All articles by Fred Crawley
Fred Crawley
Contraction in CEE’s strongest regions
The CEE regions most established leasing markets took a sobering hit to business in Q4, with the Czech, Hungarian and Slovakian industries reporting negative growth over the year despite prosperous H1 results.
The bad end of troubled times
As bank after bank pull out of financing the print sector, is anyone keeping the cash flow into the sector going? Also, how are brokers coping in this tough market? Fred Crawley investigates.
Web upgrade for Parfip Lease
Brussels-headed equipment leasing company Parfip Lease has upgraded its website to reflect what the company calls its glocalisation, offering the website in all the seven languages of its national markets.
BNP Paribas Lease Group cuts Europe-wide broker business
Following Barclays Asset & Sales Finances decision to close its broker arm to new business, BNP Paribas Lease Group (BPLG) has announced it will cease some of its Europe-wide broker business as of 1 January.
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Serbian regulator about turns on its reserves policies for lessors as downturn continues
If you are looking to see what Central European countries have done to respond to the credit crunch, look no further than Serbia’s new policies on lending to lessors.
Nordea’s Estonian arm 32% up
The portfolio of the Estonian leasing arm of Nordea bank grew to almost EEK39 billion (2.5 billion) at year-end 2008, an increase of 32 percent year-on-year.
LVM signs double-whammy vehicle finance contracts
Lombard Vehicle Management has signed two substantial commercial vehicle fleet lease contracts in the last month, with one existing client seeing greatly increased fuel efficiency as a result, and one new customer approaching fleet leasing for the first time.
Lombard Ireland seeks redress from stricken D&M
Lombard Ireland is owed a significant sum by collapsed Irish construction firm D&M Utilities & Civil Engineering, which went into liquidation after a creditors meeting at the start of March.