Weekly round up of fleet stories from the UK and Europe including appointments at Arval Italy and Volvos business team, guidance from the BVRLA and Brake and a pair of corporate deals from Alfa Romeo.
BVRLAs New Years code
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The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) is set to release a new code of conduct for lenders in January.
The code will urge members of the BVRLA to make clear and concise information available to customers, in line with guidance from the Office of Fair Trading.
Particularly, the code will state that brokers must declare their commission if asked. If, however, they are not asked, they do not have to declare their commission.
Chové general manager at Arval Italy
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By GlobalDataArval, corporate leasing subsidiary of BNP Paribas, has appointed Grégoire Chové as general manager of its Italian business.
Chové has been at Arval throughout his career, spending more than ten years setting up and developing the companys International Business Office and Arval Sales, and most recently working as general manager of the international business line for small businesses.
Chové replaces Paolo Ghinolfi as head of Arval Italy, which has attained 25% market share since opening in 1995.
Brake urges senior fleet engagement
Brake, the road safety charity, has published new guidance, The business case for fleet safety, putting forward the financial, reputational and legal case for board members and company directors to support and invest in fleet safety initiatives.
In a statement regarding the launch, Brake took the opportunity to remind fleet managers of the charitys one-day Pledge course which aim to provide fleet managers with the tools to communicate road safety initiatives to drivers.
The guidance and course are available at no additional cost to subscribers of Brakes Fleet Safety Forum.
Volvo appoints four new ADMs
Volvo Car UK appointed four new account development managers (ADM) with a mix of internal promotions and external recruitment.
Laura Dorsett joined Volvo in 1994 and has dealt extensively with transactions between Volvo and its dealers in her position as dealer payments manager in the finance team. She replaces Kay Saunders, who has moved on to become campaigns manager of business sales for the South East.
Jane Kelly will this month switch from her post as a senior customer relations consultant to become ADM for the Midlands, replacing Gavin Moolman who will join the strategic projects team.
Jeanette Griggs joined Volvo following 11 years as a senior area manager for sales and aftersales at Renault. She is the new ADM for the North East, replacing Ian Reger who has moved to provide maternity cover as special vehicles manager.
Alison Newman joined the company as Home Counties ADM from Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, where she was corporate accounts manager. She replaces David Chesterman, who becomes a dealer performance manager for London and the South East.
Alfa offer among faltering fleet share
Alfa Romeo, part of Fiat Group Automobiles, has announced a pair of finance deals on the MiTo and Giulietta models for business customers in the UK.
Prices for the MiTo start at £169 a month and for the Giulietta at £199 a month, in both cases the diesel engine models.
Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders yesterday pointed to heavy losses in new car registrations for the brand, a drop in share of the overall UK registrations for fleet and business, and a drop in the acquisition of diesel engines compared to petrol.
Alfa Romeo new car registrations were down 37.53% year-on-year in September, to 1,227 units, and down 35.50% year-to-date to 6,115 units.
The fleet share of the car parc fell from 47.1% in September 2011 to 45.0% in 2012 while the business share fell from 6.2% of registrations to 5.7%. Year-to-date, the fleet share of UK registrations stood at 49.6% and business at 4.5%, down from 51.7% and 5.3%, respectively, for the same period last year.
The diesel share of registrations for September was 48.5%, down on the average so far for the year of 50.4%.
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