Luxury car finance specialist Bridford Financial Solutions continues to expand with new offices opening in the South West and the Midlands. Jonathon Oliver and Des Branson have been appointed to manage the sites in the South West and Midlands respectively. Bridford Financial Solutions’ other branches are located in the North East, North West, South East and Scotland. The appointments come as the Yorkshire-based firm continues to grow having enjoyed a record year in 2009 underwriting £25 million of finance and a first quarter in 2010 where £7.2 million was provided for franchised and independent dealerships. Jonathon Oliver has over 20 years automotive experience in corporate and retail sales as well as specialist finance brokering and business management.
He has worked primarily with specialist luxury marques including BMW, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Lamborghini, Pagani and Koenigsegg. Des Branson takes control of the large Midlands area having spent several years working at the Audi dealership in Lincoln. Their roles will see them helping dealerships sell more cars by introducing them to the flexible and competitive finance packages Bridford Financial Solutions specialises in as well as providing an outsourced business management service to complement dealerships’ sales teams.
Last month Bridford Financial Solutions joined forces with cardealerfinance.co.uk to launch an instant calculator for dealers to add to their websites to help speed up transactions and allow them to offer clients a greater level of customer service. The calculator uses a secure server to protect data and provides access to instant quotations that dealers can use for existing finance providers, or utilise the finance relationships from Bridford Financial Solutions with competitive rates and excellent finance commissions to boost their bottom line.
Cardealerfinance.co.uk provides state-of-the-art car finance calculators and application systems for dealer websites and Bridford Financial Solutions is the first finance broker to negotiate free set-up and free trials for dealers with the finance software provider. They also experienced considerable time savings by avoiding the need to telephone through for quotes and taking proposals manually, which in turn increases the speed and accuracy of underwriting decisions. By installing the cardealerfinance.co.uk calculator on dealers’ websites, it also helps prevent customers searching other websites to check finance offers and buying elsewhere, keeping the dealers in control. The calculator is available to franchised dealers, independent specialists and new and used car brokers with a one-off build fee and a monthly pay-as-you go hosting charge with no minimum contract.
In early trials, many of Bridford Financial Solution’s Approved Dealers using the online quote systems instantly reported a huge increase in the number of finance enquiries and applications via their websites, ultimately leading to an increase of income.
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