THE BVRLA is doubling the number of breakout sessions for this year’s Industry Outlook Conference. The conference – themed Driving your business into 2020 – will feature sessions on: compliance, residual values and remarketing, plus company car alternatives. The breakout sessions will be run twice, so delegates have the opportunity to attend two of the three available. Pictured above is Steve Cocks…
THE multi-marque leasing division of Inchcape – Inchcape Fleet Solutions – has been sold to Toyota Fleet Mobility GmbH. Toyota has paid £100m for the Inchcape Fleet Solutions business, which leases fleet vehicles and provides fleet management services to B2B customers. These include Toyota. Inchcape said that there was little synergy between its automotive retail activity and its leasing business, saying it…
FORMER Hyundai executive Geraint Isaac has been appointed national fleet sales manager at MG Motors. The role is new to MG, and reflects the brand’s mid-term ambitions to grow its presence in the fleet and local business sales market. Geraint will also be responsible for major fleet operators as well as the MG Motors remarketing programme and residual value analysis. “As the…
EUROPCAR Mobility Group has appointed David Saint to the newly created role of UK van & truck director. David reports directly to UK managing director, Gary Smith. Europcar says the new position reflects the company’s increased focus on commercial vehicle solutions for customers. Previously van & truck director at Europcar Mobility Group Germany, David has extensive experience in the van rental sector.…
LEASING professionals can take advantage of the BVRLA’s latest course on Selling Contract Hire. During the course, you will learn about the range of vehicle funding methods with a particular focus on contract hire. The course is taking place at the BVRLA’s Amersham HQ on October 09-10, 2019. Selling Contract Hire is being delivered by Karen Morton (no relation! – ed) over…
THERE is a new head of process management at Alphabet – Sascha Fricke. Sascha joins from Alphabet International where he was head of operational risk and management. “I’m excited to commence the next chapter of my Alphabet career in a market as sophisticated and highly-developed as UK fleet leasing and mobility,” commented Sascha. “My background in risk management and compliance will be…
SANTANDER’S support for the leasing broker channel is to continue. Last week Santander announced it was pulling out of asset finance in the UK. The bank said it would stop writing new business by the end of the year and would then run down its book over time. However, a spokesperson said that the Santander broker channel would remain unaffected by the…
A NEW leasing aggregator has been launched, called Moneyshake.com. Moneyshake.com says it differentiates itself from other leasing broker portals because it only features BVRLA leasing brokers; and it will only charge a fee for a converted lead. The leasing portal aggregator went live on September 03, 2019. “We charge nothing until the deal is done,” explained CEO Eben Lovatt. “And then the…