Close Brothers Motor Finance chief executive Rebecca McNeil credited the “hard work, ingenuity, and passion” of her team as she emerged as a winner of the CEO Today United Kingdom Award 2018.
Tootle has expanded into online used car retail by establishing a platform which allows car dealers to retail as well as replenish their second-hand car stocks.
The Ford Fiesta has topped a list of the UK's 'most financed cars' published by Close Brothers Motor Finance - followed by the Ford Focus and the Volkswagen Golf.
Demand for diesel vehicles is still high in the leasing market, despite sales of new diesel cars tumbling by more than 300,000 vehicles so far in 2018.
BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK has launched a new motor finance solution, in collaboration with iVendi, providing a “strong alternative” to the current market offerings.
Software development workers at iVendi have completed their move to new Manchester facility which is three-times the size of their previous offices.
As recently reported by AM Online, there’s a growing trend of vehicle financing being completed via the internet.
Startline Motor Finance has reported that it will end 2018 with business volumes up by around 20% on the previous year.
Car retailers will need to work harder to explain the jargon of automotive finance after a survey revealed just one-in-10 of car buyers understand common industry terminology.
A survey conducted by NextGear Capital and Cox Automotive has revealed that more than half of used car retailers use a stock funding facility to fill their forcecourts.
Close Brothers Motor Finance employees volunteered 818 hours of their time for charity initiatives in October, the company’s volunteer month.
New approaches to service and maintenance will be needed as personal contract hire increasingly makes an impact in corporate circles, says Epyx.
A decline in long-term car ownership triggered by PCP and PCH finance offers is driving the swifter return of motorists to the UK’s car dealerships, an AA Populus survey has revealed.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is being introduced by HMRC next year and presents a huge change for dealers, as HMRC seeks to digitise the administration and collection of tax.
Nissan will seek to remove chairman Carlos Ghosn from the business after an investigation into "financial misconduct" revealed evidence that he had been under-reporting his pay package.
Startline Motor Finance has warned that an uplift in used vehicle prices prompted by WLTP-sparked new car shortages “will not resolve quickly”.
Peugeot UK has launched a range of ‘Black Friday’ new car offers via its Order Online car retail portal – with offers available from today.
AutoProtect’s founding management partners have sold a 50% interest in the business to their joint-venture partners Correlation Investments Limited (CIL).
With the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set to publish the findings of its review of the motor finance sector in November, it’s fair to say that car dealer sales practices have never been under greater scrutiny than over the last 12 months.
Car sharing marketplace Turo claims to have launched the “Airbnb of cars” in the UK and claims it will help UK car owners earn more than £6,000 a year from their idle vehicles.
The Finance and Leasing Association’s (FLA) latest published figures showed that consumer car finance business volumes declined by 16% at the point of sale during September.
Dealer’s trialling Santander Consumer Finance (SCF)’s newly-launched free online finance calculator have reported strong customer demand.
Nissan announced a variety of new PCP offers including 0% APR representative, deposit contributions and cost-saving service plans.
London Fire Brigade dispatched 125 firefighters to tackle a blaze at the Imperial Cars supercar showroom in Romford.
The days of owning a car are numbered. It’s not about ownership anymore – it’s about usership.
