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Indian office opening for Mondial
Mondial Assistance has opened an office in New Delhi, India, making the company “the very first international roadside assistance company to start operations in India,” Mondial said. The opening of the new office coincided with the announcement by Ford that it has chosen Mondial to provide its customers with roadside assistance services in five major Indian cities – New Delhi, Bombay, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune.
A dying art?
The UK has long been heralded as possessing the most mature fleet leasing and retail automotive finance market in Europe – second only to the US, most observers would admit, and not far behind at that
Jigsaw gets big in online sales
Jigsaw gets big in online sales What are the opportunities for finance providers in dealer sales of used cars on the internet
One step at a time
One step at a time Marc Peeters and Barend van Bergen look at key steps to assess, measure and reduce your carbon footprint
Is this the age of risk management?
More recently we have had the Age of the Tickbox, today the Age of Incompetence from which we may just be emerging into the Age of Risk Management a spin-off perhaps from the credit crunch which, hopefully, will be too short to be an historic era
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The future is green
GE Capital Solutions, Fleet Services seminar on The Future of Fleet in October put a new spin on the somewhat over-exposed and highly topical issue; it highlighted the economic efficiency of alternative fuels and hybrid cars, innovative in-car technology and, in particular, it gave analysis of the potentially lucrative re-sale value of more environmentally friendly cars. According to GE Fleet research quoted by Rich Green, UK managing director at GE Fleet, 97 per cent of respondents rated reducing the carbon footprint of vehicles as their concern for the second quarter of 2007, up from 70 per cent for the same period in 2006
Manchester Airports Group fleet deal win
Manchester Airports Group fleet deal win Lombard Vehicle Management (LVM) has won a sole-supplier fleet contract with Manchester Airports Group (MAG).
Strong Q3 captive performances for French automakers
Peugeots finance arm Banque PSA Finance reported revenues of 498m in Q3 2007, compared with 444m in Q3 2006 – a rise of 12.2 per cent
Tax pitfalls can cost fleets dear
Tax pitfalls can cost fleets dear David Rawlings finds that six of one is not always half a dozen of the other when looking at lease rentals
Ford Credit: Q3 results down, but still profitable
Ford Credit: Q3 results down, but still profitable Ford Motor Credit (FMC) has reported a pre-tax profit of $546m (£259m) in Q3 2007, down from $730m (£346m) in the same period last year