All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Cooke and WCG challenging review of Q3 market
The latest quarterly analysis of the motor finance market by captive software specialists White Clarke Group and Professor Peter Cooke has warned of reduced cash flows and challenged profits.
BEN applauds Cambria Automobiles
Automotive industry charity BEN has presented dealer group Cambria Automobiles with two awards for its fundraising efforts.
BMW FS 1.3m loss in Ireland, 2011
Turnover at BMW Automotive Ireland was up 30% year-on-year to 105.9m (£85.3m) in 2011 despite its finance arm returning a loss of 1.3m for the year.
Investec and McLaren launch finance partnership
Seven months after announcing plans to offer finance for prestige cars, Investec Asset Finance is set to provide sales finance for McLaren Automotive.
Who are the most powerful individuals in UK car finance?
Polling has begun in a search to find the 50 most commanding and influential individuals in the UK car finance industry, the results of which will be published in Decembers issue of the magazine.
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PCP, 0% HP and no VAT on koda
Czech brand koda, part of the Volkswagen Group, has announced it will continue its pay no VAT offer to the end of the year, as well as offering a range of hire purchase and PCP.
Volvo UK appoints sales director
The UK arm of Chinese-owned carmaker Volvo has appointed Jon Wakefield as sales director, reporting to managing director Nick Connor.
Finance penetration up again FLA
The percentage of new cars bought in the past 12 months using finance has risen once more to 69.1% and accounted for 101,781 new and used registrations in August.
Women, not men, favour finance Carfinance247
Nearly twice as many women as men prefer using finance to purchase a car, according to a survey of 200 consumers on behalf of vehicle finance broker Carfinance247.co.uk.
Funding Corporation tech assesses vox populi
New technology is allowing The Funding Corporation, parent to motor finance supplier and retail network ACF Car Finance, to listen more intently than ever before to telephone conversations with customers.