finance and insurance (F&I)
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Car Dealer News 22 Aug
Consumers are taking more time to research their next used car purchase
Used car buyers are taking more time to research before committing to purchase, according to research by MotoNovo Finance.
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Car Dealer News 21 AugKeeping GAP fair to safeguard its future as a profit centre
Dealers need to adopt even better best practices which are honest and transparent if they are to keep GAP as a vital revenue stream, according to Adrian Foster, director of Remit Showroom.
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Car Dealer News 20 Aug
Salesman stole thousands while at Audi dealership
A salesman has admitted a multi-thousand pound fraud while working at a Parklands Audi dealership in Gloucestershire.
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Car Dealer News 15 Aug
FLA looks to cut out jargon from finance sales
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has re-launched its consumer online guide for buying a car on finance to make it easier to digest and understand.
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Car Dealer News 9 Aug
New car finance up 31% in first half of 2013
Consumer new car finance grew 31% by value over the first six months of this year, according to the latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).
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Market Insight 7 Aug
Interest rates to stay at 0.5% until unemployment rate drops
The Bank of England has confirmed that it will not raise interest rates from the current rate of 0.5% until the national unemployment rate drops below 7%.
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Car Dealer News 1 Aug
Marshall Motor Group extends finance deal with Santander
Marshall Motor Group has announced the extension of their finance partnership arrangements with Santander Consumer Finance to the end of 2016.
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Supplier News 1 Aug
RAC extends brand deal with The Warranty Group
A new five-year deal has been agreed between the RAC and The Warranty Group (TWG), which will see TWG continue to operate the RAC brand in the motor warranties sector.
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Car Dealer News 29 Jul
Contribute your opinion on finance houses and win a Mont Blanc pen
Franchised dealers are invited to take part in a major new research programme into the car finance industry.
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Car Dealer News 19 Jul
Dealers have until end of August to register consumer credit licence details with FCA
Dealers with a consumer credit licence should have been notified by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Office of Fair Trading (OFT) of changes to consumer credit regulation and have until the end of August to check their details are correct.
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Market Insight 18 Jul
Are consumers choosing access over ownership?
One of the things that frustrates an academic more than anything else is when you struggle to find an explanation for something that should on the surface be obvious.
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Supplier News 16 Jul
Insurer gets £7.4m fine for mis-selling add-on products
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Swinton Group Limited (Swinton), one of the largest insurance retailers on the high street, £7,380,400 for mis-selling.
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Supplier News 15 Jul
New car sales incentive system to boost profitability
Dealers and manufacturers will soon be given the tool to update, track and measure the effectiveness of finance offers on new cars in a much simpler and cheaper way than has traditionally been available.
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Supplier News 10 Jul
FCA issues call for evidence on GAP competition
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun a study into general insurance add-on products with an appeal for evidence of competition in the marketplace.
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Market Insight 9 Jul
Growth in demand for consumer motor finance continues for 17th month
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that May 2013 was the seventeenth consecutive month of double-digit growth in the consumer new car finance market.
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Market Insight 5 Jul
DVDs help to explain loans
Commissioned videos and DVDs are helping retail car buyers to understand the complexities of motor loans
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Market Insight 3 Jul
Lenders and dealers seek to give valuable advice
Lenders and dealers are striving to provide clear advice about loans as customers increasingly search online.
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Market Insight 3 JulDealer finance ‘missing out’ says broker
Dealers are being urged by broker Mann Island Finance to take the high ground on retail motor finance, saying its latest online forum review reveals confusion on websites.
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Car Manufacturer News 2 JulKia fires up Q3 sales campaign
Kia is attacking the summer market with £2,000 contributions on selected models and low finance deals to tempt customers into showroom in Q3.
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Car Manufacturer News 2 JulSkoda summer offers focus on PCP deals
Skoda is launching its summer sales initiative around the Solutions Personal Contract Plan (PCP) which will look to tempt customers with low monthly payments deals and 0% finance offers.
