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LLoyds Bank
Member
Lloyds Bank regularly features in the Top 10 AF Groups in the UK, combining our Asset Finance and Lex brands, as a division of one of the leading UK-based financial services groups. Supporting businesses from Business Banking, SME and Mid-Corporate through to Corporate Institutions to obtain the vehicles, machinery, equipment and technology they need to grow sustainably, and Help Britain Prosper.
Our customers are supported with national coverage and contacts who are equipped with in-depth local knowledge, expansive AF experience and sector specific knowledge to support a variety of trading businesses. A full product range, including Hire Purchase, Finance Lease and Commercial Loans, sits alongside a network of Banking Relationship Managers to support end to end business needs with lending, transactional banking, working capital management, debt financing and risk management services.
With Lending in excess of £6bn through Asset Finance and Operating Lease products, Lloyds and its subsidiary brands, offers our full suite of solutions both direct and through an expansive network of Intermediaries. Lloyds strategy and vision is to create a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.
consumerduty.com
Member
consumerduty.com offers a fully managed solution for measuring, improving, and securely sharing data on customer outcomes across the value chain, aligned with the FCA’s Four Outcomes of Consumer Duty. By combining independent insights, expert guidance, journey mapping, real-time dashboards, and consistent data-sharing processes, we empower firms to turn Consumer Duty into a strategic advantage, driving meaningful and measurable improvements in customer outcomes while ensuring compliance at every stage.
Tower Leasing
Member
Tower Leasing is a leading UK funder, offering a range of flexible and accessible financial solutions to help businesses invest, grow and succeed.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Bracknell, Berkshire, Tower has built a strong reputation for supporting SMEs through a well-established network of equipment suppliers, spanning industries from telecoms and IT to green technology and robotics.
Alongside supplier-led financing, Tower Leasing’s dedicated direct-to-business division offers a broad range of tailored funding solutions. These include asset and equipment finance, business loans, vehicle funding, property and development finance, and cash flow support. These solutions ensure businesses have access to the financial resources they need at every stage of their journey.
With a team of over 70 finance professionals and a trusted network of brokers, introducers, and appointed representatives, Tower Leasing has provided finance to more than 50,000 businesses across the UK. Whether working through supplier partnerships or directly with businesses, Tower Leasing is committed to delivering financial solutions that drive sustainable growth and long-term success.
Aldermore Bank
Corporate Member
Aldermore is the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we’re backing more people to go for it, in life and business.
We want to get finance flowing across the UK, which is why we’ve developed a range of business finance products that are ideal for growing businesses. Whatever you need specific to your growth, we can support you in unlocking the cash tied up in invoices, fund an asset, bridge a finance gap, invest in commercial property or obtain finance for property development.
Our aim is to provide support to the undervalued and underserved to help them take the action to achieve more, ensuring we meet the needs other institutions do not.
Allica Bank
Corporate Member
Allica Bank are Britain’s award-winning business bank focused on supporting established businesses – those businesses with 10-250 employees – who are the beating heart of the UK economy and our local communities. Through our combination of human expertise, relationships and powerful technology, we’re giving British businesses the banking they deserve. Our straightforward business finance and banking products include lending, savings accounts and current accounts tailored especially to established businesses’ needs.
We offer up to £1,000,000 of fast and flexible finance for hard, medium and soft assets to help businesses buy or refinance assets. Based out of our offices in Milton Keynes, London and Manchester, Allica has business development managers out on the road up and down the country helping brokers provide a fantastic service for their clients.
Winner of ‘AF Top 50 – Highest ranked new entrant into listing’ at the 2023 AFC Summer Awards, and the 2022 Leasing World Gold Awards – ‘Best New Service’.
Arkle Finance
Corporate Member
Arkle Finance is a specialist lender providing a range of Asset Finance solutions to our brokers and customers. We pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality customer experience, with a speedy turnaround and deep technical understanding, to ensure that we provide the right finance solutions that meets our customers needs.
Our products are distributed through a range of high-quality intermediaries / brokers with whom we have developed long-term partnerships and who value the bespoke service that we are able to provide. This includes a dedicated and professional support team (based in Northamptonshire) and our use of industry leading technology and data. By combining our technology and our people we are able to review the client specific detail in proposals and make speedy decisions, as well as effectively manage the credit risk across the portfolio.
Our finance solutions include a range of products for SME’s and business customers offering clients with the equipment they need to achieve their aspirations. Whether that is financing machinery, vehicles, or softer business equipment, we strive to support businesses in taking the next step in their development, complying with changing regulations or meeting their company objectives (including products supported by the British Business Bank).
