All articles by Jason T
Jason T
Inchcape Financial Services to stop writing new business – exclusive
Inchcape Financial Services, a joint venture between Lloyds Banking Group and Inchcape Motors International, has ceased to write new business, Leasing Life can reveal.
French leasing continues to fall
The French equipment leasing industry continued to see a decline in new business in the third quarter of the year, writing just over 5 billion.
“Banks are still not lending” – Centric Commercial Finance survey finds
Up to 65 percent of corporate financial advisers have stated that the banks are not lending, a recent poll reveals.
Pre-Budget Report must include leasing-friendly incentives – FLA
Next weeks Pre-Budget Report (PBR) should include support for small business investment, the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has said.
Bank of England fails to kickstart UK leasing
Nearly six months after the Bank of England announced it would start buying secured commercial paper backed by equipment leases, figures reveal that no money has yet been invested.
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Get industry leading news, data and analysis delivered to your inbox
Nissan opens ‘second-life’ battery market
Nissan Motor has announced plans it will remarket used lithium-ion batteries from its soon-to-launch Leaf electric car to solar-power generators and other secondary customers. With this announcement the first of its kind Nissan is looking to bring down the high cost of owning a zero-emission vehicle.
Really understand your customer’
If there is anything positive to come out of the pain and subsequent shake-out which the industry has been through, it is that it has highlighted the fact the quality of the vendor and broker will always determine the quality of the resulting portfolio.
Ready for 2010
Jason T Hesse speaks with Jean-Marc Mignerey and Ccile Andr about what 2010 holds for Europes biggest equipment finance company
Lombard axes over 100 jobs in Ireland
Lombard Ireland is to cut 108 jobs across Ireland, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced.
Branching out
Andrew Bullard tells Jason T Hesse he will be considering alternative financial products in his new role as head of business at Cashflow UK