The UK Government needs to extend the furlough scheme urgently and ensure that targeted support is available to those sectors who have been worst hit, [...]…
Covid may have turned residual value on its head September 17, 2020 Verdict Staff A way forward for ABS aviation financing during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Just like airlines, aircraft lessors can raise funds for aircraft through conventional means (cash, bank loans, capital market debt), as well as having at their [...]…
EU’s equivalence assessment of the UK will not happen in 2020
In a blog for the Finance & Leasing Association in May I wrote that “the smart money would be on a ‘no deal’ Brexit at [...]…
Nordic economies are bouncing back from Covid-19: Nordea Bank
After a dramatic six months, the world economy is emerging from the deep hole it sank into as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. But [...]…
CBILS must be extended beyond September, says FLA
The coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS) and other guarantee schemes must be extended for business to keep them afloat. Now more than ever Government [...]…
Our funding model is past its sell by date
Coronavirus has put funders and funding models in the spotlight. Lindsay Town, chief executive of IAA-Advisory, says Covid-19 offers an opportunity at improving the wholesale [...]…
Shaping the UK’s future prosperity: recognising the opportunities for recovery
We stand at a fork in the Covid road. In one direction the virus fades away, business opens further and economic recovery gathers real momentum. [...]…
Challenges for a leasing sector emerging from lockdown
IAA-Advisory founder Derek Soper looks at the challenges many in the sector will face in returning to work, as well as considering the outlook for [...]…
FLA’s recovery blueprint adds missing pieces to Chancellor’s budget offering
The Finance & Leasing Association’s “plan for meeting the UK’s future challenges”, published this month, has been designed to help steer the economy through uncharted [...]…
Sunak’s mini-budget is short-term stimuli in search of a longer-term plan
The chancellor's summer statement was billed as a 'kick-start' for the UK economy, but in reality, it only keeps the patient on life support rather [...]…
