Described as the pinnacle of the Finance and Leasing industry’s social calendar and heavily supported by the industry, the Finance and Leasing Association is holding this year’s Annual Dinner on 24th February.
This January marked the first full year’s employment of Head of Vendor Sales, Vincenzo Scalzone. Born in Torino, Italy, Vincenzo’s career spans over 15 years working for some of Europe’s most well-known financial organisations, including CIT Group, De Lage Landen International and GE Capital. It was in July last year…
Shire Leasing Plc has appointed Malcolm Workman to its Executive Board as the Head of Risk. He takes up full responsibility for this role from March 1st 2015. Malcolm has more than 17 years’ experience in the asset finance industry gained in risk management, collections, operations and sales.
“Estimates suggest that alternative payments will account for 59% of all online transactions in 2017” A common driver of shopping cart abandonment is the lack of support for preferred payment methods, a fact supported by the ever-increasing proportion of online customers that choose alternative payment options at the checkout stage.
In 2011 Asset Finance International in conjunction with Nostrum Group started research into how new start-up asset lenders were finding the necessary funding. In a series of publications they have shown that a structural change has occurred in the industry, and the latest report “Finding Expansion Capital” examines the funding…
The Government’s British Business Bank (BBB) has published its first comprehensive analysis of the state of the UK’s small business finance market.
Toby Powell’s taking a look at another giant of the past, of whose work with networks we continue to benefit from today: Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
In the first of a series of blogs, Toby Powell shares his thoughts on the development of IT, and how as an industry we could be further ahead if we had just thought a little bit more about how we look at the costs involved.
Following the success of Shire Leasing’s partnership with Toshiba UK in introducing an innovative online finance solution for SMBs, the scheme has launched a number of major new benefits to provide the marketplace with wider financial support.
Shire Leasing plc is offering graduates the chance to take their first steps on the career ladder. The graduates will experience working for a large organisation but unlike similar programmes, Shire offers an in-depth understanding across a broad range of business areas, including finance, commercial funding, debt recovery, insurance and…
