All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
BEN announces karting championship details
Automotive industry benevolent fund BEN has announced details of its annual Karting Championship.
Ex-Stoneacre staff begin subprime venture
Car Credit 123, a nationwide retail subprime finance provider, has been launched by a team of former employees of Stoneacre, the 29-site dealer group.
Toyota launches 0% PCP on hybrids
Toyota Financial Services has begun a range of 0% APR offers through its AccessToyota-branded PCP package on its Yaris and Auris hybrid models.
Positive first FLA quarterly survey of industry
A majority of car finance providers expect the industry to write increasing levels of business in the next 12 months, according to the Finance & Leasing Association Retail Motor Confidence Survey Q2 2013.
Oracle success with Range Rover post-ING pullout
Prestige motor financer Oracle Finance has reported a “notable growth” in demand for its Range Rover finance package, eight months after the withdrawal of high-end vehicle funder ING Lease.
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Experian charts two-year rise of PCP and HP
The number of PCP loans taken out on vehicles has more than doubled in the past two years, according to the Motor Finance Index published by Experian Automotive
Response paper published, FCA maintains plan for interim permissions registration
The UK Government has published responses to its consultation held over the transferring of consumer credit regulation from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority
as of 1 April 2014
CO2 car tax could see thousands scrapped
CAP has warned thousands of good cars could be scrapped as changing CO2 emissions limits could raise the cost of their tax disc to an unsustainable proportion of their worth.
Profit up as costs drop at PCFG
Operational initiatives shows strategy is the right one says chairman
Used retail drop is eight-year low for Q1 sales
2013 saw the lowest first-quarter retail sales volume for used cars since 2005, although electric vehicles and 4x4s have performed well according to the quarterly Used Car Sales Index by credit reference agency Experian.