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Verdict Staff

On the move

Peter Austin, the manager of Siemens Financial Services (SFS) vendor finance division, has taken on the additional role of general manager at SFSs vehicle leasing division, Siemens Motor Contracts.

Motor Spy

Motor Spy BEN annual luncheon and rally The great and good (and a few disreputable journalists, of course) gathered at the Drapers Hall in London in late May for the annual BEN luncheon, and a most enjoyable time was had by all TV presenter and former rally car driver Penny Mallory gave an entertaining after-dinner speech focusing on gender differences in driving and other areas of life

Colin Tourick

Colin Tourick The credit crunch and contract hire

Colin Tourick

Others are so much better at self-publicity than me and would have no compunction about using, say, their monthly column in a prestigious magazine (e.g. Motor Finance) to punt their wares (such as, for example, their newly-published book)

The Arranger

This month I am mainly going to be grumpy. I was in a relatively good mood, having had a pretty good start to the year, until Chancellor Gordon Brown, oops I mean Alistair Darling, nope I was right first time, stood up and made a dogs breakfast of the 2008 Budget doing what this government seems to do best: impose taxes on drivers for no apparent reason other than to replenish the Treasury coffers, which are a gnats private part away from bankruptcy, but in the name of saving the planet.

Motor Spy

New website JustGoodCars.com promises to save motorists hundreds of pounds and to transform the used car market by linking sellers directly with buyers, said CEO Phil Dale

View from the US

Recent headlines in the financial pages have begun to use words like spikes and upticks when talking about the delinquency rates on prime and subprime auto loans

Motor Month

Motor Month The new car market continued to surprise with its strength The October 2007 volume was on par with the 1999-2006 average for October of 166,429 units, but almost 10 per cent above expectations for the 2007 market

Car dealers not trusted with personal data

46 per cent of respondents to a poll carried out on behalf of data company Experian said they least trusted car dealers, ahead of insurance companies (34 per cent), internet companies (33 per cent), and national and local government (32 per cent)

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BEN

BEN BEN, the automotive industry charity, has relaunched its website, www.ben.org.uk, with an extensive list of publications to download Charles Davis, BEN’s director of fundraising and communications commented: “Internet technology is very much the way forward for BEN particularly as we have such a varied audience to captivate, and to increase our charity’s awareness we need to encourage more people to visit our site