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AA Insurance Services extends Europcar Mobility partnership
- 15/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AA Insurance Services has renewed and extended its partnership with Europcar Mobility Group UK for a further five years. Europcar provides direct hire vehicle replacement for AA Insurance policyholders and AA members while their vehicles are being repaired. Tim Rankin, managing director of AA Accident Assist, [...] -
Car subscription business reports record growth
- 15/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AAM Group has reported that it’s car subscription business, Mycardirect, has achieved profitability 18 months ahead of schedule. Established in September 2020, it is now profitable on a monthly basis and together with AAM Group’s other brands, Onwrd and BestCarFInder, has seen sales increase by 46% to £23m in [...] -
Europcar broadens EV options
- 15/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Europcar Mobility Group UK has increased the number of electric vehicles on offer within its mobility solutions. The latest additions include an order for several hundred Tesla Model 3 for long-term business rental and a number of Mercedes-Benz EQB 350 SUV models, initially available from Heathrow Airport. Ron [...] -
Car rental market surges
- 17/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen Financial Services UK has reported that the rental car market has soared ahead of Christmas. It saw a 144% rise in Rent-a-Car bookings in November compared to the same period last year, and predicts an even hotter market this month with increased festive demand for larger vehicles for family trips – [...] -
Car hire firms to improve practices
- 14/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following an inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that looked at insurance complaints, five of the biggest car hire firms in Europe have promised to act on customer complaints. The inquiry that was supported by the European Commission, revealed that motorists felt pressurised into buying excess [...] -
DVLA extends car hire planning time
- 10/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Travellers needing to hire a car abroad will now have three weeks to share extra driving licence details with hire companies instead of three days, the BBC reports. The new system that was implemented 8 June 2015, requires motorists to access the DVLA website to generate a check code that allows companies to see [...] -
DVLA website struggles with new system
- 09/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new online system created by the DVLA for hiring a car has been experiencing problems, according to reports from customers and car hire providers. A number of people who attempted to use the system (which does not apply to drivers in Northern Ireland) said it was not working properly, while some car [...] -
DVLA is ‘rushing in’ counterpart rules
- 08/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The car hire industry has accused the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of 'rushing in' new rules for motorists hiring cars, the BBC reports. The changes, which involve the abolition of the paper counterpart of a drivers licence, take effect on Monday 8 June. This means that anyone hiring a [...]