UK survey findings should offer solace to businesses
There are good reasons to be cheerful about what 2021 will bring, says Ian Smith, CEO of Time Finance. As we…
A shot in the arm for the global economy, or too soon to tell?
With a Covid vaccine being rolled out across the UK, Bibby Financial Services' global chief executive, Jonathan Andrew, considers the prospects for economic growth in the new year. Most years have…
14 Jan 2021
Dear Boris, your Covid recovery agenda is good but implementation will be key
As we embark on a new year, much of the news about Covid 19 and the economy is bleak - infections are rising and economic growth has stalled - but…
05 Jan 2021
Covid’s impact on commercial lease agreements: a French legal perspective
The closure of many companies since the first lockdown in March 2020 and the resulting economic slowdown has caused high tensions between lessors and lessees of commercial premises, writes Catherine Nommick…
05 Jan 2021
FLA looks back at developments from across The Channel in 2020
The Finance & Leasing Association's head of Government, Edward Simpson, looks back at 2020 and assesses developments from across The Channel as Brexit negotiation remain far from resolved ahead of…
23 Dec 2020
Prospect of ‘no deal’ Brexit is no red herring for UK auto sector
With negotiations over a trade deal between the UK and the EU set to go to the wire of the 31 December deadline, the impact of Brexit upon the UK’s…
17 Dec 2020
Glen tells FLA rank and file ‘pandemic’s impact will be felt for a while yet’
John Glen MP, the economic secretary to the Treasury, addressed the Finance & Leasing Association members and guests during the FLA's virtual Christmas drinks reception last week. What follows is a…
10 Dec 2020