Pictured above L to R: Robert Pilkington, director of Ebbon Group; Eddie Eusebi, owner of DriverCheck; and Craig Gibbin, director of Ebbon Group EBBON Group has bought licence checking specialist DriverCheck, bringing it under the firm’s umbrella to line-up alongside Licence Check and positioning the group as a leader in the UK fleet driver compliance market. Combined, DriverCheck and Licence Check have…
MANCHESTER based Leasing Options is now an official partner of Preston North End Football Club, following a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the EFL Championship club. Confirmed as part of its postponed 30th anniversary celebrations, Leasing Options joins Preston North End as a top-tier partner, and takes sponsorship of one of the stands at Preston’s Deepdale ground. The new ‘Sponsored by Leasing Options’…
LEGAL and compliance firm Auxillias has made two key appointments: Simon Brown and Carrie Stephenson join as director of compliance and training, and director of legal and governance respectively. As the new director of compliance and training, Simon will shortly be launching Auxillias’ compliance product to work alongside its legal team, supporting ongoing demand in the consumer credit and asset/motor finance sector.…
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…
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…
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…