CHRIS Jennings, formerly sales director at CBVC Vehicle Management’s Leasing Gorilla, has started his own leasing broker business called Leasing Route. A franchise of the Bridle Group, the business began at the start of June, and Jennings says sales are already ahead of plan in what has been a strong start to trading. Jennings says Leasing Route, which operates from an office…
LEASING broker LeaseForce is aiming to put the wheels under members of the police and armed forces. The Cambridgeshire broker offers personal leasing deals it markets to the two groups and says it is looking to expand into similar areas, such as the prison service, in the future. Created in 2019 by two colleagues from BMW Park Lane – Matthew Lang and…
BRIDLE Vehicle Leasing has bought Staffordshire broker, Sprint Contracts, for an undisclosed sum. The deal was concluded at the end of 2020 and brings a fleet of 1100 vehicles into the Bridle Group, expanding Bridle’s fleet to more than 37,000 vehicles. The latest acquisition raises the number of broker brands purchased by the Oxfordshire-based broker group to 18 since its initial VeSource…
SPECIALIST commercial vehicle broker, LCV Finance & Leasing, has become a franchise of the Bridle Group. The Hertfordshire-based broker started trading as a Bridle Appointed Representative from the beginning of December 2020. Originally an AR of Kew Vehicle Leasing, LCV Finance & Leasing began the transition to Bridle when Kew was purchased by the Group at the end of September. Stuart Gazeley,…
BRIDLE Vehicle Leasing has become the official sponsor of a nationally recognised mental health support initiative, the BLC Mental Health Hub (BLC). The BLC Mental Health Hub is a partnership between the BLC, Washington Mind and the Foundation of Light to provide mental health support to Sunderland ‘Black Cat’ supporters. Until now the Hub has relied on fund raising to support its…
COVENTRY-based broker, Bentley Walker School Minibus Leasing, has just completed a significant deal with the Warwickshire College Group for the supply of 16 minibuses. The deal went out to tender during lockdown and was negotiated by Josie Shaw, sales manager, with Warwickshire College Group’s Sharon Taylor (director of estates) and Tony Edwards (operations manager). Warwickshire College Group is the managing body that…
THE Bridle Vehicle Leasing franchise, 4 Wheels UK, has just gone live with its new corporate website. The leasing brokerage, which is based in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, is run by Alex Harris, who was formerly the new car sales manager for BMW Sytner. Harris started running the Bridle franchise in April this year. As part of the franchise agreement, we promise…
THE Bridle Group is keeping up the pressure on its broker expansion programme with the purchase of Kew Vehicle Leasing. The acquisition of the Richmond in Surrey broker was completed at the end of September for an undisclosed sum. Bridle said it would rebrand Kew to Bridle Leasing Richmond by the middle of October, which would include switching it over to the…