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This is where you will find all of the latest finance news relating to First Response Finance, including awards, charities, product announcements and general fun and interesting information.
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Your Guide to Private Number Plates Are you thinking about buying a private number plate registration? Make sure you read our blog so you're up to date with the latest rules and regulations - helping you to avoid a £1,000 fine! |
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Check out our top tips on how to reduce the amount of fuel your car, van, or motorbike uses; in turn saving you money! |
Customer Journey Blogs
Real-life stories from our customers about their journey to getting on the road with the help of First Response Finance.
Top Tips Blogs
These blogs are designed to give you tips for driving, looking after vehicles or generally enjoying life within your new motor.
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15 Ways to Keep Driving Costs Down If you've just purchased your first car you may be surprised at how much it could cost on a monthly basis but, not to worry, we've found the top 15 tips to keeping the costs of a used car down. |
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Understanding Your Credit File We simplify the basics of credit files in an easy to read blog and easy to watch video. We gathered some of the team at First Response to talk through what credit files are, what credit scores are and what you need to know about them. |
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How to Improve Your Credit File This can be tricky but knowing which factors can affect you will help when it comes to making decisions about finance. Finance companies, whether they are loan companies or mobile phone shops will look at certain factors. |
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Top Tips - Purchasing Your Next Vehicle We highlight 10 key tips that you should keep in mind when you're looking at buying or financing your next vehicle. These tips are designed with you in mind to help you get the most out of the motor. |
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How to Avoid Aggressive Driving As part of our Driver Personas month we're looking into one of the most common driving persons on the road: the aggressive driver. Unfortunately, they're everywhere and sometimes unavoidable. |
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How to Have a Relaxing Commute It's been proven that driving in congestion or peak times can be frustrating and far from relaxing. With schools going back this week we thought we'd spread some of our best tips and ways for keeping your cool during your commute to and from work. |
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Alternative to Scrapping Vehicles Sometimes the value of a part exchange or scrap value can come as a shock as its lower than you were expecting. Our social media buffs have interesting ways to upcycle or reuse parts of your old vehicle and keep you reminiscing. |
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As UK temperatures plummet, it’s important to remember “to be prepared by making sure your vehicle is in good working condition and add plenty of time for your planned journey so you’re less likely to rush". Back to top |
Finance
Aimed at giving you dedicated information on finance, our products, and how we help our customers.
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Why We Only Work With Selected Dealers You may not know, but in order to sell finance products a company must be registered with the FCA, otherwise they’re trading illegally. |
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With our bad credit motorbike finance, who says your credit history need haunt you when you’re after the bike of your dreams? |
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Deadline for PPI Claims First Response stopped selling PPI in 2011, but it's useful to know that if you're concerned about how you were sold PPI by any lender, the deadline for claims to be made is approaching. |
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Your Application... What Happens Next? Whether you've just submitted an application, waiting for a call, or looking for your favourite vehicle, this handy step-by-step blog let's you know what to expect next! |
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On the 15th October the FCA published proposals to outlaw Motor Dealers from receiving commission payments linked to the interest rate that customers pay. Back to top |
Our Community Blogs
These blogs are about First Response Finance and the community we work in, whether that's in the office or externally in the wider community.
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Team Building and Social Events We put a lot of time into our staff by ensuring their well being is a priority, one way we do this is by encouraging team building and social events outside of work with a quarterly budget for each staff member. Read why this is important and how teams have spent their budgets. |
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We do a lot of fundraising for our chosen charity SANE as well as our employees chosen charities. We've raised an astonishing amount so far. This blog goes through some of the best ways we've raised money. Back to top |
Our Awards Blogs
These blogs talk through the multiple awards we've won as a company. These are based on customer-facing awards as well as business-focused awards.
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Finance Provider of the Year 2021 We attended the much anticipated award ceremony at Spinnaker Tower to find out whether we had won our nominated award of Finance Provider of the Year. Read the blog to find out if we did! |
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We are the best car finance provider within the UK. Read why we're the best and what you should compare if looking at other companies. Back to top |
Fun Blogs
Lighthearted and fun - the type of blogs you'll love to share with your friends.
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What Your Car Choice Says About You BMW drivers are aggressive right? Nissan drivers are happy tootling along? We've conducted some research into the most popular driving styles and their associated vehicle to find out if these stereotypes are right. |
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Unfortunately there are several things you should consider when looking for a new vehicle as they could increase your insurance. Not all cars are equal in the eyes of an insurer and neither are job titles or your accommodation type. Back to top |
Dealer Information Blogs
Blogs wrote with our dealer partners in mind. These are here to inform dealers of updates or need-to-know details about our exhibitions and ways in which we can help to assist your dealership.
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Dealer Portal - 'How to' Guides We have a great dealer portal that has been built with the dealers usability at the forefront of our developments, find out how to use it here. |
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A quick and easy guide to get your business performing on social media. Back to top |
Industry Blogs
News from the automotive and finance industry.
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30% of Drivers Would Fail Their Test We recently ran a survey of 1,000 UK drivers to find out exactly what their knowledge is about different parts under the bonnet. How many knew how to check the oil, coolant, or brake fluid? |
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Pros and Cons of Electric Cars We look into the true costs of an electric car taking into consideration government grants and help that's available. We used average costs to calculate if it's really worth splashing out on an electric car or to simply stick with what you've got. |
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Is Finance Cheaper than Train Travel? At the start of this year the rail networks made their annual price increases taking the overall price increase to 25% in 5 years. We found the stats to be interesting and thought we'd do some investigation to see how the prices compared with driving. |
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The Rise of Dash Cams in the UK More and more people are using dashboard cameras in order to monitor their driving and the driving of others around them. We didn't know much about them so spent some time investigating exactly why they've become popular and why you might consider buying one. |