We also provide Finance for individuals to achieve their aspirations by providing regulated lending on classic / collectable vehicles and a whole range of other assets for their personal use. We have specialist expertise across UK leisure, Marine finance and Aviation finance – helping our customers navigate the complex purchases and registration of assets.
As a business, we have over 25 years experience in Asset Finance. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Weatherbys Bank – a Private Banking group with a business heritage of over 250 years.
Auto Trader
Data and Insights Partner - Automotive
Auto Trader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive marketplace. With the largest number of car buyers and the largest choice of trusted stock, its marketplace sits at the heart of the UK car buying process. That marketplace is built on an industry-leading technology and data platform, which is increasingly used across the automotive industry. Auto Trader is continuing to bring more of the car buying journey online, creating an improved buying experience, whilst enabling all its retailer partners to sell vehicles online.
Auto Trader publishes a monthly used car Retail Price Index which is based on pricing analysis of circa 800,000 unique vehicles. This data is used by the Bank of England to feed the broader UK economic indicators as well as the Office for National Statistics to feed the UK’s official inflationary measures.
Cambridge & Counties Bank
Corporate Member
Built on understanding, Cambridge & Counties Bank is the result of two well-respected institutions who joined to create a responsible expert-banking specialist. We’ve created a service that brings back some of the great elements of an old-fashioned bank, combining these with all the speed, efficiency and knowledge that’s needed in the modern day.
Everything we do is centred around our customers, brokers, and business partners. Working together and building a relationship with SMEs means we can provide the right support and solutions to help businesses grow and prosper. And when you pair that with our traditional banking values and modern thinking, you get something a little bit special.
CBC Resourcing Solutions
Corporate Member
When Graeme and Miles established CBC, the lending landscape was very different than it is today. However, the factors that set a leading recruiter apart from the rest remains the same – knowledge, expertise, integrity, trust and delivery.
CBC has been trusted to fill some of the most influential roles for some of the most influential players across the lending community.
Not only can CBC demonstrate expertise and success at a senior level, but the CBC team also has the expertise and reach to manage the resourcing requirements of clients at all levels, nationwide – and their first-class network and knowledge extends across permanent and temporary / contract assignments.
The team at CBC strive to be the resourcing partner of choice – easy to deal with and trusted to deliver.
Accessing the best talent for the best jobs, time after time is what CBC does best.
CBC Resourcing Solutions
www.cgi.com/uk/en-gb/asset-finance
Corporate Member
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 92,500 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions.
Our Asset Finance experts have deep industry experience and deliver innovative technology solutions and consultancy services
CGI Fiscal 2022 reported revenue is $12.87 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Close Brothers
Corporate Member
Founded in 1987 by a team of finance specialists, Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing has grown to become a leading asset finance company in the UK. While the team may have grown, the same founding principles remain – we provide finance for businesses we fully understand and offer practical solutions that enable them to succeed. Having specialist knowledge means we are able to give prompt decisions, letting our customers get on with doing what they do best. Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing is about tailor-making finance solutions rather than off-the-shelf products. This is why we continue to refine our relationships and enhance our products in order to deliver more effectively for our customers and suppliers. We are proud to be a member of the Close Brothers Group. Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services, and securities trading. Established in 1878, Close Brothers Group plc employ 4,000 people, principally in the UK, are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are a member of the FTSE 250.
Compass Business Finance
www.compassbusinessfinance.co.uk/
Corporate Member
Compass Business Finance is an independent finance company with an innovative and relational approach to the market. Established in 2005, Compass specialises in the provision of industry, professions and renewables finance, focusing primarily on asset-based finance for the print, packaging and engineering sectors.
Working with a wide range of companies, Compass guides its clients through the financial decision-making landscape. The company is committed to providing a consistent service and complete peace of mind, through ongoing business relationships.
"We take a relational rather than transactional approach to doing business, valuing our team, our customers and our partners, so that we can provide the best possible products, service and experience now and into the future."
Econocom
Corporate Member
Econocom UK, a proud division of the Econocom Group, is a market leader in supporting digital transformation for companies and public organisations across Europe. With over 50 years of expertise, Econocom is one of the only European players to uniquely combine project financing, equipment distribution, and comprehensive digital services into one seamless offering.
Operating in 16 countries and supported by a talented team of more than 8,800 professionals, Econocom achieved an impressive €2.7 billion in revenue in 2023, cementing its reputation as a trusted partner for businesses navigating their digital transformation.
Econocom offer comprehensive, end-to-end solutions encompassing workplace transformation, audiovisual and digital signage, infrastructure development, and strategic asset financing, across a diverse range of industries. By combining technological ambition with financial simplicity, Econocom empowers organisations to achieve their goals sustainably and efficiently.
