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Pre-registrations at record levels and consumers beginning to face effects of austerity A falsely buoyant picture is likely to be painted by September’s new plate change – despite the probability
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AUGUST 2015 – NEWSLETTER We’ve made some changes to your newsletter format. We’ve clustered interesting articles, blogs and editorial commentary together into sector areas, making it easier for you to scroll to
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CD Fleet Services, the leading online vehicle remarketing and pool fleet management specialist, has launched a bespoke ‘Inspect & Collect’ service for the fleet and leasing industry. The new service
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Commercial vehicle operators moving away from larger vehicles to 3.5-tonne vans will lead to a record year for light commercial vehicle sales, says CAP. The pricing experts say year-end LCV registrations
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Auto Trader figures for July reveal that petrol versions of the 2012 BMW 1 Series with automatic transmissions were the quickest sellers nationally, taking an average of 17 days to
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Manheim has raised £14,050 for charity from a fortnight of sale events, which celebrated the Ford Transit’s 50th birthday, at the company’s sites across the country. From August 3-14, each
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This award is for the breadth of entries Arval submitted, demonstrating technological prowess and innovation across telematics, fleet management and apps. The company, about to burst into the UK’s top
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Topping the tables with its innovative remarketing system – Inspect Pro – is BCA. The company may be well versed in traditional low-tech approaches to remarketing, but Inspect Pro impressed
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Motors.co.uk has launched a new monthly payment search functionality and is promoting it to consumers with a television campaign later this week. The search by payment functionality, which launched onsite
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The rapid rise of taxi app firm Uber in the UK is fueling demand for MPVs at auction and causing values to rise. The average value of MPVs coming to
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Manheim saw record CV volumes in July, with a 45% increase in volume year-on-year, and average selling prices up 1.6% (£75) from June. Matthew Davock, head of LCV at Manheim,
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Car owners that have kept their vehicle for over 10 years are coming back to the new car market due to strong PCP deals, according to Glass’s. Rupert Pontin, head
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