All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Fleet Friday: New names, faces and software
A weekly round-up of UK fleet news including Alphabet on fleet management environmental attitudes, the next generation of Leaselink, Lexs appointment, Citroëns fuel card, ACFOs theme and the rebranding of Uniloads.
Fleet Friday: German, UK stats; Scottish awards
A weekly round-up of European and UK fleet news including German statistics by sector, UK statistics by reporting body and the fleet management company inline for a Scottish employment accolade.
FLA warns industry over FCA transfer
Stephen Sklaroff, director general of the Finance & Leasing Association has warned the asset finance industry in the UK should be paying attention to the proposals regarding the transfer of regulation to the Financial Conduct Authority.
Volkswagen UK appoints fleet head
Michael OShea has been promoted from national fleet sales manager to head of fleet at Volkswagen UK, under the brands Group Fleet restructure managed by Vincent Kinner.
Linedata completes CapitalStream acquisition
France-based software and services provider Linedata has completed its purchase of CapitalStream, the North American loans origination platform for commercial banks and equipment finance.
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Fleet Friday: UK budget response
This weeks round-up of fleet news focuses on the business response to fuel duty and low-emissions and other tax changes in the UK Budget submitted by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, plus John Lewis appointment at Leaseurope.
BMW FS on target to be brand point of contact
BMW Group has said its Financial Services division has continued to hit return-on-equity targets and will soon be the point of contact between brand and customer.
BMW FS revenues up, profit down, 2012
BMW Financial Services has recorded a growth in revenues while profit before tax dropped, year-on-year, according to BMW Group figures for 2012.
VWFS Group contribution up, RoE down, 2012
Volkswagen Financial Services saw return on equity drop while both operating profit and contribution to Volkswagen Groups overall profit grew, according to the Groups results for 2012.
UK fleet sales down, finance and re-sale up
A round up of the months fleet figures from the SMMT, BCA and FLA in conjunction with this weeks Fleet Friday.