All articles by Brian Cantwell

Brian Cantwell

Praetura acquires Kingsway Finance following £15m investment

Praetura Asset Finance has acquired Kingsway Finance following a £15m investment by RM Secured Direct Lending. 

Macquarie invests £1.2m in vehicle leasing business XL Group

Macquarie Corporate and Asset Finance has made an initial £1.2m equity investment in the UK vehicle leasing business XL Group.

White Oak UK opens Glasgow headquarters after move

White Oak UK has opened its Glasgow headquarters, relocating from Stewarton in Ayrshire and moving all its employees from the former location to the site at 58 Waterloo Street, Glasgow.

Go Plant Fleet Services acquires share of Gulliver’s Truck Hire for £13m

Go Plant Fleet Services, a specialist commercial fleet provider has acquired a large proportion of the business and assets of Gulliver’s Truck Hire in a deal over £13m.

HTB adds to Specialist Business Finance division team

HTB has added staff who previously worked at Amicus Finance and Distribution Finance Capital following the relaunch of its business finance division.

Reward Finance appoint managing director for Manchester

Group sales and marketing director of Reward Finance Group, Nick Smith, has been appointed to the role of managing director of its Manchester office.

Ford and VW agree global alliance for light commercial vehicles

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company have made formal agreements to work together in producing commercial vehicles globally.

Performance Finance acquires aesthetics specialist Integra Asset Finance

Performance Finance has acquired Integra Asset Finance, a specialist in finance for the aesthetics market.  

Arval: EV’s manage higher annual mileages with right driver profile

A persistent belief that pure electric vehicles are only suitable for low annual mileage needs to be overturned, says Arval.

Yanmar CEE launches equipment remarketing service

Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (CEE) has launched a used equipment remarketing service to help plant hire firms update their fleets.