Sole Supply and Why It Pays To Use a Broker

News emerged today that Alphabet leasing are changing their business plan for 2009, resulting in them pitching for less business and honoring existing contracts only. The reasons behind this include access to funding and an almost certain price increase full story

Existing clients may now be inclined to to shop the market and see just how competitive current suppliers really are. We've noticed increased price sensitivity in the market which is opening up the medium to larger fleets to be more receptive to our message. "We shop the market whilst you benefit from sole supply service".

Rates are changing on a daily basis for some funders, some (to remain nameless) are literally pricing themselves out of the market for new business whilst passing increasing prices on to existing clients. If you know anyone who could benefit from a market analysis from Anthony K we'll happily show them comparative figures from our broad range of finance partners to demonstrate the savings which can be made using a reputable broker (like us!)

Fleet News 50

Apologies for being a little late with this one, however last week the highly anticipated Fleet News 50 landed on my desk.

Interesting reading all round, with a few articles regarding the way forward for businesses to deal with reputable, professional brokers (like ourselves) to get the best rates and service from an industry which is changing daily

However back to the main topic of the publication it was great to see that Anthony K Associates deal with all 5 of the Top 5 leasing companies (in terms of fleet size). A further 7 funding partners are in the Top 30 allowing us to use the largest and most competitive funding for fleets of any size

Network Sets High Standards for Brokers

Small businesses, wishing to lease cars through brokers, can look forward to higher standards.
From January 2009, all Network brokers will have to be British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) approved.

It is a significant step to raise standards. Network represents the largest group of franchised brokers in the UK – 210 in total. Car funding and the Network franchise infrastructure is provided by leasing giant LeasePlan.

Tim Hudson, commerical director for LeasePlan, explained: “We take our position as industry leader very seriously. As a result we can’t focus simply on signing as many brokers as possible and pushing through as many sales as we can. Instead, our focus should be on setting and maintaining standards for a select group of elite brokers.”

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Getting some press!!

I have developed a positive discourse with Ralph, the editor of a new(ish) online magazine called Business Car Manager . I was impressed by the magazine and it's content, the only one of it's kind aimed at the smaller fleet. Within 4 weeks of our first conversation I am published author!

All issues in business affect different size businesses in differing ways, in the fleet industry the smaller business is left behind in the knowledge gap, this magazine and it's contributors aim to reduce this. Of course we are delighted to be involved.

My article is here and discusses how to best organise vehicles for new staff. There are also links to advice on how to choose a vehicle broker (like us), what a leasing broker does and several other topics of interest to the normal business running a few cars.