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Austrian lessors achieve double-digit growth

With the movables leasing segment growing by over 12 percent last year, Jason T Hesse discovers that the Austrian leasing market is one to watch.

Robinson Toms launches new site

Robinson Toms Recruitment, the international finance and leasing recruitment company, has launched a new website, which includes client listings, testimonials, recruitment articles and an RSS feed, to help candidates track new job openings.

Lloyds TSB Autolease picks up fleet award

For the second year in a row, fleet operators have ranked Lloyds TSB Autolease as the UKs top leasing service provider in the Post Sale category in the annual apdexperteye Landmark Fleet Operator Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Syscap in talks with RBS

Independent IT finance provider Syscap is yet again in the spotlight with speculation that it has received a capital injection from its private equity backer, AnaCap.

Grenkeleasing new business down by 10%

New business at Grenkeleasing Group reached 119 million in the first quarter of 2009, down by 10 percent year-on-year.

UK plc using recession to ‘leapfrog’ competitors

A majority of UK businesses view the current recession as an opportunity to ‘leapfrog’ struggling competitors, according to new research.

Polish lessor negotiating ?70m EU funding

Polands largest lessor, Europejski Funduz Leasingowy (ELF), is set to receive up to 70 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Leasing arms of ING and BNP Paribas see profits tumble

Despite the recession and months of depressing headlines, a glance at some of last year’s financial results for Europe’s principal lessors would suggest things are not so bad after all.

Keep buys back Norton Folgate for tiny sum

Robert Keep certainly has his work cut out. After selling his brokerage, Norton Folgate (NF), to General Capital (GC) two years ago, for £2.9 million (3.1 million), he bought it back last month for £1,555.

IBM GF partner offers “free IT”

In partnership with IBM Global Financing, IT distributor CCD has launched a finance and marketing initative aiming to provide end users with a Free IT programme on virtualisation projects, which enable businesses to run sofware from remote servers rather than directly on individual computers.