“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – Arthur C. Clarke With technology advancing across all spectrums at an alarming rate, one of the greatest threats facing businesses today is the growing rate at which equipment can be rendered obsolete or less effective than its eventual successor. Failure to…
KickStart is a unique finance scheme that Shire Leasing has developed with its partner BT for new and young businesses. This finance proposition helps start ups, and those that have been trading for up to three years, raise funds without having to rely on overdrafts or bank loans, which are…
“Happiness is a positive cash flow.” – Fred Adler Cash flow is essential for success within all businesses and in order to effectively manage this, you need to know both where your money is coming from and exactly where it is going. Once you have this knowledge, it becomes easier for you to…
March 2015 celebrates a significant milestone in the history of Shire Leasing PLC. Celebrating its 25 year anniversary this month, the company has recorded some fantastic achievements, achievements that have impacted over 60,000 UK SME businesses and which all of Staffordshire, particularly Tamworth can be proud of.
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.
