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New boss at Black Horse Motor Finance
New boss at Black Horse Motor Finance Black Horse Motor Finance has revealed the name of its new managing director.
Housing group fleet deal
Housing group fleet deal Fleet management and leasing company Masterlease has won a deal worth around £2m before VAT to supply cars and light commercial vehicles to The Hyde Group, beating five other fleet providers to the prize
Increase in Advisory Fuel Rates welcomed
Increase in Advisory Fuel Rates welcomed The decision by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to raise the levels of Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) for drivers of company cars has been warmly welcomed by fleet association ACFO The rates had been widely anticipated, but ACFO said that HMRCs announcement that the rates would come into effect on June 1 rather than July 1, in recognition of recent steep fuel price rises, was particularly good news.
Cooke’s Report
Cooke’s Report Short-term chaos long-term strategy Is the United Kingdom in a period of serious, planned economic change, or simply in the middle of a period of loss of political credibility and economic chaos Politicians, luckily for them, have attractive pensions and even more attractive allowances on which to rely while corporate Britain scratches its fevered brow searching for a profitable way ahead.
Captive’s Q1 profits hit by credit crunch
Thus while the total business volume on the captives balance sheet jumped year on year by 10.4 per cent to 50.5bn (£39.8bn), the total number of lease and finance contracts with dealers and customers grew by 15.6 per cent to 2,701,860, and the segments Q1 2008 revenues grew by 25.1 per cent compared with Q1 2007 to 3.9bn (£3bn), the pre-tax profit fell by 54.1 per cent 84m (£66m).
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Crunch time for car dealers
Indeed, it is more likely to be decisions like the scenario above rather than bankruptcies that will drive down the number of car dealerships in the UK, says the latest Ernst & Young (E&Y) report on the auto retailing business, released last month.
Dealer turns in lower profit in absence of VAT boost
Pre-tax profits at veteran car dealer Arnold Clark fell by 8.2 per cent last year, from £76.4m to £70.1m, the company announced March 21 The company, owned by eponymous found Sir Arnold Clark, noted that profit in the previous year had been inflated by an exceptional VAT pay-out of £12.4m. Exceptional items in 2007 included sales of properties in Liverpool, Paisley and Glasgow, which in which brought total gains of £3.9m.
GE Fleet issues Corporate Manslaughter Act guide for drivers
Corporate fleet management and leasing company GE Capital Solutions, Fleet Services has issued a guide for business drivers in anticipation of the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter Act, on April 6.
Northgate’s ‘sale-and-rentback’ product to beat credit squeeze
Northgate Vehicle Hire has launched a sale-and-rentback product for fleets, which it said will be of particular use in the midst of an economic slowdown.
Ford Credit to have ‘transitional’ role following Jaguar Land Rover sale
Manufacturer Ford has sold two of its premium brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, to Indian conglomerate Tata in a deal worth $2.3bn (£1.1bn). Ford said in a statement that its finance arm Ford Motor Credit would continue to provide financing for Jaguar and Land Rover dealers and customers for a transitional period of “up to 12 months”.