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FLA Vehicle Recovery Scheme

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FLA motor finance statistics

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On the move

Adrian Kelly is appointed regional director (South), with his previous position of Bristol manager taken by Brett Henderson Nigel Paling has been appointed as general manager of Bruntingthorpe and is replaced as general manager of Leeds Cars and Commercials by Sean Parnham.

FLA motor finance statistics

FLA motor finance statistics, Motor Finance October 2011

Motor industry stats from the SMMT

Motor industry July stats from the SMMT

Used car values

Used car values from BCA and Manheim Remarketing, August 2011

PCP focus

Personal Contract Purchase statistics, October 2011, from Jigsaw Finance

Casebook: Greg Standing

Any monetary claim which has a financial value of £5,000 or less will generally be allocated to the small claims track (court) In this track, the strict rules of evidence and procedure do not apply and the trial (or final hearing) is relatively informal.

PCP focus

The PCP market remains active. Most manufacturers continue to be focused on variants of PCP and PCH for new cars. One notable exception is Vauxhall, which is marketing 0% HP with up to 60 months to pay.

FLA motor finance statistics

In the 12 months to the end of July, the use of personal contract purchase deals to buy used cars increased by 17%, compared to the same period in 2009-10.