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Website explaining PPI launched by law firm
Website explaining PPI launched by law firm The law firm Coffin Mew LLP has launched a website bringing together resources and information on legislation and compliance within the payment protection insurance (PPI) area. The head of Coffin Mews insurance and regulation team, Malcolm Padgett commented: Some companies have seen the resource as specific to their legal and compliance functions, but others are keen to provide the information to all staff concerned with the PPI product, as part of their response to FSAs principles based regulation
Experian: Data service sign-ups
Experian: Data service sign-ups Information company Experian has seen a record number of 300 UK dealers sign up to use its auto check service since July 2007
Black Horse: New innovations hit market
When in 2006 John Woolley assumed the managing directorship of Black Horse Motor & Leisure Finance (Black Horse) it proved to be at a rather defining time
Cattles: 28 per cent H1 profit growth for non-prime lender
Cattles: 28 per cent H1 profit growth for non-prime lender Cattles, the UK financial service provider to the non-mainstream credit market that also specialises in car finance, appears to have benefited from the chaos of the credit crunch, announcing a pre-tax profit increase of 28 per cent to £60.1m for the six months to June 2007 and the addition of thousands of new customers to its books.
Sticks and stones
Sticks and stones A few weeks ago I was invited to give a presentation to a group of small business men and women I rolled up to the meeting with my Sony Vaio under my arm to be met by the chairman of the meeting who was fiddling with a projector that looked as though its previous owner was probably a cinema
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Lookers buys Dutton Forshaw for £60m
Lookers plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Dutton Forshaw Group Limited, the motor retail division of Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division Ltd for a total consideration of up to £60m, payable in cash on completion
New operational team at Lex
They are: Andrea Pendlebury, associate director of customer operations; Paul Gibbons, associate director of fleet admin; Dave Tanner, associate director of maintenance; and Paul Kerrigan, associate director of operational delivery.
GE Fleet
Petrol is starting to outshine diesel as the fuel of choice for company cars, according to GE Capital Solutions, Fleet Services quarterly Company Car Trends (Q2 2007) report For Q2 2007, only 1.6 per cent of fleets reported a rise in the number of diesels on their fleet compared to 25.1 per cent for the same period in 2006
Counting the costs
Counting the costs Failure by a party to a dispute to reasonably consider alternative dispute resolution procedures (ADR), including mediation, can result in severe costs sanctions being imposed by the court
Customer segmentation could unlock potential in used car finance
Jo Tacon looks at the 2008 Used Car Market Report from BCA The annual Used Car Market Report from BCA is in its 18th year of publication, and presents a mixed picture of the health of the sector