All articles by Fred Crawley
Fred Crawley
KTM launches finance division
Austrian sports motorbike manufacturer KTM has moved into the captive leasing business in earnest for 2009, despite layoffs and production cuts in its core business.
Budget discriminates against leasing
Today’s budget statement brought a temporary boost to capital allowances (CAs) on new investment in plant and machinery.
Alternative strategy keeps Davenham going
Davenham Groups leasing arm has been reacting to the current recession in a slightly different way than many of the businesss peers.
Public sector not jumping on the leasing bandwagon
The UKs local authorities have never won renown for their speed of decision making, but it seems like they are keen to lease more waste management vehicles even if current uncertainty has seen them extend contract terms and postpone some new leases for the time being.
Piraeus finances Athenian waste fleet
Greek lessor Piraeus has supplied the municipality of Athens with finance for the acquisition of a fleet of waste management vehicles from waste management contractor Helesi, to enter service between May and December this year.
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Textainer acquires Amficon container fleet
US container lessor Textainer has acquired the management rights to the 150,000 strong box fleet of Amficon, the largest container lessor both owned and operated from the UK, bringing its total fleet size up to 2.2 million.
Back to basics
A year and a half since the company went public on AIM it wrote off over £480,000 in bad debts, its stock price still huddles below the IPO price of 2p and its original sub-prime business model has turned out to be unfeasible.
Deutsche Leasing Hungary plans ?10.5m deal with Mav-Start
Deutsche Leasing Hungary plans 10.5m deal with Mav-Start Deutsche Leasings Hungarian arm is currently engaged in processing a rolling stock financing deal with Hungarian rail company Mav-Start
New players in container leasing market
Things change quickly in the shipping industry. Soaring asset prices, rising shipping capacities and crashing consumer demand have crippled freight rates worldwide, and have all but killed the profitability of Asia-Europe lines. But could this be an environment in which container lessors can thrive?
Factory demand for material handling goods expected to buck trend and remain steady
The materials handling (MH) asset class is extremely broad, both in terms of physical specifications and in terms of pricing, from 200 hand-operated pallet trucks to dock equipment and container handling equipment with a capital cost in excess of 100,000.