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Acquis appoints Kamil Sokolowski to lead Polish expansion
Acquis Insurance Management, a specialist insurance provider for asset finance and equipment leasing companies, has appointed Kamil Sokolowski as business development manager, Poland, the company said. "Kamil brings a wealth of...
Shire Leasing’s clean-air initiative spearheads green agenda
Shire Leasing, a UK-based equipment leasing and asset finance specialist, has marked its support for Clean Air Day (17 June)...
How to prosper in a post-pandemic world with the support of outsourced insurance administration
By Matt Salvage, Head of Client Management, at outsourced equipment insurance specialist, Acquis There’s nothing average about this spring. Aside...
‘The asset finance market should see a swing back,’ says Aldermore
Aldermore Bank is used to operating in difficult market conditions, but after a year of Covid, the SME finance provider...
Time Finance confirms Ed Rimmer as CEO
Ed Rimmer, the interim chief executive of Time Finance has been confirmed as the permanent chief executive with immediate effect....
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Pulse Cashflow appoints regional director for Yorkshire and North-East
Pulse Cashflow Finance, a UK provider of SME funding, has appointed Wayne Spratt as regional director to support the growth…
DF Capital appoints former Blackhorse Finance veteran to its ranks
DF Capital, a UK specialist commercial lender and provider of working capital funding, has hired Ian Martin as its industry…
Leminsky bows out of Grenke, Bücker to step in
The chair of the Grenke AG board of directors, Antje Leminsky, has decided for personal reasons to leave the Company…
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL hits £300m milestone
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL, the asset-based lending division of Arbuthnot Latham, has reached £300m of facilities deployed within three years of…
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Dos and don’ts of researching private companies
In the world of asset finance and leasing, the business of choosing the right private equity partner or company is as important as hiring the...
Invoice finance offers a road out of the pandemic, but software will be critical
The tapering of government Covid support schemes this year will see opportunities for invoice finance providers, a market valued at £2.12 trillion globally, writes Roger Vincent,...
Strong demand for luxury travel bodes well for lessors
Financing a luxury asset, such as a yacht, private jet or helicopter may not be the obvious choice during a global pandemic; however, Close Brothers...
Lobbying: why the FLA supports a UK gov’t register
The Finance & Leasing Association’s director of government affairs and stakeholder engagement, Edward Simpson, looks at the role of government lobbying in the UK. Lobbying...
BUDGET 2021: UK SMEs breathe a collective sigh of relief
Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor, handed down his Spring Budget on 3 March, setting out a £65bn three-point plan to provide support for jobs and...
Supply chain finance and invoice finance: divided by a common language
Greensill Capital, a provider of supply chain financing that fell into administration last week, funded several transactions between Sanjeev Gupta’s businesses (GFG Alliance) and linked...
Can helicopter money save the day?
The world’s central banks (US Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank) play a crucial role in the global...
IWD 2021: Rewriting the rules for women in finance
Carol Roberts, who started her journey in the world of finance over 50 years ago, "at a time when a woman’s role in the workforce...
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While most European economies are still reeling from Covid-19, the local leasing market in Romania, buoyed by national and EU support schemes for SMEs, is showing signs of recovery. Che Golden reports. …
A Tour de France path to recovery
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Capitas Finance: Crossing the asset finance chasm
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Portugal: Leasing at the edge of Europe
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