Fignum
Corporate Member
At Fignum, we’re at the forefront of disrupting the loan origination process with our flagship software, Fignum Origin. Designed for Specialist Auto Finance providers, our highly configurable and rapid solutions automate traditionally manual processes, freeing up valuable resources, at a lower cost.
We understand the challenges faced by lenders serving customers that fall under the sub-prime category in the Auto Finance industry. Our software enables providers to easily customise workflows to cater to the complexities of sub-prime credit cases, capture information quickly and efficiently and integrate with a variety of integration partners to streamline the application process.
Our commitment to innovation and accessibility ensures that Fignum remains cutting-edge and responsive to the evolving needs of the lending industry.
Finativ
Corporate Member
Finativ is a dynamic advisory and consulting firm for the business and consumer lending markets.
Combining deep practitioner expertise in asset, auto, invoice and trade finance with highly skilled functional specialists, Finativ provides leading edge capability in transactional advisory including acquisition and business sale, debt raising, transactional structuring and due diligence; business model optimisation including strategic reviews, process improvement, strategies for growth and business restructuring; technology advisory and digital transformation; new market entry and partnering, thought leadership and ideation. Finativ also provide expertise in the financing of renewable energy assets.
Through the Finativ Flex retained advisory service, clients are able to tackle ongoing strategic, Board Advisory or short-term challenges with access to all of the Finativ team on a flexible, as-required basis.
Finativ are the coordinators of the Technology & Innovation Forum, the only peer community dedicated to technology advancement in the asset and motor finance industry.
Great American Insurance Group
Corporate Member
Great American Lease & Loan Insurance Services is a recognised leader in providing insurance products to equipment lessors, manufacturers, and vehicle finance markets in the UK and Europe.
Our bespoke insurance solutions are designed to provide portfolio protection, deliver an additional revenue source to your business, ensure regulatory compliance and enhance your product range. Our successful pan-European programmes deliver consistent and flexible multi-lingual insurance solutions across multiple territories.
Lease & Loan Insurance Services has been providing specialised insurance programmes to major financial institutions and lessors in the UK and Europe for over a quarter of a century. We are part of Great American Insurance Group whose roots go back to 1872, with the founding of its flagship Great American Insurance Company which has received an “A” (Excellent) rating or higher from A.M. Best Company for over 110 years, and recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Grenke
Corporate Member
By offering access to tailored financing solutions, GRENKE is uniquely placed to support global businesses of all shapes and sizes, seeking access to the latest equipment and state-of-the-art technologies.
Our finance plays a pivotal role in supporting businesses that need to adapt and respond quickly to their industries operating environment. Partnering with GRENKE gives our resellers the confidence to offer the financial solutions they need to support their clients’ needs.
Whether selling a fleet of fork-lift trucks, waste compactors or software systems, our in-depth multi-industry presence ensures our equipment leasing is the best financial solution at exactly the right moment.
Haydock Finance
Corporate Member
Haydock Finance is a business finance specialist who has been supporting UK SME growth for over 40 years. We have stood strong to support our customers through the tough times and the good, providing supportive business finance to a diverse range of businesses.
With gross receivables in excess of £600 million, we work closely with our nationwide portfolio of introducers to provide a high level of expertise across a variety of funding solutions. Haydock has a unique blend of experienced staff including a large team of broker relationship managers, three specialist teams for agriculture, prestige vehicles and vendor plus a dedicated sales support team and a diverse, knowledgeable team of underwriters. We also have a team of experts who operate our stock finance division.
In a competitive market, we like to be different. Our innovative thinking and ‘can do’ approach means we can develop funding solutions to meet the individual needs of your customer. Whether it’s Hire Purchase, Leasing or Refinance, we understand that timing is everything so we work hard to provide you with ultra-quick decisions and fast payouts.
Lombard
Corporate Member
Lombard is the UK’s largest asset finance partner. With a legacy that stretches back 150 years, today Lombard helps businesses obtain the vehicles, machinery, equipment, technology, marine vessels, and aircraft they need to grow with confidence.
Today's businesses need to invest in up-to-date assets to achieve sustainable growth, and Lombard strive to make it easier for businesses to access the finance they need to reach their goals.
Lombard’s support doesn't end at asset finance. It also assists businesses by connecting them with quality banking services, vehicle funding and fleet management, and specialist technology solutions that help take businesses to the next level.
IAA Advisory
Corporate Member
We deliver impressive experience and independent insight to offer our clients clear and actionable advice. We build strong and continuing links between our client and our team, with a relationship built on trust and reliability. Our clients include lessors and financial institutions such as banks, banking subsidiaries, manufacturer captive finance companies, independents and others who need external help with specific issues, both tactical and strategic.
