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Vertu adds two Scottish dealerships

Dealer group Vertu Motors, the biggest Hyundai partner in Scotland, has claimed to have bought the trade and certain assets of two Hyundai dealerships in Edinburgh, adding to its 99 existing sales outlets.

Fleet Friday: Lex, FedEx, flex and high-techs

A round up of the week’s UK and global news including contracts for Lex Autolease, Renault EVs, Hitachi Capital, Volvo, epyx and Toyota Fleet Services; Ford’s aftersales programme, EV salary sacrifice and EU passenger car data.

Trade on Tuesday: Glass’s, Autorola, RAC

A weekly round up of second-hand vehicle value and remarketing news, this week featuring prestige trends, licence plate distractions and miles travelled for a bargain.

Mazda3 models boast ‘strong residual values’

Japanese automaker Mazda is to launch the Mazda3 in January 2014 with an aim to better the depreciation rates on models from volume and premium badge rivals.

Fleet Friday: From Vancouver to van sales

A round up of the week’s fleet news including Canadian and public sector operations for LeasePlan, record ex-fleet auction values, plus sales times, certificates and applications.

Fleet Friday: Registrations up, awards won, vans flat

A weekly roundup of European fleet news including positive market figures, award winners, a new hire at Arval, price ceiling for vans and careless company car driving.

Obituary: David Prescott

BEN has announced the death of former deputy chief executive David Prescott, MBE, FCIS.

The first votes are in

Richard Brown surveys the early nominations for the Motor Finance Power 50

Riding the subprime rollercoaster

Louis Rix of Car Finance 247 on how the subprime motor finance landscape has changed over the past seven years.

Could GAP insurance be the new PPI?

Peter McKenna of AMS explains the benefits of providing Full Cover GAP, i.e. the actual shortfall amount between a customers’ invoiced purchase price and their motor insurance settlement rather than Market Value Only GAP, which should be avoided if GAP is not to become the next mis-selling scandal.