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Pinewood upgrades system
Software provider Pinewood has updated its dealer to manufacturer software (DMS) integrations for Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo franchises. The upgrades are aimed at increasing customer service levels, dealer productivity and profitability by increasing communication between its Pinnacle DMS software and each manufacturers own systems.
Broker figures show influx to motor finance
In its latest annual survey, the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has seen a significant rise in the amount of motor finance business introduced by its members, from £759m in the year leading to July 2009 to £980m in the following year.
Casebook: Greg Standing
Black Horse Ltd vs Speak, the lender advanced the sum of £7,012.39 to the defendants pursuant to a regulated consumer credit agreement.
PCP up at BMW Financial Services
BMW Financial Services (BMWFS) saw its number of new finance applications rise by 9 percent in the UK during the first half of 2010. Joe Pattinson, general manager of marketing at BMWFS, said: This includes BMW car, BMW motorbike, Mini and Rolls Royce for both new and used vehicles. Its widely publicised that mainstream lenders have tightened up their lending criteria, but car finance is still readily available to people who can demonstrate they can comfortably make the repayments.
Coalition backs electric cars
The coalition government is to uphold Labour commitments to electric car subsidies despite planned massive cuts to public spending. It is thought that pressure from Renault-Nissan, the automotive alliance making an early push for mass electric vehicle sales, convinced the government to ring fence the subsidy money.
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Ministry of Defence in talks over fleet
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has begun talks with a number of potential suppliers for its non-operational vehicles, with existing supplier Babcock thought to be the front runner. Project Phoenix will replace the 10-year contract between the MOD and Babcock which supplies white fleet vehicles to the military The length of the contract has been halved to five years and will begin in September 2011, with an announcement about the supplier due in the first half of next year
Web 2.0 popular with fleet professionals
Fleet professionals are poised to reap the benefits of social networking and webinars, according to breakdown company RAC. Aviva-owned RAC has made the predication after it broadcast a live fleet risk management webinar on at-work driving in May which proved hugely popular.
Fitness First renews contract hire agreement
Gym and fitness chain Fitness First has taken delivery of six Citron LCVs as part of its fleet replacement and expansion programme. The company has ordered one Dispatch dual fuel van, one Berlingo dual fuel van and four Berlingo 1.6HDi 90hp X vans.
Sole-supplier agreement
Fleet management company Zenith Provecta has won a new sole-supplier agreement with supply chain and management company TDG. TDG has outsourced to Zenith the funding and management of its 150-vehicle company car fleet to centralise its fleet operation to “maximise efficiency and offer a high-quality service to its drivers”, Zenith said. TDG HR manager Rebecca Judd said: “Our aim was to streamline the company car fleet function while increasing internal customer service levels.”
Avis promotes green policy
Car rental company Avis has launched environmental microsite www.avis.co.ukenvironment to help corporate partners meet their corporate social responsibility commitments and save money.