FLEET Alliance is now managing a fleet of Toyota RAV4 hybrids for London-based SELDOC Healthcare. The deal was arranged by Fleet Alliance’s Jonathan Nolan, who advised SELDOC Healthcare – a not-for-profit GP co-operative serving 2.5m patients – to move from outright purchase to business contract hire with maintenance. A new batch of six RAV4 Design Hybrids have now been added to the…
A good news week for UK auto industry SOME excellent news is seeping out this week securing investment in the UK auto industry. Nissan is expected to confirm a gigafactory to supply batteries to its Sunderland plant, while it appears that the future of the Stellantis Ellesmere Port plant is also secure with an announcement due shortly – possibly to build electric Vivaro…
GLASGOW-based leasing broker Fleet Alliance has engaged the services of Eco3 to help it identify the pathway to a carbon zero footprint. Already a member of EV100, a group of global businesses that have committed to zero emission fleets by 2030, the company says it has set aside a £10,000 investment to move the business to a carbon neutral footprint. Fleet Alliance…
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…
ESTABLISHED leasing broker Ash Vehicle Contracts has become an Appointed Representative (AR) of Fleet Alliance. Run by Karen Elwall for the last 16 years, and a Fleet Alliance partner for the past four years, Elwall says it was a natural progression to become an AR. When you are running a business, you have to wear so many hats and the BVRLA audit…
Electric Highway opens up BRILLIANT and visionary when launched, more recently Ecotricity became a drag on EV expansion, ranked last in a Zap-Map customer survey at the beginning of the year. But that looks to change with the GRIDSERVE acquisition, which is backed by Hitachi Capital finance. And it must change to support the growing interest in EVs – and the increasing…
FLEET Alliance is heading for a record year on the back of increased fleet sales. The Glasgow headquartered broker reported that, despite pandemic disruption, businesses were returning to the market and pivoting to an electrified agenda. Martin Brown, managing director of Fleet Alliance, added that nearly 40% of new vehicle orders so far this year had been for electrified vehicles: 25% for…
ESTABLISHED leasing broker Carmyke Leasing has joined Fleet Alliance as an Appointed Representative (AR). The East Sussex broker has been in business since 1994 and will continue as a separate limited company with its current four employees, but now trading as Fleet Alliance. Carmyke Leasing’s specialism is business contract hire for SMEs. The company will now be able to further professionalise its…