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LL March 2010

People moves and (alleged) fruity fraudsters
ING Lease to focus on UK broker model in Germany
Tripling business in three years
Signs of life
In Brief
Latest moves from around Europe
Work - life quiz
Leasing low-carbon energy now feasible, says FLA
Positive signs in mid-ticket
Italian mini-renaissance
French lessors raise serious concerns over latest capital requirement directive
Handelsbanken Finans sued over interest rate hikes
Ready, set, go
Databank
Good news and bad news
Serious crime squad comes to rescue of swindled lessors
What price a good reputation?
Investec buys Universal and Leasedirect
Comment: The ever-changing world of leasing scams
Survival of the fittest
Leasing case against ‘poor payer’Paramount advances law of forfeiture
Opportunities in AF for Birmingham firm
The Dutch masters
Lessors launch bids to buy General Capital
Grenke grows in UK and Luxembourg
BA&SF under pressure over high-risk deals
ING Lease and Aldermore sign deal with Syscap
Looking for trouble
Comment: Sonia Jordan, Salans
Pressing concerns
Lombard order book continues to grow
Ryder signs UK’s first electric HGV lease deal
In brief 2
Machine tools
BFL Leasing signs VF deal with comTeam
Trumpf sees continued success with SG partnership
NetSol signs lucrative contract in China
Europe’s CV registrations fall 12% in January
In Brief 3
Largest firm takes shape
Basement talk
Lessors victims of alleged £30 million scam
BVRLA: Budget should extend tax benefits to lessors
Chinese oil giant sets up leasing JV
Container lessor TAL sees income stream recover
New trade association for UK remarketing industry
Team restructuring at VW Fleet Services UK
GE’s TIP boosts fleet maintenance services
CIT expects loss of $900 million in Q4 2009
BBVA Leasing to finance fire trucks
Italian lessor wins massive real estate leasing deal
HSBC global leasing remains strong
BA ready to lease aircrafts from other operators
Lex Autolease signs 1500-vehicle, £35 million deal
Banco Sabadell launches new product for Spanish SMEs
De Lage Landen - €112 million profit for 2009
Intesa’s VUB Bank acquires 100% of Slovak lessor
Romanian lessors to face bankruptcy if decline continues
Austrian leasing business drops 23 percent in 2009
SMMT: mixed results for CV registrations
Private banking sector ramps up exotic asset finance
Hill & Smith reports hike in lease repayments
Czech vehicle leasing business down in 2009
Channon steps down from 1pm after £220k interim loss
Slovak lessors see 45 percent volume drop
Exclusive: Aldermore buys Heritable book
Yorkshire Bank signs string of mid-ticket deals
Revealed: names of leasing companies in farm scam
Update: Shire auditor resigns as tough year closes
BoA: making headway in China
Spain’s leasing halved, but glimmers of hope
New investor acquires Total Asset Finance, wants more
Enterprise almost doubles lease obligations
GE fleet survey: UK economy set for upturn
Deutsche Leasing posts €8.3 bn new business
Finnish leasing shows signs of recovery
SGEF wins slice of Microsoft’s vendor programme
Italian leasing 33 percent down in 2009
Portuguese leasing falls 30 percent in H1 2009
Germany’s VR Factorem sees customer increase
Ultimate Finance’s factoring business expands
Polish leasing down, sees increase in Q4
Angel Trains maintains healthy profits
French leasing: “unprecedented” contraction in 2009
Manheim strengthens CV team
Italy’s Ubi Leasing increases market share
CHP Consulting joins German leasing association
WCG wins major deals in Austria
NACFB launches Commercial Finance Expo event
SG hires new risk manager
Grenkeleasing and NRW Bank sign partnership
JCB Finance posts £5.4 million profit
2010 Budget: leasing industry expresses disappointment
Raiffeisen merger to bolster CEE leasing business
Portuguese government to support SMEs
GE Capital: SMEs struggle with materials costs, fuel prices
New IT system opens door to Euro business for HSBC
New funding for 1pm and St Helen’s
GE Capital buys RBS Factoring
EU van registrations see first increase in 2 years
Venture Finance provides £250k factoring package
BPLG extends major vendor agreement with CNH