{"id":3377,"date":"2016-04-18T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2016-04-18T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:26:29","slug":"aston-barclay-plc-relaunches-website-first-stage-significant-investment-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/aston-barclay-plc-relaunches-website-first-stage-significant-investment-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Barclay plc relaunches website as first stage of significant IT investment programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Vehicle remarketing group relaunches website as hub for all online routes to market for customers<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">New website represents the first stage of significant IT investment throughout 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Aston Barclay LIVE online bidding portal, vehicle search facilities and mobile friendly platforms have been revamped and improved for an enhanced customer experience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The first phase of Aston Barclay plc\u2019s substantial investment throughout 2016 in its IT infrastructure and online systems has been completed, enhancing its offering for both buyers and sellers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The vehicle remarketing group has streamlined its overall online package, with a new, refreshed and redesigned website acting as the central gateway for its online routes to market, with a single log-in for all services making data easier to access.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">With more data and vehicle information becoming increasingly accessible online for buyers, such as hi-resolution images, new and updated servers can comfortably handle simultaneous downloading of data-heavy information. This allows all Aston Barclay services to operate seamlessly, especially when handling high levels of traffic, minimising downtime for customers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Aston Barclay LIVE \u2013 where members of the motor trade can bid on vehicles online \u2013 has also been heavily enhanced, thanks to the updated servers. Buyers and sellers can continue to bid using the service at all times, even in the unlikely event of disruption to IT systems.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">This allows customers to enjoy seamless and uninterrupted bidding, even if they can\u2019t make it to the sale, from anywhere in the world, bidding in real-time from their desktop or laptop, or via proxy bids and Bid &amp; Buy Now through a tablet or mobile phone.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The vehicle search facility has been completely redesigned, with larger images enabling users to better inspect the vehicles they are searching for, through a new, intuitive system that searches based on a myriad of parameters and vehicle keywords.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The website provides an all-in-one hub for key services, such as vehicle appraisals, reports and the IMS reporting portal, giving all customers total oversight and transparency of auction activity across Aston Barclay\u2019s auction centres. Every element of Aston Barclay\u2019s online services is flexible and can be tailored to the varied needs of its client base.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">With nearly half of all website traffic coming from mobile devices in 2015 following consistent annual growth, Aston Barclay\u2019s new site is fully optimised for both desktop and mobile devices, providing seamless navigation of the refreshed site, either directly or via Aston Barclay\u2019s Twitter and LinkedIn channels.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The growth and influence of these channels has allowed customers to solely use social media to access the latest sale information, news and best practice from Aston Barclay from their phone or tablet. Allied to the website, Aston Barclay provides a true, integrated communications package for its customers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Glenn Scarborough, Managing Director of Aston Barclay plc, said: \u201cThis is just the first step in significantly upgrading our IT infrastructure over the coming year. Our aim is to ensure all of our services continue to run seamlessly, complement activity on the auction floor and help to provide the unique and flexible service that has seen us become one of the UK\u2019s leading remarketing providers.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle remarketing group relaunches website as hub for all online <a class=\"moretag btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/aston-barclay-plc-relaunches-website-first-stage-significant-investment-programme\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,41],"tags":[11,418,419],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","category-vra-member-press-release","tag-aston-barclay","tag-live-bidding-portal","tag-website"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}