THE BVRLA’s Nora Leggett has been appointed the association’s new director of human resources, effective 01 July 2020. Formerly the BVRLA’s director of member services, a position she has held since 2013, Leggett will now be responsible for managing recruitment, internal communications, payroll and benefits. She will also maintain responsibility for the association’s Learning and Development team, which delivers a wide range…
THE BVRLA has produced a downloadable booklet that can be used by leasing brokers returning to work. Called A Guide to Operating during the Covid-19 pandemic, the pdf will be updated when new information or guidance is available with a new version number. Amanda Brandon, director of fleet services, writing in her introduction, says: “The aim of this guide is to provide…
SOME great news for brokers trying to unlock ordered cars from closed dealerships: collection and delivery can start going ahead again. The BVRLA said it wants dealerships and other delivery agents to start moving vehicles again. Such a move would help uncork all the cars and vans stuck in the automotive supply chain. The BVRLA says the Department for Transport has made…
FOLLOWING our story in last week’s newsletter, Delays in registrations will lead to rental rises, any chance of deferring the new WLTP tax rates appears to be off the table. With cars stuck in compounds, and dealers unable to work and register vehicles, new cars will be subject to potentially much higher VED and BIK rates post April 01 and 06 respectively. A…
Get your diaries out – electronic or otherwise – and blank out this can’t miss date: 20 May 2020. It’s the day of the BVRLA Leasing Broker Conference. Following last year’s successful conference at One Birdcage Walk, London, the venue this year will be at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in Portland Place, London. The sessions will be more condensed to…
CONGRATULATIONS to Joanne Humphreys who picked up a BVRLA Industry Hero award last night at the annual BVRLA dinner (March 05, 2020). Joanne is the compliance director at Neath-based broker Low Cost Vans. BVRLA chief executive, Gerry Keaney, said her work on compliance had been outstanding. Speaking at the London dinner, Keaney said: “Joanne has immersed herself in the compliance area, coming…
EDITOR Ralph Morton will co-hosting a table at the BVRLA annual dinner with a senior executive from the BVRLA. Taking place on March 05, 2020, at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the annual dinner is a great event with top entertainment, excellent food and many opportunities to network. Brokers who are booking to go to the event can request to be…
BROKERS need to be careful when they arrange registration of vehicles in the run up to the WLTP changeover. For the DVLA the changeover happens on April 01 for VED; for HMRC this happens on April 06 for company car tax. It could mean a business contract hire vehicle has VED related to its WLTP measured emissions, but BIK relating to its…