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Cheshire students hope to clean up in car valet challenge

Young business students at an Ellesmere Port college are to have their entrepreneurial skills tested in a business challenge thrown down by a Chester-based auto company. As part of their course, the business diploma students at West Cheshire College are taking part in the "Outstanding Business Student Award" organised by ACF ...

Riding High - Mountain Biker Who Scaled Exam Peak

A Chester mountain bike enthusiast who put the brakes on his pastime to study for a top accountancy qualification has seen his sacrifice pay dividends. Danny Armstrong (31) of The Funding Corporation in Chester has now graduated as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Entry to the elite body ...

Charity honour for Chester firm’s “golden givers”

Big-hearted staff at a Chester-based auto company, ACF Car Finance Limited, have earned a glittering government-backed award for their support of charity. Thanks to the staff's generosity, the firm learned this week it has won a gold achievement accolade from the UK's national Payroll Giving Centre. The honour is made to businesses ...

ACF Car Finance Gives Valeters A Chance To Shine

Valeting staff at a national used car dealership are being given the chance to buff up their CVs on a special training programme created by the company. ACF Car Finance Limited says it believes that valeters deserve a higher status in the motor industry, and should be given more credit for ...

RAC Issues First UK Approval For Dealer Inspection

ACF Car Finance Limited has become the first car dealership in Britain to have its own pre-sale vehicle inspections process accredited by the RAC. It means customers are assured that the company's 136-point quality and safety examination given to each car meets the exacting criteria applied to the RAC's own inspections. Until now, ...

Car Firm’s Banger Puts Rocket Under Charity Appeal

Putting his foot down in a good cause has helped motor executive Leyton Cooper and his company to raise over £3,000 for a national auto charity. Leyton, who is Group Buying Manager for ACF Car Finance Ltd, recently took part in the charity's gruelling 1700-mile challenge to drive to Italy and ...

On-The-Ball Staff Usher In Next Decade

Around 150 employees of The Funding Corporation in Chester marked their company's tenth birthday in October with a glittering Venetian masked ball at a top city hotel. The car finance group, based on Chester Business Park, said it wanted to offer the most memorable "thank you" possible to staff who have helped ...

Finance Firm’s Fun-Day Raises Smiles And Charity Cash

Soap suds and sponge-cakes both featured at a charity fun-day held this summer at the headquarters of Chester-based motor finance group The Funding Corporation (TFC). Organised by ACF Car Finance, the car retail subsidiary of TFC, the event offered the chance for staff to pay to have their cars hand-washed by the ...

Chester Firm’s Fun-Day Raises Smiles And Charity Cash

Sponges and sponge-cakes both took centre-stage at a charity fun-day held this week at the headquarters of a major finance group on Chester Business Park. Organised by ACF Car Finance, retail subsidiary of The Funding Corporation, the event offered the chance for staff to pay to have their cars hand-washed by ...

New Car Care Plans Are Designed To Go The Distance

An end to "oversold and under-performing" car protection plans has been signalled by major national used car retailer ACF Car Finance Limited. The company has announced two new products, both developed in conjunction with RAC Warranty. They are a new maintenance and breakdown warranty, and Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) cover, both giving ...

More Brits Going Topless, Car Retailer Reports

Sales of open-top cars are currently running at double those of last year's volumes, according to a major national used car retailer.* ACF Car Finance Limited says the recent spell of warm weather is tempting record numbers of motorists to put their faith in a long, dry and sunny summer. But the ...

MOT Changes Will Drive Up Repair Bills, Claim

People who buy cars from the small ads are likely to be hit with big bills if proposed changes to the current MOT testing schedule go ahead, a national used car retailer has predicted. Private car buyers, says ACF Car Finance Limited, would stand a greater chance of inheriting costly mechanical ...

Chester Finance Team Scoop “Best in Britain” Title

A Chester-based finance group has been crowned as Britain's most responsible lender, beating major High Street names such as Barclays Bank and the Co-operative Bank to the title. The Funding Corporation on Chester Business Park was revealed as the overall winner of the accolade at the Credit Today Awards in London ...

Accelerating Car Retailer Makes Extra Room at the Top

Two new senior roles have been created by ACF Car Finance Limited to help manage the company's continuing success story. Divisional Sales Managers for both the north and the south of ACF Car Finance's network of vehicle showrooms will now be responsible for driving forward further expansion. The posts have been filled ...

Retailer Predicts Electric Shock for Plug-in Car Owners

Electric cars now on sale could plummet in value by two-thirds when they reach the second-hand market in a few years time, predicts a major used car retailer. At five years old, says ACF Car Finance Limited, such vehicles could fetch just ten percent of their new price. The shock drop ...

Cheshire Business Students Make Tracks In Motor Industry

West Cheshire College students demonstrated their business sense after participating in a challenge set by local firm ACF Car Finance Limited. The market leading specialist used car dealer, welcomed Level 2 Business Diploma students to the company’s headquarters for this year’s ‘Outstanding Business Student Award’ presentations. As part of the Business Diploma ...

Students Set To Motor Ahead With Chester Business Award

Chester-based car retailer ACF Car Finance Limited has this week launched its annual Outstanding Business Student Award in conjunction with West Cheshire College. The UK’s only nationwide car dealer specialising in providing quality used cars and arranging car finance solutions for credit impaired customers has teamed up with tutors at the ...

Chester Businesses Join Forces To Communicate With The Masses

Chester-based mobile communications company, Txtlocal, are working with independent car dealer, ACF Car Finance Limited, on a nationwide SMS messaging strategy to target customers. ACF Car Finance, the UK’s only nationwide car dealer specialising in providing quality used cars and arranging financial solutions for credit impaired customers, chose to work with Txtlocal to ...

Motor Employees Slide To Success For Charity

Brave employees of specialist motor dealer ACF Car Finance Limited will slide to success next month as the team takes part in a charity zip-wire challenge. A group of 10 employees from the company have signed up for The Springtime Sweethearts Charity Zip Wire Challenge which will take place on Sunday ...

Business Students Behind The Scenes At Finance House

Chester-based car finance group, The Funding Corporation, opened its doors to West Cheshire College students as part of the launch of the annual ‘Outstanding Business Student Award Scheme’. ACF Car Finance Limited, part of The Funding Corporation group of companies, has once again teamed up with West Cheshire College to develop a ...

Cheshire students hope to clean up in car valet challenge

Young business students at an Ellesmere Port college are to have their entrepreneurial skills tested in a business challenge thrown down by a Chester-based auto company. As part of their course, the business diploma students at West Cheshire College are taking part in the "Outstanding Business Student Award" organised by ACF ...

Northgate Vehicle Hire re-launches retail hire offering

In an effort to support the local community, Darlington based Northgate Vehicle Hire, market leaders in flexible van hire and fleet solutions, has re-launched its retail hire offering due to increased demand from members of the public looking for van hire for personal use. Members of the local community can now walk ...

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