All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
Hoyer deal
Transport logistics provider Hoyer has been awarded a new distribution agreement with flour milling company Bowmans Flour, and has selected MAN as its preferred truck supplier.
On the move: May 2010
Orsola Pucino and Vanessa Woodley have recently joined EMC Global Financial Services in its Operations division.Pucino joined EMC from Hitachi Capital and Woodley while working outside of the leasing industry but had previous leasing experience. Germanys VR Leasing has appointed Theophil Graband as its new CEO.Graband will replace the current CEO, Reinhard Goedel, who is leaving for personal reasons at the end of 2010, but will remain adviser of the bank for another two years
Work-Life Quiz: Nadine Holroyd
Current job: Accounts Manager at LPM Outsourcing I worked at the record department and one of my work colleagues also worked as a DJ, so there were plenty of parties to go to.
In brief: May 2010
New leasing volumes across Europe dropped almost one-third in 2009, Leaseurope figures have shown The trade association for the European leasing industry said that new production reached around 216bn last year, 28.4% down compared with 2008
Tallon data: May 2010
Leasing Life, in collaboration with Tallon & Associates, publishes a monthly analysis of data on the demand for used assets This month we look at changes in demand for buses and coaches. Service buses up to 10 years
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Basement talk: May 2010
A cautionary tale now from the book of broker Kennet Equipment Leasing, which experienced its biggest ever write-off during the carnage afflicting Wall Street in September 2008. Brokers generally take only the sweetest and safest business onto their own books, and so it was when Kennets directors decided to fund £8,000 ($12,160) worth of water coolers for the London offices of Lehman Brothers.
On the move
UniCredit Leasing has recently appointed a new head of global sales and products Jacopo Benucci has been working with UniCredit since 2005 focusing on the CEE market and Turkey first and being involved in UniCredit Leasing strategic planning after
News in brief
Ubi Leasing, Italys third-largest leasing company, increased its market share in 2009, despite a fall in volume and profit The Brescia-headquartered lessor, which is part of Ubi Banca, recorded a new business volume of almost 2.1bn, 25% down compared with the previous year
Rules to live by
In the first in a series of comment articles by top leasing executives, Bill Stephenson, chief commercial officer of De Lage Landen, discusses the issue of employee engagement. After being mired in economic turmoil for nearly two years, many leasing industry leaders seem to have forgotten that there will be a brighter future ahead.