All articles by Brian Cantwell
Brian Cantwell
Millington joins CAS as head of operations and risk
Corporate Asset Solutions, the asset finance provider based in Chilworth (UK) has appointed Ian Millington as head of operations and risk.
Close Brothers: ABL is overlooked by SMEs
Close Brothers has found that asset-based lending is overlooked as a funding source by SMES during a survey of 900 small businesses.
Ian Barker appointed head of BNP Paribas Rental Solutions UK
Ian Barker has been appointed as the head of BNP Paribas Rental Solutions UK, the companys commercial vehicle and fleet management arm.
Digital platforms gather pace as Metro Bank plans online asset finance platform
Metro Bank are planning a digital asset finance platform that will allow customers to access asset finance online.
FCA chairman highlights SME grievances against banks
The chairman of UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), John Griffith-Jones, has commented on small business grievances against banks in a speech at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
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Aldermore opens £4m credit line for invoice finance firm 4Syte Funding
4Syte Funding, a Chelmsford-based provider of invoice finance services to SMEs, has agreed a new finance facility worth £4m with challenger bank Aldermore.
Haydock Finance extends block discounting facility with Hampshire Trust Bank to £10m
Haydock Finance, the independent Blackburn-based asset finance provider, has extended its block discounting facility with Hampshire Trust Bank to £10m (11.76m)
CHG Meridian new business up 9% to 1.15bn year-on-year
German lessor CHG-Meridian saw strong growth in its lease origination volume which rose 9% year on year to 1.155bn from 2015s figure of 1.057bn.
UK Treasury publishes terms of patient capital review
The UK treasury has published details of an initiative designed to research long term alternative capital funding for innovative UK businesses.
Six years of growth for UK asset finance market in 2016
Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5% in 2016 the sixth consecutive year of growth.