Telecoms and smartphone financing specialist Lease Telecom has appointed James Phillips the role of Managing Director following his 25 year reign at mobile and telecoms provider, Access Communications. James Phillips takes the mantle as the Sussex-based leasing company looks to tighten its hold on the technology finance market and build upon its 350-strong Partner Channel....Read More

Every sale should be applauded if the following statistics are anything to go by. Take a read through and be sure to give yourself a hefty pat on the back if you’ve just closed some business, or high-five a colleague who just has. Selling takes a certain type of individual and those that make a...Read More

New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth in asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) of 12% in 2015 – the market’s second consecutive year of double-digit growth. The value of new business in December 2015 was up by 18% compared with the same month in 2014. New...Read More

In a piece in CityA.M. in the Entrepreneurs Section, Mike Francis, head of Asset Finance at Investec is dismayed that the High Street banks don’t have the confidence to lend SMEs the money they need, so business owners end up trying to fund their companies’ growth on overdrafts and credit cards, storing up trouble for...Read More