Alphera Financial Services has appointed Alex Royall as its new UK director after Preston Rogers left to become head of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Financial Services at Lloyds Banking Group.
Demand for GAP insurance quotes and extended warranties for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) is rising year-on-year (YoY), data from Intelligent Motoring shows.
High new and used car prices will continue to drive the motor finance sector's growth by value despite a cost-of-living crisis that will “subdue consumer spending in the coming months”, the FLA has said.
Startline’s Used Car Tracker has revealed that 63% of dealers have changed the types of cars they are stocking in response to the cost-of-living crisis.
The growth leaders for UK new car registrations are offering models with an average monthly personal contract purchase (PCP) price of just £230.50.
Over a third of motorists plan to abandon their cars in favour of public transport if fuel prices continue to rise above their current average of over £100 for a tank of petrol.
Paragon Bank’s Motor Finance division has more than doubled the amount of car retail lending during the first half of its financial year.
Automotive aftersales finance provider Bumper has appointed Snap-on Business Solutions’ Nick Squire as its new international sales and partnerships manager.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) still expects a Q2 rise in car buying activity, despite expectations that spending will slow amid rising inflation, interest rates, and taxes.
National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) chief executive Sue Robinson has welcomed Government’s decision to reform the Customer Credit Act – branding it “outdated”.
The role of the car dealership’s business manager is evolving – and digitalisation is playing its part in that change.
Car dealerships are facing a double whammy of rising overheads and diminishing consumer finances after the Bank of England (BoE) further increased interest rates this month to 1%.
Close Brothers Motor Finance have raised £35,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Cancer Research UK through a series of fundraising events.
Peter Vardy's CarMoney is set to open its first regional sales and administration office in Dundee in response to rising consumer demand.
MotoNovo Finance has promoted Matt Lucas to the newly created position of head of partnerships & transformation.
iVendi has created new business units and has appointed new country directors in France and Spain.
AM-online examines the impact of technology and e-commerce on the traditional in-showroom process of providing point of sale motor finance
A nationwide survey by Alphera Financial Services has found that most UK car buyers are not ready to fully finalise their car finance agreements online.
Automotive finance company Oodle has been recognised as an industry ‘game-changer’ at this year’s Car Finance Awards.
The May Issue of AM magazine is here, packed with the latest news on the digital disruptors, insights into motor finance's digitalisation, and the full citations of all the 2022 AM Awards winners.
