All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown

Richard Irvine-Brown

Toyota launches 0% PCP on hybrids

Toyota Financial Services has begun a range of 0% APR offers through its AccessToyota-branded PCP package on its Yaris and Auris hybrid models.

Fleet Friday: Telematics, CV numbers, board seats and milk floats

A round up of the week’s fleet news including ALD Automotive’s telematics, Volkswagen CV sales, a new role for John Lewis, an Ogilvie Fleet board appointment and more.

BEN announces karting championship details

Automotive industry benevolent fund BEN has announced details of its annual Karting Championship.

Positive first FLA quarterly survey of industry

A majority of car finance providers expect the industry to write increasing levels of business in the next 12 months, according to the Finance & Leasing Association Retail Motor Confidence Survey Q2 2013.

Oracle success with Range Rover post-ING pullout

Prestige motor financer Oracle Finance has reported a “notable growth” in demand for its Range Rover finance package, eight months after the withdrawal of high-end vehicle funder ING Lease.

Profit up as costs drop at PCFG

Operational initiatives shows strategy is the right one says chairman

Experian charts two-year rise of PCP and HP

The number of PCP loans taken out on vehicles has more than doubled in the past two years, according to the Motor Finance Index published by Experian Automotive

Response paper published, FCA maintains plan for interim permissions registration

The UK Government has published responses to its consultation held over the transferring of consumer credit regulation from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority
as of 1 April 2014

CO2 car tax could see thousands scrapped

CAP has warned “thousands of good cars” could be scrapped as changing CO2 emissions limits could raise the cost of their tax disc to an unsustainable proportion of their worth.

Used retail drop is eight-year low for Q1 sales

2013 saw the lowest first-quarter retail sales volume for used cars since 2005, although electric vehicles and 4x4s have performed well according to the quarterly Used Car Sales Index by credit reference agency Experian.