All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
Editor’s Letter: Change you should believe in
Proclaiming wisdom in hindsight is a particularly irritating thing for anyone to do, but forgive me while I go ahead and do it anyway.
IAS 17 is not broken
Jacqueline Mills explains why Leaseurope is unhappy with the progress of lease accounting project
Something to celebrate
With two of the worlds biggest sporting events heading to Brazil in the next four years, Peter Johnstone discovers lessors in Latin Americas largest economy are looking forward to growth after crisis-induced market contraction.
Bank guarantees in stage payment financings
Stage payment financings often involve bank guarantees, especially where the customer and the supplier are in different countries, says Alan Cunningham.
Red Card for HMRC
Samantha Yardley and Michael Savva examine the implications for receivables finance in the “football creditors” rule judgement.
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All eyes on the UK chancellor over business bank
Evette Orams examines the Government’s proposition for a state-backed business bank.
Fleet Friday: tablets, EVs, frustration and BiK
A roundup of the weeks fleet news from Europe and the UK including Arvals mobile plans, multi-brand leasing, the largest EV fleet in the world, Swansea Councils EV deal, LeasePlans frustration and Vauxhalls BiK calculator.
CIT launches maritime finance unit
CIT Group, which operates a number of global leasing divisions, has opened shipping finance business CIT Maritime Finance which will originate and underwrite finance for ocean vessels.
Social work: social media as a business tool
Nearly two billion people use it everyday. It has helped overthrow governments and highlight atrocity, and also shared millions of funny animal video across the world. Social media could be the most important business tool out there. Leasing Lifes very own Twitterer, @Grant_Collinson, spoke to leasing firms and a social tech guru about how best to navigate the Twittersphere and generate business online.
Editor’s Letter: Positive territory
It’s great to see a reminder that readers of Leasing Life are a positive bunch.
If you don’t believe me, check out our online survey taking a look at the likely state of the leasing industry in 2020.