ALPHABET is the main sponsor of the BVRLA Broker Conference taking place on 21 October 2021. As well as offering insight into issues affecting the sector and sharing best practice, the conference offers the opportunity to network with brokers once again – at long last! Richard Chadwick (pictured above), head of Alphabet Partner, says sponsoring the conference is not only a way…
LEASING broker funder Alphabet is changing its senior executives. Former CEO Nick Brownrigg moves from the Great Britain office to take a new position as CEO of BMW Group Financial Services in the Netherlands. This is a new Alphabet role, which combines responsibility for both the retail financial services business, as well as the fleet leasing and mobility operations. Meanwhile a similar…
Don’t confuse consumers with incorrect terminology A NEWS item landed in my inbox from ZenAuto, the personal leasing arm of leaseco Zenith. While it noted the business had put 7000 cars on the road, CEO Tim Buchan spoke of ZenAuto’s “leasing subscription” model resonating with consumers. Pardon? I had a look at the website: it looks like PCH to me. There’s nothing flexible about the…
Brokers – no sign of slowing down THE speed and ability of brokers to continually adapt and move with new market trends never ceases to amaze me. It’s what makes the sector so exciting. So it’s great to see that Graham Conway has been appointed MD of Select Car Leasing, a company that has really been making the headlines recently. And that…
BROKER funder Alphabet (GB) is the headline sponsor of this year’s BVRLA Leasing Broker Conference. Taking place in London on 21 October 2021, alongside Alphabet will be fellow conference partners. These are broker funder Leasys and APD Global research company, while the online procurement platform Fleet Procure is the networking sponsor. The event is free to attend for BVRLA leasing brokers and…
ALPHABET has introduced a new automated scorecard system that promises to speed up the underwriting of customer proposals. The new system aims to reduce costs for brokers while customers will benefit from lower rental rates thanks to greatly reduced manual intervention during the underwriting process. The broker funder says the new system is ‘transformational’ in the way underwriting is conducted, now that…
More diversity please DIVERSITY in the automotive and broker worlds has always been in short supply. But, thankfully, that is changing. No more so than at Porsche Cars which has just appointed its first ever female CEO. Congratulations to Sarah Simpson below. And congratulations as well to the trio of Alphabet executives that have been named rising stars in the Autocar Great…
THREE employees from the broker funder Alphabet have been recognised as automotive ‘Rising Stars’ in the recent Autocar Great Women awards. Pictured above they are (from l to r): Kelly Jeffrey, Katie Asplin and Danielle Baldwin-Rowe – congratulations to all of them. Run by Autocar in association with the SMMT, the awards celebrate the up-and-coming stars of the British automotive industry. Candidates…