All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
The Key to salary sacrifice success
Salary Sacrifice is a cost effective and low risk way for many employees who don’t qualify for a company car to have access to a new vehicle, addressing any ‘grey fleet’ issues of using their own car for official business.
Fleet Friday: another landmark
The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring a landmark for Arval, some new Lex tech and a new European M2M partnership
A view of auto finance oversight Stateside
The US Congress enacted the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (or the Dodd-Frank Act as it is more commonly known, named after its two principal Democratic Party sponsors, former senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and former representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts) in response to the financial meltdown of 2008 that had devastating effects across the global economy.
Business confidence and the used car market
The value of a used car is a function of available supply and consumer demand – if one increases or decreases without the equivalent change in the other, then prices will respond to balance the market. Given that there are many factors that influence this balance, it’s at first glance surprising to see how well correlated measures of ‘confidence’, which should provide a good measure of demand, are against used car prices.
Meteoric rise of personal contract purchase
The UK seems to have found its new favourite motor finance product with PCP (personal contract purchase) now accounting for 77% of the marketplace. PCP is becoming an increasingly attractive option for car finance with statistics from the Finance & Leasing Association showing a 29% increase from 2006 to 2013 in the number of vehicles financed using typical car finance and leasing products (including PCP).
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Fleet Friday: autumnal sliding
The weekly round up of fleet news, this week looking at falling prices, rising e-procurement sales, Nissan Leafs and more. by Jonathan Minter
21st Century Fox: How the new e-tax disc may help lenders safeguard their vehicles
Jonathan Mills and David Farnell of Addleshaw Goddard look ahead to next months road tax changes and analyse the implications for motor finance lenders
Optimistic outlook for the independents
In an increasingly competitive market, Jonathan Minter speaks to independent lenders about how to stand out in a growing market, the differences between independents and captives, and the future
Positive customer outcomes is the key phrase
It’s an ethos to be kept at the forefront of thinking, around which processes must be designed, acted on, reflected on and reported, says Richard Hoggart. But the right finance partners are key to getting it right, and the right broker is also needed on the panel to manage the niche opportunities
Fleet Friday: BMWs and beer edition
The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring BMW fleet results, a growing fleet for a brewer and big data