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Lock-down Leads To New Developer Opportunities At FISC

18 June 2020

Following the successful implementation of its business continuity plan where all FISC staff moved from office to home working as a result of the lock-down, FISC management has decided to make this change permanent for some of its development team. This change in working practice coincides with a new recruitment drive for Web Developers. Commenting […]

eMaster … The Future Now … The Catalyst For Success

11 June 2020

As we all move out of lock-down and start to ramp-up customer contact activity within the networks, our 14 international partners would agree that eMaster is certainly proving a catalyst for success, and is perfectly suited to the new advanced digital customer contact requirements and flexibility of our post-lock-down environment. During the lock-down we have […]

Working Together As We Get Back To Business.

8 June 2020

As dealers open up again and we all adjust to the new post-lockdown environment, we would like to send everyone in the international automotive sector, especially our eMaster global partners, best wishes and success as we get back to the business of selling cars. Not surprisingly, many dealers continued to use eMaster successfully during the […]

Dealers to Re-open June 1st 2020

28 May 2020

At long last sense has prevailed and motor dealers can once again do what they do best….. sell and maintain cars! David Smith FISC’s Chairman comments…”It’s fantastic news for everyone in the industry. My Feeling is that this could have been done much earlier as showrooms have ample space for social distancing. Dealers are fully […]

TRACS™ Team Busy During Lockdown

13 May 2020

TRACS the Appointed Representative division of FISC, has been very busy during the lockdown period working on a number of significant projects, including system updates to improve our client experience and to further strengthen our compliance oversight, assisting our clients with their online distance sale and click and collect activity, and also updating our marketing […]

New eMaster™ Training and Development Programmes To Support Dealers Re-Opening.

7 May 2020

As the economy starts to re-open after lockdown, now is the time for OEM’s and dealers to start to lay plans for when things begin to return to normal, and eMaster™ will be an indispensable tool to help vehicle sales bounce-back. FISC’s Stephen Hebditch explains…. “An essential part of the eMaster™ re-opening support package will […]

New Car Sales Fall 97% In April

5 May 2020

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported a 97.3% fall in new car registrations for April due to the coronavirus showroom closures. Only 4321 new cars were registered in the month. Following this fall the SMMT has now revised its expectations for new car registrations down to 1.68 million which is the […]

FCA Guidance For Motor Finance Customers During COVID-19 Crisis

27 April 2020

In line with its consumer protection objective, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published finalised rules and guidance which will provide temporary financial relief and support to motor finance customers who are facing payment difficulties due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In summary, these are: Three-month payment deferrals (on request) if a customer has Covid-19 related […]

Government Green Light To Car Sales During Lockdown

24 April 2020

On the 22nd April The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed that dealers can sell and deliver cars remotely as long as they adhere to Public Health England guidelines. This clarification has been widely welcomed by all dealer networks. Commenting Simon Young Managing Director of FISC and its Appointed Representative Network Division […]

We’re Flying in the Cloud!

10 April 2020

Following the successful switch to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for eMaster in 2018 and Tracker in 2019 Richard Shaw FISC’s Technical Director, recently announced that FISC’s entire infrastructure is now cloud based. Commenting he said, “After moving our software applications over to AWS over the last 18 months, the logical next step was to move […]

Support For Car Loans Announced

9 April 2020

It has been widely reported on the national news and in the trade press that Finance Houses will soon be increasing the help available to customers who are struggling to pay their motor finance agreements due to being adversely financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Financial Conduct Authority have confirmed temporary measures to give […]

NOW MORE THAN EVER IS THE TIME TO PLAN

8 April 2020

Despite the unprecedented situation we all find ourselves in, our eMaster partners have been able to partly shield themselves from the rapid decline in March new car registrations. With the SMMT figures showing that year-on-year private new car registrations fell by a record 40.4% in March, our eMaster partners beat this figure by an average […]

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