All articles by Brian Cantwell

Alphabet expands into Ireland with Avis Fleet Solutions

Alphabet International has expanded into Ireland via an agreement with Avis Fleet Solutions.

Star Asset Finance targets £128m receivables in 2018

Broker Midlands Asset Finance appoints relationship manager

Financial services broker, Midlands Asset Finance (MAF), has appointed a relationship manager in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands.

UK Finance commissions former IoD director for SME complaints review

Simon Walker, the former director general of the Institute of Directors, has been appointed as independent chair of a UK Finance review into the complaints and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) landscape for the UK’s SME market.

British Business Bank provides 1pm with £35m funding line

European banks invest £135m on MarketInvoice p2p platform

Banco BNI Europa has assigned £90m and Varengold Bank £45m to MarketInvoices’ p2p-driven platform for business loans and invoice finance.

Cambridge and Counties profits hit £24.4m in 2017

Cambridge and Counties Bank profits before tax hit £24.4m in 2017, a 35% jump from the year before.

UK’s credit crunch Chancellor: hard Brexit will make SMEs vulnerable

Alistair Darling, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2007 and 2010, said that international trading difficulties and a downturn in the macroeconomic environment due to Brexit will make domestic British SMEs as vulnerable as large corporates which trade into the EU.

Ex-fleet and business resale troubles for residual values?

CHG Meridian new business up 8% to €1.24bn in 2017

CHG-Meridian generated lease originations of €1.24bn, an increase of 8% (2016: €1.15bn).