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The green revolution: what can you do?
Motor finance businesses are creating tools that will play a valuable role in combatting climate change. The conversation around climate change is taking place with increasing levels of urgency, and...
Aston Barclay enhances digital platform for finance house clients
Aston Barclay has launched a fully closed group ‘white label’ timed auction platform to help finance houses repatriate used cars...
Using Finance to Drive Deals as Lockdown Eases
Dealers are finally starting to reopen their businesses on a widespread basis. The world in which they are doing so...
Close Brothers Motor Finance announces new hires
Close Brothers Motor Finance has promoted John Cassidy to director of commercial partners, and Matt King to the newly-created role...
Fleet Evolution launches specialist fleet management division
Fleet Evolution, EV leasing and salary sacrifice provider, has launched a specialist fleet management division, Mercia Fleet Management. Mercia Fleet...
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LeasePlan: firms can avoid worst climate effects with EV adoption
LeasePlan has called on business leaders to take action on climate change and switch to electric fleets in the small…
Epyx launches eight remarketing modules for finance & leasing
Software company Epyx has launched a range of eight remarketing modules for motor finance, vehicle leasing and other fleets. The…
Used prices up 16% in first eight months of 2021, INDICATA reveals
Used car prices have risen by 16.6% on average in the first eight months of 2021 as supply issues continue…
Average used car price jumps 18.6% on Auto Trader
The average price of a used car increased 18.6% year-on-year to £17,754 last week on Auto Trader, driven by significant…
Blogs
Automotive still has an opportunity in this market
Despite rising inflation, the price of people and debts being called in, automotive still has opportunity in this market. Brendan Clarkson, director of national creditor...
Overloaded recovery trucks: a weighty issue
The issue of overloaded recovery trucks is a growing but often unrecognised problem in the motor finance industry. Jamie Palmer, head of group operations for...
Leasing could become the gateway to increasing EV ownership
The pandemic has brought profound change to many people’s lives. It has triggered house moves, made home-working an integral part of millions of people’s jobs...
How car dealers can gear up to support Clean Air Zones
David Nield, managing director of V12 Vehicle Finance, outlines how dealers can prepare for an anticipated surge in demand for low emission vehicles, following the...
Automotive retailers have an EV opportunity to protect and thrive
Mike Todd, chief executive of Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS), explores the ways in which car retailers can enhance their offering to help drive EV adoption....
Car retailing & distribution: a paradigm shift looms
The European car industry is on the threshold of potentially seismic change in how new cars are distributed. James Powell, head of asset & consumer...
Will we see a Netflix-style subscription model in car financing?
Paul Harrison, head of strategic partnerships at Leasing.com, explores the potential for a subscription-based future, the increasing popularity of EVs and shifting consumer behaviour at...
A year of challenge and growth for Mann Island Finance
John Hughes, managing director of Mann Island Finance, discusses the challenges faced by the company and the wider industry since the start of the Covid-19...
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View MoreUnder the microscope: the FCA’s ‘Consumer Duty’ proposals
Earlier this year, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals for a new Consumer Duty that would set clearer and higher expectations for firms' standards of care towards consumers. Sushil…
Challenges facing the automotive market in 2021 and beyond
The automotive sector has seen substantial change in the last few years, not all of which has been driven by the Covid pandemic. Gowling’s Stuart Young writes. Fluctuating fuel prices,…
Charging towards an electric future
2020 was a year like no other bringing significant changes to travel patterns, business operations and working life. David Bushnell, principal consultant at Alphabet (GB), looks at the accelerating uptake of…
Affordability and irresponsible lending
There has been an increase in claims management activity regarding complaints and claims alleging irresponsible lending. Martin Ward and Gary Orritt from Eversheds Sutherland investigate in more detail… Such complaints…