In September 2024, the Financial Reporting Council published new lease accounting rules that many UK companies are required to...

Ideas on how business asset finance providers should respond to the Court of Appeal commissions case

The Asset Finance Connnect summer conference discussed personal guarantees, claims management companies and broker commission disclosures.

In May Peloton launched a new rental scheme in the UK. Possibly more out of necessity than choice, it is a bold and innovative leasing model

Many business finance firms, probably the majority, have already left the regulated market (loans to unincorporated businesses that do...

Yesterday the Government published detailed figures on the performance of loans issued under the COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes,...

Monday marks the start of the FCA Consumer Duty regulation. Having helped around 20 smaller broking firms to prepare for it (taking the...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been helping asset finance brokers to finalise their implementation of the Financial Conduct Authority’s...

Regulated asset finance brokers are unlikely to have missed the fact that they are required to implement the FCA’s new Consumer Duty...

As we enter 2023, the UK leasing industry is just gearing up for its essential role in supporting a post-Covid recovery in business...

In November, I suggested a need for the 'asset register that isn't an asset register' in my blog here (and see LinkedIn comments here)....

In August last year, my blog Psst! Asset finance brokers, do you want a 50% discount on FCA fees? Just do a bit less work... reported how...

For decades, the leasing industry has been continually exposed to fraud by the lack of a national equipment asset register. Although...

Over the summer, many asset finance brokers have received one or more thuds on their doorsteps - or the email equivalent - being annual...

Since July, most asset finance brokers who have been paying the minimum annual FCA fees of around £600 (including various extras) have...