FLEET Electric is offering a climate positive service to SME fleets. For each vehicle leased, it promises to plant 100 trees in a managed forest, alongside further offsetting actions. The Hardwicke, Gloucester-based broker, an AR of Bridle Leasing, says it will offset more CO2 and greenhouse gases than are generated in the production and lifecycle of every vehicle it leases thanks to…
BRIDLE Vehicle Leasing has appointed Jonathan Glenn to the position of head of tactical campaigns. In this new role, Glenn will be responsible for Group and franchisee purchase and special batch deals. Glenn moves over from Lex Autolease after the broker funder closed its Aylesbury office as part of its restructuring programme. He brings with him significant experience in the leasing sector,…
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…
AS we prepare to park 2020 behind its COVID-19 face mask, it’s worth reflecting on some of the major trends in the leasing broker sector. Many of the changes were accelerated by the impact of coronavirus – in similar fashion to the way coronavirus accelerated trends already evident in society as a whole – such as the focus on improved digitisation, and…
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…
GO GREEN Leasing has rebranded with a new look website and a new look logo. The leasing broker, which is part of the Oxford-based Bridle Group, says it is now dedicated to supplying business and consumers with hybrid and electric vehicles. The website redesign has been undertaken by Automotus, part of Glasgow based Fire5 Digital. It was really a case of making…
ESSEX broker Balgores was hit by an attempted ‘passing off’ or a cloning of one of its ads. The advert was featured on Facebook. Phil Slyfield, sales director, said the cloning had been reported to Facebook and the advertisement taken down. “As far as I understand, the cloners replicate your ad at first and then start to subtly change elements such as…
BRIDLE Vehicle Leasing made substantial progress in the annual FN50 table of leasing companies, moving to position 43 in the leasing league table chart. Bridle Vehicle Leasing – part of the Bridle Group which includes a collection of 14 leasing brokers – has been running its own funded book since 2017. It first entered the FN50 leasing table in 2017 with a…