SAY hello to Csaba Vincze, the new Nissan fleet director. Csaba has extensive experience at Nissan, most recently as head of the managing director’s office where he co-ordinated group functions and was a member of the management committee. Before then he enjoyed extensive senior management responsibilities in sales and product management gained in central and eastern Europe, across both passenger car and…
THE French financial regulator has approved the takeover of Europcar by a consortium led by Volkswagen. According to an official statement, the French market regulator AMF (Autorite des marches financiers) has approved the takeover offer from Green Mobility Holding SA. The start of the acceptance period for the tender of shares in Europcar Mobility Group will be announced by the AMF. Green…
RYAN Johnson is the new managing director of Enterprise for the UK and Ireland. Ryan takes over the reins at the vehicle rental and mobility provider following the appointment of former MD Khaled Shahbo as senior vice president of European operations. Previously general manager of Enterprise’s largest UK region, the Southeast England group, Ryan first joined the business as a management trainee,…
THE leasing broker deal aggregator Leasing.com has seen a huge upswing in pure electric leasing enquiries. The website reports that leasing enquiries for pure EVs grew an astonishing 87% in Q3 versus Q2. The surge in EV enquiries also further hastened the demise of diesel, with pure EV sales enquiries outgunning diesel in Q3 as new car diesel demand continued its downward…
FLEET Procure held its leasing broker partner conference last week (10 November 2021) at the British Motor Museum in Warwick with 29 leasing brokers attending. The half day conference was an opportunity for the broker/dealer procurement portal to demonstrate the latest technology advances on the cloud-based platform, plus new system developments and updates, including the new stock locator launched at the BVRLA Leasing…
WEBSITE and CRM software specialist, MotorLease, says it has seen rapid post-pandemic growth as leasing brokers take advantage of the current economic recovery. During the last six months, the company has signed up more than 10 new clients and was one of the sponsors at the recent BVRLA Leasing Broker Conference, demonstrating to delegates its automotive experience, cutting-edge website software solutions and…
FORMER Mann Island and Arval executive Matt Dawson has joined technology company QV Systems, suppliers of software used by many leasing brokers, as customer success manager. In his new role at QV Systems, Dawson will be maintaining customer relationships while ensuring ongoing development and improvement of the client accounts. Having worked for both a leasing broker funder and then a broker, it’s…
THE AA has partnered with leasing broker deal aggregator LeaseLoco to launch its Smart Lease offering today (15 November 2021). AA Smart Lease provides an all-in-one leasing package: vehicle tax, MOT, servicing and maintenance AA Breakdown roadside assistance on your doorstep and away from home, along with no early termination (including redundancy, early retirement, and termination of contract by agreement or dismissal;…