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D&D hires broker manager, promotes Jerome in expansion drive
Canadian-owned SME lessor D&D Leasing UK Ltd has appointed new Broker Manager Peter Walters to its team, as well as…
Hitachi Capital builds team
Hitachi Capital Business Finance has appointed Kelvin Briggs as marketing manager. Briggs, who has previously worked at companies including Volvo…
Shoosmiths hires fraud partner
UK law firm Shoosmiths has taken on a new partner to lead its asset finance fraud practice. Melanie Chell, previously…
Directors behind Global EPP to appear in court
Former Global EPP directors Max Fraser and James Randall will appear before Leicester Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (April 22) to face…
Tripling business in three years
As Santander forges ahead across Europe, it is committed to building up its asset finance capability across large parts of…
Banking and SME focus for A&L
Following much debate, it appears Spanish banking group Santander does not plan any major restructuring of its UK asset finance…
Scale of Leicester-based Global EPP scandal emerges as manufacturer accused
As more details were unearthed last month of the scale of the Global EPP scam, it emerged that lessors bought…
Iveco’s leasing arm beats off Scania in price war
Iveco Capital has won its first deal to supply commercial vehicles to Widdowson, the UK haulage company. The Italian bus…
Questions asked as lessors look set to lose millions
No fewer than 27 leasing companies are facing losses of tens of millions of pounds following the collapse of a…
Deals: The UK Market
Deals: The UK Market Over recent weeks Leasing Life asked Alliance & Leicester, Barclays Asset & Sales Finance,
A&L moves to hosted service at TietoEnator
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank (A&LCB) has completed the final stage of a project to migrate its lease administration system…
I had a dream, or was it a nightmare?
The Icelandic banks had collapsed owing depositors, charities and local authorities billions of pounds. RBS, Lloyds and HBOS were partly…
A&L commercial banking profit increase of £11m
Alliance & Leicester commercial banking recorded a core operating profit increase of £11m to £89m for the first half of…
Alliance & Leicester reports 34% fall in profits
Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has reported a 34 per cent decline in net profit after it wrote down the value…