All articles by Brian Cantwell
Brian Cantwell
Shawbrook appoints Featherstone as MD of business finance
Shawbrook Group has appointed Simon Featherstone as managing director of the business finance division, which comprises its asset finance and business credit businesses.
Tower Leasing eyes expansion with UK Midlands office
UK leasing firm Tower Leasing has opened a second UK office in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
LDF Group appoint Rutherford head of legal
LDF Group, formed after Cheshire-based LDF acquired Scottish firm First Independent Finance (FiF) at the end of last year, has appointed Ross Rutherford as its head of legal.
CIT Vendor Finance UK acquired by Highbridge Principal Strategies
Highbridge Principal Strategies, a private equity subsidiary of Highbridge Capital Ventures and J P Morgan Asset Management, has bought CIT Vendor Finance UK and incorporated it into a newly-created business called the Pan European Asset Company (PEAC).
DLL completes Terberg port tractor contract for Stena Line
DLL has financed the replacement of a fleet of 76 ferry port terminal tractors in 6 ports in the Netherlands and the UK for ferry operator Stena Line.
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Talking industry strategy with Bill Stephenson
Leasing Life editor Brian Cantwell caught up with DLL CEO Bill Stephenson after his speech at the conference for more insight into the steps the industry must take to raise its profile and to keep ahead of the curve.
Sustainability is the key to business strategy
In a keynote speech at this years Leasing Life conference, DLL chief executive and chairman of the executive board Bill Stephenson addressed the audience on the challenges that manufacturers face with the depletion of raw materials, and how leasing businesses need to embrace sustainability as a key strategy to future-proof their businesses. Original speech by Bill Stephenson: script by Brian Cantwell.
Leasing Life conference 2015: CEOs talk future industry strategies
At the Leasing Life conference this year, our panel event, chaired by CHP Consultings chief operating officer Andrew Denton and involving 3 Step IT chief executive Carmen Ene, Max & Tite International chief executive Patrick Gouin, DLL chairman and chief executive officer Bill Stephenson and Close Brothers Asset Finance chief executive Mike Randall, considered future challenges to the leasing market and where the market is heading in the next five years.
An industry poised for change
The Leasing Life conference this year saw a group of senior industry figures avow their faith in the resilience of the asset finance industry and the opportunities that lie ahead. Brian Cantwell reports
Hitachi: confidence is lacking for UK SMEs
Despite growth ambitions, Britain’s SMEs continue to be held back by a combination of external macro-economic factors and internal influences, according to Hitachi’s research.