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Intelligent Car Leasing moves into new offices

New Intelligent Car Leasing Office

INTELLIGENT Car Leasing is moving into new offices at its Glasgow base. Part of the Fleet Alliance Group, Intelligent Car Leasing is upping sticks into purpose built offices on floor 6 of the Fleet Alliance Skypark HQ. Head of marketing, Marc Murphy, said the move into the company’s own office space demonstrated the brand’s confidence in its growth plans. “With the rapid…

Richard Chadwick appointed head of Alphabet Partner

Richard Chadwick Head of Alphabet Partner

ALPHABET has confirmed today the appointment of Richard Chadwick as the new head of Alphabet Partner (October 15, 2019). Chadwick joined the broker division of Alphabet during its formation in 2014. Since then, Richard has gone on to to work in a number of roles, including national development manager – responsible for development of the Partner proposition into light commercial vehicles –…

Neil Wilson appointed new Ford fleet director

neil wilson new ford fleet director

NEIL Wilson is the new Ford fleet director. He replaces Owen Gregory who has moved to a new role as director, Commercial Vehicles, Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) at Ford of Europe. Neil arrives in the Ford fleet director role from his previous appointment as manager of Ford’s UK dealer and consumer marketing. Andy Barratt, managing director, of Ford of Britain, said:…

FCA to ban excessive commissions on car finance brokers

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THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it will ban the way some car finance brokers and car retailers sell motor finance. It is concentrating on the way brokers can set the finance rate and the resultant commission. The FCA says this is not in the best interests of consumers and will save car buyers of PCP products £165m a year. The move…

Orders open for new Porsche Taycan 4S

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PORSCHE continues its electric revolution with the launch of the Taycan 4S. The new model joins a line-up that isn’t even on the UK’s roads yet, following on from the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S launched only last month. The key changes are a lower price and less power, but the potential for improved range. The Taycan 4S will cover 252 miles…

New Nissan Juke launched

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THE Nissan Juke might divide opinion but it has certainly proved popular. More than 1.5 million of the compact crossovers have been sold worldwide, so the newly launched second-generation Nissan Juke has big boots to fill. New engines, styling, and technology look to boost appeal for potential customers. Nissan’s latest 1.0 DIG-T 117 petrol engine is added to the Juke line-up, as…

cap hpi launches Broker Complete

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DATA specialists cap hpi and online fleet management firm ODO have combined forces to launch Broker Complete. Broker Complete provides leasing brokers with a cloud-based fully branded customer-facing website, along with a back end that requires no technical or HTML knowledge to manage, says cap hpi. Features include a content management system, and the ability to manage multiple rate books and upload…