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Rapid post-pandemic growth for MotorLease broker platform

Ben Harratt MotorLease

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…

DriveSmart launches new salary sacrifice calculator to help drivers go electric

a Kia EV6 charging

LEASING broker DriveSmart has introduced an EV Salary Sacrifice calculator to its car and van analysis website.  Salary sacrifice is becoming one of the hottest employment topics at the moment with the potential to help employees drive new electric cars with substantial cost and tax savings compared with retail purchases.  Businesses and employees looking to swap into a company car with a salary…

Matt Dawson joins QV Systems

Matt Dawson joins QV Systems - pictured here to the left of Jeremy Wright

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…

Fleet Packs adds free safety and mental health tool to every driver pack

Van driver toolkit in Fleet Packs driver pack

FLEET Packs will include a free resource to help improve driver safety, compliance, and mental health in each of its driver packs. The company, which provides driver packs for leasing brokers as well as other fleet customers, has teamed up with Highways England and the Driving for Better Business programme to help employees in both private and public sectors to reduce work-related…

AA’s new Smart Lease product marketed exclusively through LeaseLoco

AA Smart Lease on LeaseLoco 1

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;…

David Godfrey boosts Leasys broker team

David Godrey Leasys

HERE’S a new face leasing brokers will be seeing more of: David Godfrey. David has just joined the Leasys broker team as broker manager (north) and will be working alongside David Robertson, corporate and broker manager, at Leasys. Godfrey will support Robertson to help develop and service the expanding network of Leasys Approved leasing brokers – currently numbering 40 – that use…

Alphabet’s Ifran Zaman named Rising Star at Customer Service Awards

Alphabets Ifran Zaman FN50 Customer Service Rising Star 1

CONGRATULATIONS to Alphabet’s Ifran Zaman, a customer service executive in the broker funder and leasing company’s First Contact Team. Ifran was awarded the Rising Star Award at the recent FN50 Customer Service Awards. Alphabet’s Frances Cowan, Carly Halpin, and Jennifer Froggatt, were also highly commended in the Individual and Rising Star categories at the awards. Why did Ifran win? Alphabet says that…

Daniel Castille joins Car Lease Agent as senior leasing consultant

Daniel Castille of Car Lease Agent

ALTRINCHAM-based leasing broker Car Lease Agent has appointed Daniel Castille as its new senior leasing consultant. Castille joins Car Lease Agent from Blue Chilli Car Leasing where he worked for four years as a leasing consultant. Prior to that, he worked at Marshalls Mercedes-Benz. Car Lease Agent said they wanted an experienced consultant to help bolster the broker as it expanded operations.…