THERE are an astonishing number of SMEs operating in the UK. At the last count – the beginning of 2019 is the most current information we have – there were 5.9 million Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) operating in the UK. According to the government’s statistics, most are micro businesses – those companies with fewer than nine employees – but an important…
THE leasing software procurement system, FleetProcure, has added a further customer to its growing user base: Essex-based broker, Planet Leasing. The end-to-end procurement platform hit a record 50 broker partners at the end of December 2020, but the attractiveness of the system continues to see FleetProcure, run by Lee Jones and Arron Mogridge, attract greater numbers. Planet Leasing is the latest, the…
GATEWAY2LEASE, the Bromsgrove-based family broker, has just achieved the highest Feefo standard: Platinum. The Feefo Platinum Trusted Service award, an independently awarded recognition of exceptional customer experience which is rated by real customers, is the highest acknowledgement of customer excellence. Feefo says its Platinum Trusted Service awards are given to those businesses that have achieved the Feefo Gold standard for three consecutive…
SELECT Car Leasing, the Reading based leasing broker, has expanded the number of its Appointed Representatives (ARs) to five with the appointment of three new brokers. The latest Select ARs are Genus Leasing (Bury St Edmunds), Select Vehicle Leasing (Manchester) and Richard Wileman Associates (Burton-upon-Trent). All three will rebrand to Select Car Leasing. The Select AR programme began in April 2020 with…
RIVERVALE, the Brighton-based broker, has helped start the transition of ABP UK, which is part of ABP Food Group, to electric vehicles. So far, Rivervale has converted 15% of the company’s car fleet to electric vehicles. ABP UK originally had a diesel-only policy, but froze all orders pending a supplier review and a move to ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV). We were…
THE Mycardirect car subscription service, run by former Free2Move and Daimler Fleet Management executive Duncan Chumley, has purchased a vehicle rental service: Avalon Vehicle Rental. The company has now been rebranded to Mycardirect Rental. Mycardirect says the expansion is tactical as it plans greater flexibility for customers. I am very excited about the new Mycardirect venture which combines subscription and rental to…
HARROGATE leasing broker, Synergy Car Leasing, says its first TV advert is part of its planned growth strategy, cemented when Newable invested in the company. The TV ad, with a humourous approach emphasising the brand’s Feefo trust score, is currently playing out through Yorkshire before running nationally on Sky TV. Paul Parkinson said the television airtime was planned to increase the brand’s…
A BRAND new digital inspection tool called PAVE could be the answer for end of lease disputes. Developed in Canada, PAVE uses AI and machine learning to understand the pictures it sees of vehicles and assesses vehicle condition – and, importantly, whether rectification is required. What’s more there is no app that a driver has to download. A text is sent to…