All articles by Mike Cobb
Mike Cobb
Alphabet winners at the BusinessCar awards
Alphabet, the leasing division of BMW, took away two awards including ‘Leasing and Fleet Management Company of the Year’ from the annual BusinessCar awards in London, with British Car Auctions walking off with the best remarketing group award.
FIAT group profits slip in 2013
Italian industrial giant, FIAT Group saw annual trading profits slip slightly in 2013 to 3.3bn (£2.72bn) from 3.5bn in 2012 despite shipping more products.
Hondas Philip Ross promoted to senior vice president
The general manager of Honda Finance, Philip Ross, has been promoted to senior vice president of Honda Motor Europe and given responsibility for the sales of cars, motorcycles and power equipment on a pan-European basis.
Car manufacturing up 3% in the UK
UK car manufacturing is in its healthiest state since 2007 with over 1.5 million vehicles produced in 2013, according to data collected by the Society of Motor manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)
RCI ends contract hire relationship with Arval
RCI Financial Services, the financing arm of Renault-Nissan, has decided to move its contract hire business in house, ending a four-year working relationship with Arval.
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New non-exec for iVendi
Dealer technology platform provider iVendi has appointed Quentin Boyd, a former founder of Edmond de Rothschild’s corporate finance team, as non-executive director in anticipation of significant growth this year.
Fleet Friday: Ex fleet now more expensive and Mazda sales jump
Fleet Friday this week has a rise in ex-fleet values, an addition to a 44-strong haulage fleet, the appointment of an industry veteran and a huge rise in Mazda’s fleet sales.
Car finance increases 18% in November
UK car finance figures showed strong growth in November 2013, with volumes rising 18% year-on-year, according to the latest data collected by the Finance and Leasing Association.
Used van values rise as quality grows scarce
Even as the age of the average used van climbed by three months in December 2013, so too did their value, according to the latest statistics from UK remarketer Manheim.
Motors.co.uk on the march in 2014
Motors.co.uk, the online car search network owned by Manheim, has become the number one website for advertised cars under three years old, as the number of franchised dealers using their site has increased the number of vehicles to over 260,000 cars.