All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown

Richard Irvine-Brown

Cooke and WCG ‘challenging’ review of Q3 market

The latest quarterly analysis of the motor finance market by captive software specialists White Clarke Group and Professor Peter Cooke has warned of “reduced cash flows and challenged profits”.

BEN applauds Cambria Automobiles

Automotive industry charity BEN has presented dealer group Cambria Automobiles with two awards for its fundraising efforts.

Investec and McLaren launch finance partnership

Seven months after announcing plans to offer finance for prestige cars, Investec Asset Finance is set to provide sales finance for McLaren Automotive.

BMW FS €1.3m loss in Ireland, 2011

Turnover at BMW Automotive Ireland was up 30% year-on-year to €105.9m (£85.3m) in 2011 despite its finance arm returning a loss of €1.3m for the year.

Who are the most powerful individuals in UK car finance?

Polling has begun in a search to find the 50 most commanding and influential individuals in the UK car finance industry, the results of which will be published in December’s issue of the magazine.

PCP, 0% HP and no VAT on Škoda

Czech brand Škoda, part of the Volkswagen Group, has announced it will continue its ‘pay no VAT’ offer to the end of the year, as well as offering a range of hire purchase and PCP.

Volvo UK appoints sales director

The UK arm of Chinese-owned carmaker Volvo has appointed Jon Wakefield as sales director, reporting to managing director Nick Connor.

Finance penetration up again – FLA

The percentage of new cars bought in the past 12 months using finance has risen once more to 69.1% and accounted for 101,781 new and used registrations in August.

Women, not men, favour finance – Carfinance247

Nearly twice as many women as men prefer using finance to purchase a car, according to a survey of 200 consumers on behalf of vehicle finance broker Carfinance247.co.uk.

CRM supplier promises leads with CAP data

New entrant to the CRM market Car Finance Renewals has promised ‘timely leads’ to dealerships for renewal of customer car and finance agreements.