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Sotiris Kanaris

ABN AMRO Lease appoints Lefevre as sales director for the UK

ABN AMRO Lease has appointed Simon Lefevre to be sales director for its UK business.

ABFA: Asset based finance reaches £19.3bn in Q1

Invoice finance and asset based lending to UK and Irish businesses hit £19.3bn (€24.3bn) at the end of the first quarter of 2016, up 2% on the previous year, according to the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA).

Pole position for growth

Leasing activity in Poland has boomed since the end of 2014 on the back of rapid economic expansion and looks set for further strong growth in 2016. By Paul Golden.

Private & Commercial Finance Group profit soars 67%

Private & Commercial Finance Group (PCF) has reported profit before tax in the twelve months ending 31 March 2016 reached £3.5m (€4.4m), up 67% year-on-year.

D’Ammassa appointed chair at Leasing Foundation

The Leasing Foundation has appointed Carl D’Ammassa, managing director of business finance at Aldermore, as its new chair of the board of directors.

Close Brothers adds five to technology services team

Close Brothers Technology Services has appointed five relationship directors to drive business growth for the company.

ABN Amro to lend €250m in EIB funding to Dutch businesses

ABN Amro is going to use €250m (£196m) of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to provide loans and leases to Dutch businesses.

FLA: Asset finance up 2% in April

Asset finance new business increased by 2% in April compared to the same month last year to £2.59bn (€3.3bn), according to the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).

Lex Autolease to supply Computacenter with 1,100 vehicles by 2020

Lex Autolease, the fleet arm of Lloyds Bank, will provide more than 1,100 cars and commercial vehicles to IT infrastructure services supplier Computacenter over the next five years.

Convergence between the fleet and retail leasing markets

Wim Bauwens, sales and marketing executive at Sofico talks to Sotiris Kanaris about a new market trend and its effect on software development