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Mon, Mar, 1 2010

Shoes were worn down at the FLA dinner, as guests quickly cantered between the numerous pre- and post-dinner knees-ups organised by the high and mighty of the English legal profession and UK lease consultancies. The Red Bar upstairs was still heaving at 2am, when one Basement Talk correspondent flaked out and went home

Comment: Sonia Jordan, Salans

Comment: Sonia Jordan, Salans

Mon, Mar, 1 2010

There has been an undeniable increase in general insolvencies and in particular the use of the pre-packaged administration as a restructuring tool.

Comment: The ever-changing world of leasing scams

Comment: The ever-changing world of leasing scams

Mon, Mar, 1 2010

The Lloyds Banking Group continues to unravel the mess caused by the Elumina Iberica scandal. This involved allegations that lessees, made up of around 60 of the UK’s top golf clubs, were induced into signing-up to leases on false promises of advertising-linked revenue.

Positive signs in mid-ticket

Positive signs in mid-ticket

Mon, Mar, 1 2010

While FLA statistics have highlighted the continued decline of new business in 2009, at least some finance companies in the mid-ticket market (£100,000- £5 million) are starting to see some positive signs that suggest that things may be turning slowly upwards.

Editor's letter - People moves and (alleged) fruity fraudsters

Editor's letter - People moves and (alleged) fruity fraudsters

Mon, Mar, 1 2010

The recession might be far from over and equipment values still look likely to drop further in most sectors (with print being an interesting exception – see pages 34 and 35), but there are wider signs of hope in the recruitment market.

How to retain staff

How to retain staff

Mon, Feb, 1 2010

The risk of losing staff is growing as the job market begins to recover from the recession. Ludwig Fischer, a former HR director at Hewlett Packard Financial Services, discusses how to make the good ones stay.

ING Lease back in the yachting business

ING Lease back in the yachting business

Mon, Feb, 1 2010

Whereas the Southampton Boat Show last September seemed promising for the marine market, January’s London Boat Show was significantly emptier than it was in 2009.

More savings to be made in remarketing

More savings to be made in remarketing

Mon, Feb, 1 2010

When looking at ways to cut costs for clients, lessors should look at every single area of their business to consider possible savings which could be passed on. None of this is news, of course.

Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 30 November 2009

Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 30 November 2009

Mon, Feb, 1 2010

New business volumes of FLA business finance members were materially lower than in October – 25 percent down month-on-month for the market, excluding big ticket, and 20 percent down on a year-on-year basis.

Mid-ticket thriving for some

Mid-ticket thriving for some

Mon, Feb, 1 2010

Maybe it is the end of the recession, or maybe it is just that bank-owned, tier 1 funders are making less capital available and increasing their underwriting criteria or focusing more on customers of their parent bank. Nonetheless, smaller funders are still reporting a recent upturn in business in the £10,000-£100,000 (€11,400-€114,000) ticket size.

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