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Moyosola Fujamade replaces Phil Glover at Kia

MOYOSOLA FUJAMADE joins Kia fleet team

KIA is reorganising its fleet team: Moyosola Fujamade is the company’s new national contract hire manager. Fujamade takes over from Phil Glover, who remains with the fleet team in his new role as RV & fleet operations manager. We’re delighted to welcome Moyo to the team at a pivotal time for Kia and following the successful launch of several key fleet models.…

FCA set to increase charges for regulated brokers and add AR fees

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LEASING brokers could be facing “a significant” increase in fees for regulated firms, while a new flat fee is proposed for each Appointed Representative (AR) on a broker’s books, says the BVRLA. The proposed new changes are: A significant increase to the fees paid by consumer credit firms to create greater alignment of minimum fees charged to other authorised firms in the…

Kia Charge bolt-on adds discounted IONITY fast-charging

Kia e Niro 64 kWh 1 charging with IONITY bolt on

KIA is introducing an £11.25 a month bolt-on to its Kia Charge service. While Kia Charge provides a single account to access most public chargepoints, the new bolt-on will provide a discount of 64% to the ultra fast charging network provided by IONITY – equivalent to 25p per kWh. Kia says the bolt-on pays for itself. It offers the example of recharging…

First Select AR turns one

Steve Clarke and Tony Cameron

Pictured above are Steve Clarke and Tony Cameron from Select Car Leasing Preston FOR an experienced, long-lived brokerage, it must be rather good to wind back the numbers from 25 to one. But that’s exactly what Cameron Clarke has done. The Preston broker became an AR of Select Car Leasing during Q1 of 2020 and was subsequently rebranded to Select Car Leasing…

Venture investment platform backs EV-only broker

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THE venture investment platform Anthemis, which promotes the transformative power of digital financial services, is backing EV-only broker ZeVie. Led by CEO Vincent Heilbron, along with experienced leasing executive Rob Whalley, ZeVie says it is committed to green living through the removal of EV ownership barriers. ZeVie is just one of two start ups to have completed the Anthemis acceleration programme, a…

Vauxhall Corsa number 1 for March PCH enquiries

Vauxhall Corsa top model in March says Leasing.com

WHILE premium brands Volkswagen and Audi head the lead-gen ladder at broker lease deal aggregator, Leasing.com, it’s the supermini Corsa from British brand Vauxhall that is enticing visitors to the site. During March, Leasing.com says the Corsa was the most requested personal lease car on its platform, beating off the Audi A3 and the Volkswagen Golf to the number 1 slot. Smaller,…

Broker News Newsletter 31 March 2021

The Frontier Vehicle Leasing team

Innovative ideas force change Hats off to Paul Fagan for choosing an intriguing way to raise finance for the EV-only brokerage WeVee. Good luck to him and the team on Seedrs. Taking a new approach is sometimes the best way to make change happen, which is exactly what John Hazlett and Frontier Vehicle Leasing have done by teaming up with Select Car…