All articles by Brian Cantwell

Brian Cantwell

SMEs show signs of shifting away from traditional funding in the UK

Survey reveals small and medium sized businesses are opting for personal funding and asset finance ahead of bank lending

D&D Leasing expands professional loans facility to £75k

D&D Leasing’s professions loan funding facility has expanded to allow for transactions up to £75,000

GE to keep UK equipment finance arm

In an exclusive statement to Leasing Life, GE states that it is to ‘retain and grow’ its equipment finance UK business

Haydock secures £32.5m credit line from RBS & Lombard

Haydock Finance Limited has secured increased funding facilities of £27.5m (€39.1m) from the Royal Bank of Scotland and a further £5m from the bank’s asset finance partner, Lombard.

Van de Werve resigns from Leaseurope and Eurofinas

Leaseurope and Eurofinas director general Tanguy van de Werve is to depart both organisations and join the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) as its managing director, advocacy, and head of AFME’s Brussel’s office.

Featherstone to leave Bibby Financial Services

Simon Featherstone is to step-down as global chief executive of Bibby Financial Services (BFS).

Financial services trade association review imagines FLA and ABFA merger

A review of UK financial services trade associations has delivered a report that imagines the positives and negatives of a merger between the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) and the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA).

3 Step IT acquires Nevtor Oy

3 Step IT has acquired Nevtor Oy, a growing IT services company specializing in IT outsourcing and development services, as part of its plans to expand in Finland.

Euro leasing rules delay Irish national statistics

Changes to the way leases are recorded in Europe have caused delays to the release of national economic statistics in Ireland, according to a report in the Irish Times.

DLL tech specialist joins UTB

Ken Archbold joins United Trust Bank from Dutch lessor DLL’s UK office in Reading to join the challenger bank’s tech finance offering.