All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Neumann takes reigns at Opel and GM Europe
Karl-Thomas Neumann will become chairman of the Adam Opel AG management board, president of GM Europe and vice president of General Motors from 1 March 2013.
Manheim clears 300,000 Seller Advance sales
Vehicle auction group Manheim has recorded the 300,000th vehicle sold using its Seller Advance system, three years after launch.
Kia restructure part of retail push
Kia Motors (UK) has shuffled its senior management team in an effort to capitalise on its recent growth in UK retail.
SsangYong £2,000 deposit contribution on finance
South Korean brand SsangYong is offering £2,000 deposit contribution on those purchases from the Korando range made on finance.
Motor finance growth outstrips other consumer lending
Statistics from the Finance & Leasing Association have shown car finance is continuing to grow at a greater rate than all other forms of consumer lending in the UK.
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Experian launches finance warning feature
Experian Automotive has launched Finance Alerts, a monitoring feature for use by car dealers and finance companies and the latest update to its AutoCheck vehicle provenance tool.
MotoNovo enters the two-wheel finance market, white-label and manufacturer captive offers renewed
Cardiff-based independent prime finance house MotoNovo is to enter the motorcycle finance market, exhibiting its financial services this month at the national Motorcycle Expo, and bringing in bike finance veteran Mike Chilvers as the company’s division manager for motorcycles.
DWF takes on Chafes finance litigation team
The entire finance litigation team of Chafes Solicitors, including head of lender services John Perez and head of debt and asset recovery Julia Williams, will move to fellow law firm DWF as of 1 February.
2012 new registrations by parent group market shares
The UK new car market in 2012 was up by 5.32% on the year before, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, with 2,044,609 registrations. But how was the market divided by parent group?
The people to provide to people
Two years since its formation, peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter is about to pass the £50m barrier in loans placed. Richard Brown speaks to COO and co-founder Peter Behrens and marketing executive Simon Hawtin about the market and the model of loans between individuals