All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
The 2014 Leasing Life vox pop annual review
Its been a busy year for the asset finance market all around Europe, and here we seek the insight from a few of the asset finance industrys senior players as to what they saw as instrumental for the years events and what to expect in 2015.
Growth falls flat
The ebbs and flows of the individual markets within the Nordic region continue unabated, with the overall effect being flat growth across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Paul Golden reports
Treasury supports peer-to-peer lending
UK Chancellor George Osborne made some strong commitments to UK asset finance in last year’s Autumn Statement. Julian Rose analyses how they might affect the everyday business lender.
Why the sharing economy is unstoppable and should be helped not hindered
The sharing economy is growing as a concept and will soon either become a threat or an asset to the asset finance market across Europe and the US. Here Adam Memon, Jan Zeber and Tim Knox from political think tank the Centre for Policy Studies weigh up the challenges to the UK sharing economy faced by the status quo in the UK.
Why the circular economy will make sense as resources fail to keep up
With world population rising fast and emerging markets rapidly increasing consumption, consumer goods waste must be stemmed and leasing of services become the norm, argues Bill Stephenson. This blog was originally published on the World Economic Forum and is republished here with permission from DLL.
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A healthy opportunity
News emerged this month, through research undertaken by GE Capital, that European hospitals are looking to leasing to see them through hard times. Brian Cantwell speaks to GEs head of health care finance team Peter Krause to find out where the opportunities lie
Fleet Friday: going off road
The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring Jaguar Land Rover plans in the market, Alphabet making a parking partnership, Lex counting the costs of poor driving and more
Fleet Friday: Counting the costs
The weekly round up of fleet news, this week featuring Colin Tourick, The EU, an American utilities company and more. By Jonathan Minter
Switzerland country feature: Uphill climb for Alpine leasing
Wider economic sluggishness continues to impact the leasing industry in Switzerland, with little likelihood of significant change over the next 12 months, reports Paul Golden
Fleet Friday: Man alive its Friday
The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring Bingo, new operations, appointments and networks, and some disputed figures. By Jonathan Minter