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UK asset finance in the last 10 years has become more stratified and is more dominated by niche players "creating a positive focus," according to John Jenkins, CEO of Haydock...
Europe’s top C-suite executives to address asset finance webinar
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How to prosper in a post-pandemic world with the support of outsourced insurance administration
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Covid-19, leaseback, and small business risk failure in the UK
Since early 2020, most countries have been heavily affected by Covid-19. The United Nations secretary-general António Guterres rightly described the...
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Bibby launches £300m pandemic recovery fund to support UK SMEs
International SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced a £300m Pandemic Recovery Fund to support SMEs as lockdown restrictions…
FLA urges Gov’t to include leasing and plant hire in Super Deductions
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has urged the UK Government to include leasing and plant hire in its measures…
Europe’s top C-suite executives to address asset finance webinar
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PMD Business Finance in tie-up with Leasepath
Manchester-based asset finance broker PMD Business Finance has partnered with Leasepath, a Canada-based IT services in-the-cloud provider, to use its finance origination and…
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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...
Six key trends in aviation: an aircraft leasing CEO’s perspective
Where to now for the aviation sector? Phil Mathews (pictured), chief executive of ACC Aviation, a UK company that provides global aviation services for the...
What the FLA thinks should be on Boris Johnston’s to-do list
The Finance & Leasing Association’s head of Government affairs, Edward Simpson, looks at the state of play for CCA reform, the Green Agenda and continued SME...
After the disaster of 2020, SMEs are upbeat about 2021
In recently commissioned research into the strength of feeling among brokers and SME leaders about the business environment in the UK, we found reasons to...
Six things to look for in an ideal finance partner for office tech vendors
The increased digitisation of work is all around us and office technology vendors, since the onset of Covid-19, are increasingly turning to finance experts to...
Cash is still king when it comes to SME cashflow in 2021
As we enter the new year, the impact of Covid-19 remains, which is why cashflow management will be high on many SME leaders' agenda, says...
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