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Openreach supercharges EV strategy

Openreach is continuing its switch to electric vehicles with the announcement that it has ordered 270 fully electric Vivaro-e vans and nine Corsa-e cars. Openreach operates one of the UK’s […]

Kallaway steps into key sales role

Hankook Tyre UK has appointed Shane Kallaway as truck and bus tyre regional sales manager for the South West. Kallaway succeeds Richard Ettey who has retired after more than 12 […]

Caerus names new commercial boss

Finance broker Caerus Capital has appointed Ben Maguire into the newly created role of commercial director. Caerus Capital is a finance broker specialising in driving up finance conversions in dealerships. […]

CAPS analysis for July shows claims up 12%

The latest collision repair industry report from CAPS – covering unique claims and supply chain transmissions in July – shows claims have edged up 12% following a 9% dip in […]

Key insurance deal announced

Zurich UK has announced a five-year deal to underwrite polices for usage-based insurer By Miles. By Miles charges a low fixed upfront payment, with months payments based on miles driven. […]

Fuel retailers overcharged during lockdown

New analysis has found that drivers overpaid for petrol and diesel following lockdown, as retailers raised profit margins instead of setting a fair price. This is according to Which?, which […]

SsangYong announces HQ move

SsangYong Motors UK is moving its headquarters from Luton to Swindon. The new head office has capacity to operate its national next day parts supply service to its franchised dealers. […]

MotorEasy adds selling service

MotorEasy has announced a partnership with comparison selling site Motorway. MotorEasy, which has 400,000 members, has been created to offer hassle-free driving by handling the annoying parts of car ownership […]

Consumer finance levels a quarter down

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that consumer finance new business fell in June by 17% compared with the same month in 2019, and contracted by 25% in […]

Licence Bureau completes record checks

Licence Bureau broke its own record for the number of licence checks carried out in a single month with some 85,000 checks completed last month. The UK’s leading supplier of […]

FLA reports used car finance growth

New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the consumer used car finance market grew nine per cent by value and two per […]

EVs added to rental solution

Meridian Vehicle Solutions is adding its first electric vehicles to its fleet. A number of Audi e-trons will become available for rental for leases from periods of three-12 months, with […]