Asset finance

Robo-advice is brokers’ greatest technological fear

New broker research has found that brokers see fintech such as AI/robo-advice as the...

Asset finance market up 11% in March

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 11% in March,...

D’Ammassa to leave Aldermore for White Oak UK

Carl D’Ammassa, Aldermore's group managing director for business finance, is to leave the bank...

White Oak UK and Spotcap in business finance partnership

Business lenders White Oak UK and Spotcap have entered into a partnership with the...

£965k finance deal rescues construction firm

Yorkshire-based brokers ABL Business and funders Reward Finance Group have worked together to provide...

SME funding options in the wake of Brexit

The never-ending churn of Brexit updates mean the only certainty right now is a...

15% rise for asset finance market during February

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new...

Asset finance facility boosts printing firm’s productivity

Aldermore has agreed a new asset finance facility worth over half a million pounds...

Stephen Sklaroff to leave as FLA boss

Stephen Sklaroff, the director general of the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), has chosen...

Bathgate Business Finance hires BDM

Bathgate Business Finance, has appointed Tracey Hamilton has its new business development manager (BDM). Hamilton (pictured),...

Secure Trust Bank provides £8m asset lending line

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided an £8m asset based lending facility to...

New chairman for asset finance provider

Arkle Finance has appointed Paul Bartley, the co-founder of Close Leasing, as its new...

Paragon expands asset finance team

Paragon has made a number of new appointments in its asset finance business. Jan Greenhalgh...

New HQ for asset finance lender

Praetura Asset Finance is moving to larger premises following expansion as well as planning...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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