Asset finance

Paragon completes asset finance acquisition

Paragon Bank has completed its acquisition of Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.   Five Arrows...

Bibby opens South London business centre

Bibby Financial Services has announced the opening of its South London Business Centre in...

Go Commercial Finance gets FCA permissions

Go Commercial Finance has been granted full consumer credit permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority...

Continued growth in asset finance new business

Asset finance new business - primarily leasing and hire purchase - grew by 5%...

Paragon acquires asset finance business

Paragon Bank has agreed to acquire Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.  Five...

Asset finance sector continues to grow

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

Strong growth for asset finance provider

Ultimate Finance Group has increased its live clients by 55% and its funds in...

New hire at Promise Solutions

Master broker Promise Solutions has appointed a new commercial manager to support the growth...

NACFB sees annual growth in all sectors

The NACFB's results for its 2015 survey have revealed that commercial mortgages registered the...

Latest UTB broker survey draw winner announced

United Trust Bank has revealed the winner of its Spring Broker Survey prize draw. ...

Asset finance sees best start to year for seven years

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show 20% growth in asset...

Bibby global boss to step down

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced that Simon Featherstone is to step down as...

UTB hire to spearhead technology finance offering

United Trust Bank has appointed Ken Archbold to support the launch of a new...

Broker awareness of SME finance still needs to improve

Over 80% of commercial finance brokers expect business volumes to increase by 5% or...

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A home shouldn’t be out of reach for those who keep the UK running

In a housing market that has grown steadily more selective, it is often those who arguably help keep the country running who are quietly...

Richard Pike: A conference of positivity – Global ABS Day three

It’s time for reflection of the last three days here in Barca. To readers, this must seem like a pretty decent gig to be...

Maximising embedded value and delivering a great service

While advisers understand the importance of looking after existing clients, nurturing your back book beyond that mortgage-remortgage cycle is certainly easier said than done. It...

Open banking and smart data transformed finance – now it’s time to do the same for property

The UK is set for a 'smart data' revolution, a revolution which began with the advent of open banking, and one which now has...

Richard Pike: Day two from the Global ABS Conference in Barcelona

We’re just coming to an end of day two at the Global ABS conference. Funding is widely available and funders are willing to do...

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Crystal hails Goldberg’s impact and welcomes Together leadership plan

One of the UK specialist finance sector’s most prominent distribution firms has paid tribute...

The Exeter reveals 2024 health, income protection and life payouts

UK mutual health and protection insurer The Exeter paid out £61 million in claims...

Tandem reports record green lending as customers cut 70,000 tonnes of COâ‚‚

Tandem Bank has published its most comprehensive ESG report to date, disclosing that it...

HTB provides £20m+ facility for land portfolio refinancing

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a development finance facility in excess of £20m to...