If you are actively exporting vehicles, business often alternates between periods of intense activity and standstill. Commercial success does not come automatically. But once a deal has been closed, what happens next? Who is responsible for properly screening the buyer? And who ensures that the export file is completed correctly and in full? The risk of delegation In recent times, we have frequently encountered situations where sales representatives were responsible for conducting buyer due...

“DNB gives banks more leeway to accept cash", read the headline of a Financieel Dagblad article on June 27. Banks, De Nederlandsche Bank and business organizations agree that genuinely legitimate cash transactions by entrepreneurs shouldn’t automatically be deemed suspicious. The paper points out that there are numerous lawsuits in which banks have wrongly closed an entrepreneur’s account, often in cases where cash was involved. Banks themselves (via the Dutch Banking Association) admit they...

High time to clear our international trade routes With more than 1.7 million used cars sold in the Dutch market, you might wonder why we should promote car trade at the European level. Yet, smoothing import and export flows benefits both the market and our wallets. Law of supply and demand When you look at the used car market through a European lens, it’s clear that supply and demand aren't balanced on a national level. In March, AutomobilWoche reported that plug-in hybrids in Germany posed a...