Listen back – VRA member meeting

Wednesday 25 January 2024 at Geldards, Derby – Finance, insurance and the LCV market

  • Adrian Dally, director of motor finance and strategy, Finance and Leasing Association on the opportunities and challenges for motor finance in 2024
  • Tim Kelly, managing director and owner at MotorClaimGuru, examines the impact of the rising cost of insurance on retailers and remarketing (00:27:20)
  • Louise Wallis, automotive retail specialist and director of Auto Strategies, discusses progress on Consumer Duty implementation (00:58:30)
  • Jon Butler, VRA legal counsel, Geldards, provides an update on the latest legislative changes affecting the automotive sector (01:21:31)
  • Julian Pullen, senior editor, commercial vehicles and motorcycles, cap hpi outlines the current state of play and future forecasts on the LCV market (01:47:57)
  • followed by an LVC panel discussion with (02:11:30):
    • Graham Howes, head of digital sales, Motor Auction Group
    • Stuart Peak, national LCV manager, Manheim
    • Louis Maxwell, senior insight manager, Auto Trader

The full recording of this meeting can be accessed anytime here: https://bit.ly/VRA250124

Thursday 21 March 2024 at Geldards, Derby – Finance, insurance and the LCV market

  • Andy Shields, global business unit director of Indicata – update on the used car market (00:03:00)
  • Mark Davis, key account manager and Craig Auden, product owner at epyx – latest trends in disposal strategies (00:41:00)
  • Panel discussion, with (01:13:25):
    • Stuart Chamberlain, head of B2B and partnerships at Arval UK
    • David Watkins, commercial director of Greenhous Fleet Services
    • Vicky Malcolm, relationship manager at Motability Operations
  • Logistics Q&A with (01:34:24):
    • Martin Mullender, commercial director of All Counties Vehicle Logistics
    • Leslie White, commercial director of NVD UK
  • Marcus Blakemore, VRA sub-committee chair – discussion on vehicle specification on cars built during Covid (02:01:00)

The full recording of this meeting can be accessed anytime here: https://bit.ly/VRA210324

Thursday 25 July 2024 at Cox Automotive, Bruntingthorpe Battery Health

  • Olivia Mills, remarketing manager at Zenith on the Wellbeing, Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee (00:03:00)
  • Battery health check discussion (00:16:38 to 01:39:19)
    • Alex Johns, partnership lead, Altelium
    • Patrick Cresswell, co-founder and managing director, ClearWatt
    • Matthieu Peugeot, sales manager, Aviloo
    • Roland Gagel, member of the board, CARA Europe
  • Robin Brundle, co-founder, Recyclus and Technology Minerals discusses battery recycling and ways to deal with damaged EV batteries (02:00:32)
  • Election panel discussion (02:32:18)
    • Alastair Cassels, partner and head of automotive advisory, MHA
    • Lee Swinerd, director, head of automotive, Interpath
    • Louise Wallis, founder, Auto Strategies

The full recording of this meeting can be accessed anytime here: https://bit.ly/4cUlIi5

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