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Verdict Staff
Fleet Friday: Lex doesn’t just phone it in
Our weekly round up of fleet news from around Europe: This week the German fleet market expands, NATO gets a different type of fleet to normal and Lex helps get people connected
German energy companies eye solar leasing
Analysts are predicting the big German utilities companies will use leasing as a means to increase market share in the home solar panel market, according to Reuters.
Fleet Friday: EVs, awards and logos
The weekly round up fleet news. This week featuring football, logos and super cars. By Jonathan Minter and Mike Cobb
Aldermore readies for IPO
Challenger bank Aldermore is close to floating on the stock exchange, according to reports from the Daily Telegraph.
The lessons from Wonga: Do you know what your DCA is doing?
Wonga will have to pay £2.6m in redress to around 45,000 customers for sending out fake legal letters to pressurise customers in arrears, in a timely reminder that debt recovery is a process littered with possible pitfalls. Whether in-house or through an external agent, all activity must comply.
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Beware agents negotiations creating unfair relationships
The unfair relationship provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 have been in force since April 2007, attracting an array of judicial decisions on their application. The most recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Scotland & Reast v British Credit Trust Limited (BCT) has far reaching implications on a creditors responsibility for a salespersons representations.
Country Focus: Regulation to the rescue
A concerted effort by the government in Italy stands to benefit leasing companies in the struggling Mediterranean economy. As the first signs of recovery peek over the horizon, the countrys biggest leasing players stand to reap the benefits of a new policy push towards SME growth, Isabella Grotto reports
Leaseurope: market confidence growth continues
Market confidence has improved since December 2013 and looks set to continue, according to European leasing trade body Leaseurope and consultants Invigors.
Metro Bank opens £100m credit line to NACFB
Metro Bank will make £100m (125.65m) available to members of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB), according to a statement by a UK retail bank.
Fleet Friday: A digital evolution hits Australia
The weekly round-up of fleet news.This week featuring VWFS Australia, Chevin, Lex, Burnt Tree Group and Germany. By Jonathan Minter and Brian Cantwell.