forthcoming ‘garage sale’. As part of the vehicle manufacturer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, the firm is selling assets it no longer needs.

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NEW FIAT 500 C IN THE UK

Having made its international public debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show in March, the new Fiat 500 C, a convertible version of the iconic Fiat 500, goes on sale in the UK on Thursday 2 July – with the UK being the first market in the world to receive the vehicle.

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• IMPROVING SATELLITE NAVIGATION FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Location and Timing Knowledge Transfer Network (LTKTN) will be holding a free workshop on Improving Satellite Navigation for Commercial Vehicles in July. Satellite navigation technology is now widely available, but many commercial vehicle operators do not currently feel that it caters for their needs. The workshop will comprise of short presentations from industry experts and open discussions between delegates, enabling them to arrive at workable conclusions and, hopefully, a plan of action. There will be a broad range of presenters and delegates, from FTA, the Department for Transport, local authorities, vehicle operators, and the technology and global positioning industry itself. The workshop will cover: The current market situation of satnav for commercial vehicles The barriers to take-up of the technology, updating mapping data, gathering HGV data and presenting data in a format that is easily useable by the industry What products would be attractive to commercial vehicle users How to get local authorities engaged and to produce meaningful lorry routes How to gain credibility and reliability of data and technology with users How to arrive at commonality of standards and reporting formats Ways to collaborate and progress The workshop will promote a broader understanding of the issues and explore how significant improvements in the provision of satellite navigation for commercial vehicle operators can be made. For further information or to book a place please complete the online registration form at www.locationktn.com or contact karen.barlow@npl.co.uk, telephone 020 8943 8711. #
• HONDA'S SCRAPPAGE SCHEME PARTICIPATION.. Following discussions between industry and Government yesterday and clarification on the finer detail, Honda (UK) can announce that it will fully participate in the Government Car Scrappage Scheme and it is now operational throughout the Honda (UK) dealer network. #
• DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT (NATIONAL) The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics: * Road Traffic and Congestion in Great Britain: Provisional Estimates Q1 2009 see www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/roadstraffic/traffic/qbtrafficgb/2009/q109 for details. See www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/ for details on all recent transport statistics releases. These Official Statistics are published according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. #