TRADE PLATE TEST DRIVE CLARITY SOUGHT EDEN SHUTTERED ‘TO PROTECT EMPLOYMENT’ MID-MAY RETURN TO WORK? HOW TO PREPARE YOUR SHOWROOM FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING CORONAVIRUS: auto industry round-up...

The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed details of measures designed to protect motor finance customers struggling to meet payments due to coronavirus. Measures designed to protect car finance...

PARTNER FEATURE The use of finance as a marketing tool has proved to be highly effective. Over 90% of private customers buying a new car have opted for dealer finance. While the percentage is lower,...

The FCA has revealed it expects motor finance firms to provide a three-month payment freeze to customers who are having temporary difficulties meeting finance or leasing payments due to coronavirus....

Emphasising its role in ensuring that consumers are protected as the financial landscape changes, the FCA has set out new business priorities for the year ahead accordingly. FCA Interim chief...

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The Financial Conduct Authority has said it “strongly requests” all listed companies due to publish financial statements in the next few days delay their publication for at least two weeks....

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The Financial Conduct Authority has put its investigation and consultation into motor finance commission models on hold until at least October due to the Covid-19 outbreak. In a statement by the FCA...

With nearly two years under its belt in the UK automotive finance sector, BNP Paribas is aiming to take on the established players thanks to new systems coupled to global knowledge. “Our ambition is...

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The UK new car market declined in 2019, with annual registrations falling for the third consecutive year, according to figures from the SMMT. Some 2,311,140 units were registered last year,...

So, at year’s end, we finally have some form of resolution to the Brexit debate. Like it or not, the general election gave Boris Johnson what Teresa May craved – a strong and (hopefully) stable...

The global economic backdrop for 2020 is challenging. What we see is a prediction of very small growth in some economies, and a small decline in most of the top 10 economies in the world. The US is...

Marshall Motor Group CEO Daksh Gupta has welcomed the FCA’s move to ban interest rate commission on motor finance products, suggesting it will simplify the sales process and increase transparency....

The FCA is clamping down on commission. We investigate how you might be affected and what to do Us Brits love to talk about the weather, don’t we? It came as no surprise then, that on 1 March, and...

2020 is set to see notable changes to the Finance and Insurance (F&I) landscape. Santander has been working for some time, both internally and with its OEM and retailer partners, to consider how...