BVRLA Leasing Broker Committee update Chair of the Leasing Broker Committee, Alan Carreras from the Bridle Group, reports from the latest meeting. COVID-19 impact on March sales Leasing brokers saw the traditional end of March sales spike literally locked up in car retailer compounds as the coronavirus lockdown froze car deliveries. Committee discussion centred around the impact of the WLTP taxes introduced…
BROKERS are facing the prospect of further cancelled orders or passing on rate rises to customers, as the coronavirus pandemic affects registrations. With dealerships closed, dealers have not been able to register vehicles before the end of March. With VED changing to WLTP measurements from April 01, 2020, the knock on effect will be higher monthly rentals. Graham Lincoln, director of Lincoln-based…
GRAHAM Conway, head of strategic development at Reading leasing broker, Select Car Leasing, is to join the BVRLA Leasing Broker Committee. Conway, who moved from funder Alphabet to Select in March last year, offers the broker committee a breadth of vision having now operated on both the funder and broker sides of the business. “It’s fantastic to be invited to join the…
2019 was another year of the acronym – WLTP, CAZ, FOS, FCA, and how could we not mention another GE and Brexit? Regulation continues to be a focus for the committee and with the recent introduction of SM&CR regime the BVRLA has conducted a number of webchats to provide guidance and support. This area continues to be one of the major challenges…