ACFO SPRING NATIONAL SEMINAR 2015

Effective Vehicle Choice Fuel & Mileage Management

The Seminar was held on the 8th May at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. Hosted by Jaguar Land Rover and sponsored by Barclaycard Fuel+ in association with TMC and LeasePlan.

Jaguar Land Rover had the new Jaguar XE 2.0D available for ride and drive, while Land Rover had the Discovery Sport 2.2D with both proving very popular amongst acfo members.

The day focused on a wide range of issues including: Fleet funding options, calculating car and light commercial vehicle whole life costs to ensure an effective vehicle choice, fuel management, tax and technical accounting.

Q & A Session

Jaguar XE 2.0D

1958 Cooper T45 / 51 

Data Update April 2015

April saw the following changes across our Franchised Dealer Database

New records created - 93
Details were updated on 205 records
53 records were flagged as deleted in the system.

Remember, if you have our Monthly reporting module you can view the full details of these changes on detailed individual reports.

Automotive Events - NEC Commercial Vehicle Show 2015

When it comes to automotive events, the NEC's commercial vehicle show is one of the largest. The show is touted as providing commercial vehicle users with a unrivalled level of products and choices, more so than any other in the industry. This years show certainly came close to delivering that, with literally hundreds of exhibitors attending.

One notable celebration at the show was that of the Ford Transit. It is hard to believe that it is 50 years since the first vehicle rolled off the production line. Since its introduction in Langley 1965, there have been approximately 8 million models built.

Latest automotive data figures show that sales of Ford commercials are still buoyant, with an all time high reported in March 2015. 43% in fact, representing 16497 units year on year.

Models were launched, deals were made, and stars were met – so where do we start with a quick round-up of another successful show?

It wasn't just Ford having the limelight to themselves with the Transit either, as there were plenty of other launches from vehicle manufacturers.

Those worthy of mention in 2015, included a first for Dacia with the Duster Commercial.

Vauxhall presented its new Corsavan, sporting improvements and design changes to its chassis. Not wishing to be left out of the limelight was Citroen, whose Berlingo announced a new range of engines.

Taking the accolade of best newcomer, the new Mercedes Vito was launched and immediately drew attention to itself. 

All in all, it was a great show and it was good to see so many automotive suppliers committed to bringing efficiency and innovation to the marketplace.

Come and meet us at The Commercial Vehicle Show 2015

JS Management are attending the Commercial Vehicle Show 2015 at Birmingham NEC on Wednesday 15th April, to meet current clients and companies with an interest in our data services.

If you would like to meet up to discuss how our industry leading automotive data can help your business, please use our Contact Us page and we'll be happy to arrange a time to meet and discuss your requirements.

Data Update March 2015

In March we've seen the following changes to our franchised dealership location data...

96 new records created.
576 records had information updated.
114 records were flagged as deleted.

As the end of this month completes Q1, below we've summarised the updates for this first quarter...

363 new records created.
1448 records had information updated.
330 records were flagged as deleted.

With over 2000 changes to our franchised dealer data in just the first quarter of this year, we work hard to keep you up to date with the latest changes happening across the UK dealership network.

Take advantage of your subscription which allows unlimited access to this up to date data and ensure your working with the latest data whatever network planning or market intelligence work you are carrying out.

Data Update February 2015

February might be a short month, but there's still plenty of updates to the franchised car dealer data. We've seen the following changes this month...

Created 102 new records
263 records have had details updated
83 records were flagged as deleted

Even this early in 2015 we've seen over 1000 records updated or created. Ensure you maximise your subscription by logging in and exporting up to date data, don't work with out of date data!

Data Update January 2015

January has kicked off the new year with a significant number of changes to the Franchised Dealership Database with the following number of changes being made.

New records created - 166
Details were updated on 612 records
133 records were flagged as deleted in the system.

Please remember to make full use of your subscription and login and access this up to date information.

Clients with the Monthly Report add-on can also access specific reports detailing exactly the records related to the changes detailed above.

Motorcycle Trade Expo 2015

JS Management attended the Motorcycle Trade Expo, the largest trade only motorcycle show in Europe at Stoneleigh Park Exhibition Centre in Warwickshire on Tuesday to meet with new and existing customers and data suppliers.

The trade only nature of the event allowed us plenty of time to talk with manufacturers, suppliers and clients allowing us to really understand how our data is being put to use and how important the frequency with which we keep our data up to date is to our clients.

We also met new motorcycle manufacturers launching in the UK and have built relationships to include their dealer networks in our database and update them as they build out their dealer network. This work continues to ensure that we provide complete coverage of the motorcycle dealerships across the UK.

Data Update December 2014

No rest for JS Management during the run up to Christmas. We've made the following changes this month to our Automotive Dealer Data...

98 new records created.
245 records updated with new information.
114 records flagged as deleted.

We wish you a happy Christmas and New Year

Motorcycle Live 2014

The Motorcycle Live show was spread over 4 halls at the NEC. JS Management attended for two days this year to allow us time to visit all of our existing motorcycle manufacturer clients.

We'd also like to say thanks to some of the new manufacturers who are now supplying us with franchised dealership location data. This helps with our ongoing commitment to track and maintain total UK coverage of all new and existing motorcycle dealers.

Noisiest stand award this year has to go to Kawasaki, they had their Ninja H2R on the dyno. This track only bike could be heard across all four halls, and nearer to it you could feel the ground shake!

Check out the YouTube clip of the dyno run below.

ACFO Southern Regional Meeting

JS Management attended the ACFO southern regional meeting held at Arval in Swindon. Two interesting presentations were given by our hosts. The first covering safety related smartphone apps and the potential risk implications for fleet managers.

The second presentation covered the economy with key indicators for fleets, which provided a detailed overview of the fiscal and taxation factors that effect fleet operations. This was a well received presentation that gave good insight into potential trends that will play out over the next year and initiated a significant amount of discussion of the implications of these trends.

Data Update November 2014

Our dealer location data has seen the following changes made in November...

82 new records created.
324 records updated with new information.
66 records flagged as deleted in the system.

As ever please make sure you take full advantage of your subscription and login to access and download the latest automotive dealer data to keep your records up to date.