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eMaster™ Delivers Success For New Car Sales In Difficult Year

eMaster™ Delivers Success For New Car Sales In Difficult Year

Despite recent SMMT data showing that overall UK retail new car sales fell by 26.6% in 2020 when compared to 2019, eMaster™ continued to support new car sales for all of FISC’s partners helping both OEM’s and dealers retain customers in a very difficult year.  Sales generated by eMaster™ for one major brand reported a...

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FISC Continues Its Support Of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice For 2021

FISC Continues Its Support Of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice For 2021

FISC has announced that Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice will remain its nominated charity during 2021. Commenting Simon Young FISC’s Managing Director said, “All charities have been massively hit during the Covid-19 pandemic, and so many of our fundraising activities involving human interaction and get togethers had to be put on hold. Whilst still managing to...

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eMaster™ Virtual Group Retention Events Prove Immediate Success.

eMaster™ Virtual Group Retention Events Prove Immediate Success.

Delivering high impact sales training in terms of content and sales remains challenging, however FISC’s latest eMaster™ 3-day Virtual Training Event recently delivered to a Group of 6 dealerships showed instant results. The event is spread over 3 days, where our experienced consultants deliver live training and coaching through a combination of virtual management calls,...

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FISC Festive Opening Times
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FISC Festive Opening Times

The Directors and Staff of FISC would like to wish all their clients, partners and friends a safe and happy Christmas and look forward to a bright, profitable and heathy New Year. The offices will close at 4pm on Thursday 24th December and re-open again at 09:00am on Monday 4th January. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Car Buyers Now More Comfortable Buying Online

Car Buyers Now More Comfortable Buying Online

According to a What Car? survey, more than 25% of buyers that are in the market to change their car say they would be comfortable buying their next car online. In a survey of 4,790 in-market buyers, 28% said they would be comfortable buying their next car entirely online. The lockdown forced both manufacturers and...

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FISC Continues To Grow Its Development Team With Two New New Appointments

FISC Continues To Grow Its Development Team With Two New New Appointments

FISC is delighted to welcome Yogesh Panchal and Erik Suplicz to its expanding team of Developers. Aaron Burton FISC’s Chief Technical Officer commented, “ Yogesh and Erik are both highly skilled Software Engineers and their knowledge adds significantly to our ever growing team. We have an extremely busy work schedule for 2021 and we have...

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FISC Receives ISO27001 Re-certification For A Further 12 Months.

FISC Receives ISO27001 Re-certification For A Further 12 Months.

FISC is delighted to announce that it has again been re-certified for the Information Security standard ISO27001 for another 12 months.  Following the re-certification, Jackie Crookes FISC’s Compliance Manager commented, “This has been a great team effort, ISO 27001 accreditation is very difficult to achieve and even harder to maintain, particularly when for much of...

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Petrol & Diesel-Powered Cars & Vans To Be Banned By 2030

Petrol & Diesel-Powered Cars & Vans To Be Banned By 2030

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently revealed the Government’s plan to ban the sale of new purely petrol and diesel-powered cars and vans by 2030 as part of a 10-point “green recovery” plan. In a letter published by the Financial Times, Johnson said that “lacing the land” with electric vehicle (EV) charge points will also pave...

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Two New Developers Join FISC’s Expanding Team

Two New Developers Join FISC’s Expanding Team

FISC is delighted to announce that it made new additions to its growing development team. Rob Rokosz has joined as a Software Developer and Josh Daly having recently graduated from Sheffield Hallam University has joined as a Junior Software Developer. Commenting on the appointments, Richard Shaw Technical Director said,” We are delighted to welcome both...

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eMaster™ Delivers! Just 4 hours Preparation & 18 Incremental Premium Car Sales!

eMaster™ Delivers! Just 4 hours Preparation & 18 Incremental Premium Car Sales!

October 2020 saw the launch of FISC’s latest eMaster™ 2-Day Retention Events Programme.  The programme focuses on generating immediate sales by using eMaster™ to identify customers who are at the optimum time to change their car, but at the same time delivering a legacy of training so that the dealer can employ the same eMaster™...

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eMaster™ Performance Outstrips October UK New Car Sales Figures

eMaster™ Performance Outstrips October UK New Car Sales Figures

The SMMT reported a small but welcome 0.4% year on year rise in UK new car retail sales for the month of October, however this was out performed by our eMaster™ partners who saw a huge 38.2% increase in sales compared to October 2019. Evidence once more that eMaster™ has a major impact on the...

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October Sees First Fall In Used Car Values Since March 2020

October Sees First Fall In Used Car Values Since March 2020

Used car values dipped by 2.1% in October according to the latest analysis from CAP HPI.  It’s the first fall since March 2020 and shows that wholesale sold prices fell across the board as trade buyers became more cautious about paying higher prices. Derren Martin, head of valuations UK at CAP HPI, commented: “In October...

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