Tag: Leasing Options

Leasing Options partners with LifeWorks to help workplace mental health

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MANCHESTER-based leasing broker Leasing Options has teamed up with LifeWorks, a total well-being solution, to help support staff and provide mental health assistance. The broker says that it recognises the pandemic has affected people in a variety of ways, and that by working with LifeWorks it can  provide advice and support on a variety of issues including coping with change, future proofing…

Leasing Options teams up with Preston North End

Leasing Options partnership with Preston North End football club

MANCHESTER based Leasing Options is now an official partner of Preston North End Football Club, following a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the EFL Championship club. Confirmed as part of its postponed 30th anniversary celebrations, Leasing Options joins Preston North End as a top-tier partner, and takes sponsorship of one of the stands at Preston’s Deepdale ground. The new ‘Sponsored by Leasing Options’…

Broker News Newsletter 09 November 2021

From left to right: Mike Thompson, David Whitehead, Nigel Brain

More Consolidation In The Leasing Broker Sector CONGRATULATIONS to Leasing Options and Allied Vehicle Contracts for agreeing terms in a deal that gives the Manchester broker a stronger foothold in the fleet and business sectors.  And to Leasys for its fifth successive year of growth as it continues to climb up the FN50 leaderboard (see story below), along with broker Bridle Group which has…

Leasing Options acquires Allied Vehicle Contracts

From left to right: Mike Thompson, David Whitehead, Nigel Brain

Pictured above, left to right: Mike Thompson, David Whitehead and Nigel Brain. LEASING Options has acquired Allied Vehicle Contracts, a West Yorkshire-based B2B leasing broker, for an undisclosed sum. The purchase will help the business development programme of the Manchester leasing broker, offering it a wider business and fleet footprint to add to its personal leasing business. Originally founded in 1977 by…

Mike Thompson named chief operating officer at Leasing Options

Mike Thompson COO Leasing Options

CONGRATULATIONS to Mike Thompson and his appointment as the new chief operating officer at Leasing Options. The Manchester leasing broker’s sales & marketing director, and former brand manager, now takes on responsibility for all operational functions for the business. These will be in addition to his previous main focus on sales and marketing, where he has led a number of strategic projects,…

Leasing Options adds WhatsApp to customer contact channels

Leasing Options WhatsApp channel

LEASING Options has launched a new WhatsApp channel for its customers, to further improve the leasing provider’s contactless service. New and existing customers can contact the Manchester leasing broker team using the messaging app, to go through the entire process of leasing a vehicle should they wish. Used by more than two billion users each month, and featuring end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp enjoys…

Broker News Newsletter 24 August 2021

CV Show 2021 preview with Leasing Options

Congratulations to Vanarama… …for taking the marketing initiative of the year. When Hollywood style lettering, spelling out Wrexham, appeared on a slag heap in the town, everyone wondered who had done it. And why? Step forward the van leasing broker, with a brilliant way to promote their involvement as sponsor of the National League. Select sponsors Electric Motor Show Select Car Leasing have…

Broker News Newsletter 17 August 2021

BVRLA Broker conference

Don’t forget to disclose the commission I’M sure you need little reminding that brokers offering regulated funding need to disclose the commission they are making. The reason for saying this is that a mortgage broker failed to do so in the Wood vs Commercial First Business case. It allowed for the rescission (cancellation) of the credit agreements.  If you are in any doubt…