This team of highly experienced individuals is ideally placed to help clients with the complexities of business strategy and the dynamics of industry change. Recent engagements have helped develop and influence the direction of the industry. These include:
Advice on entering new markets, including internationally. The corporate finance and capital markets, re-structuring, and M&A. New product development. Risk and Treasury policies and analysis People and skill reviews Coaching and mentoring.
We have advised Government & Regulatory bodies on their country’s legal framework to support an emerging asset financing industry and trained staff in the emerging markets. Wherever your challenge exists on this spectrum, we’d welcome an exploratory meeting.
IAA coordinates the Captives’ Forum, a unique industry body designed to exchange ideas and discuss non-competitive topics. IAA is a joint creator of The Leasing Foundation and we have provided a patron and additional support to the AF-PA (Asset Finance Professionals Association).
LDMS
Corporate Member
LDMS are pioneers of Credit Software, with a long history of delivering state-of-the-art loan management solutions across EMEA.
For more than 20 years, our systems have powered the formidable growth of LC Financial Holdings, now managing over €55bn in assets across a wide range of customers in all credit market verticals.
From a high level view of large portfolios, engaging both new and existing customers and managing day to day processing efficiently, LDMS supports multiple geographies, languages, processes and products ensuring maximum flexibility and empowering every single user to be more effective.
We believe that the best technology provides a true business advantage. Based in our Cardiff tech hub, we have a 60-strong team of highly experienced developers providing full professional services implementation support by dedicated experts.
New Leaf Search
Corporate Member
New Leaf Search is an executive search consultancy specialising in securing permanent positions for asset finance and leasing professionals with leading financial services clients in the UK and internationally.
The company was founded in 2004, and we have established ourselves as the preferred recruitment partner for clients and candidates in the asset finance and leasing sector. Experience has taught us the distinct importance of expertise, relationship building and ethical recruiting; principles that remain central to our approach today.
At the core of our success lies our competitive edge, firmly rooted in our core values of integrity, customer focus, passion, accountability, collaboration, and agility. These principles serve as a solid foundation, allowing us to craft compelling recruitment strategies.
We have grown our market share both organically and through acquisition of competitor businesses, having made placements with a 111 financial services businesses across 25 distinct countries.
Thanks to our reputation for upholding the highest standards in recruitment excellence, we are widely recognised in the industry as being a trusted and quality-driven recruitment partner.
Metro Bank
Corporate Member
Our ambition is to be the UK’s best community bank, and helping all kinds of businesses thrive is a huge part of making that happen. We’re people-people, and for us, it’s all about our customers – so we give them exactly what they need to power up their business banking. Our digital options make it a breeze to bank on the move, and our Local Business Managers are here for person-to-person support, on the phone and in store. Plus, we have the know-how to take businesses from start-up to up and running, like finance management and specialist sector expertise. Whether a business is small, medium or multinational, our service made to measure.
NACFB
Corporate Member
Launched in 1992, The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is the UK’s largest independent trade body for commercial finance brokers.
The Association comprises more than 2,000 commercial finance brokers covering the whole of the UK, and more than 160 commercial lenders.
Paragon Bank
Corporate Member
Paragon Bank is a FTSE 250 listed specialist financial services provider, offering an award-winning range of savings, buy-to-let mortgage and business finance products.
With a long and successful history in buy-to-let mortgage lending, we’ve grown rapidly in recent years to build a thriving commercial lending division that offers finance to small and medium-sized business customers operating across a wide range of different sectors – from aviation, agriculture and construction, through to property development, print and technology.
Our SME Lending business has achieved strong growth in recent years. The division grew lending by 21% in the first half of its financial year on the back of increased demand for investment from UK businesses, advancing £220 million in the six months to 31 March 2023, up from £181.8 million during the same period last year.
Paragon Bank’s vision is to become the UK’s most highly regarded specialist provider of finance for people and today we have over 340,000 customers, £14 billion of assets under management and annual operating profits of over £200 million.
Nivo
Corporate Member Exhibitor
Nivo was started with a goal to create the best possible future customer experience when dealing with regulated service industries like financial services.
We felt both consumers and providers were missing out through time consuming and laborious onboarding and servicing processes. Consumers weren't getting easy access to what they needed. And providers were spending £millions papering over cracks and missing out on new business.
At the root of all the problems were legacy communication channels. eMail, phone and paper based processes. Whilst the rest of the world was benefitting from the ease, speed and convenience of instant messaging, these industries were languishing in the dark ages for anything their own apps weren't built to handle.
By solving the trust and security issues that prevent other instant messaging networks being used, we knew we could achieve our goal.
Novuna Business Finance
www.novuna.co.uk/business-finance/
Corporate Member
Novuna Business Finance provides business asset finance to SMEs and bigger corporations across the UK. This includes hire purchase, finance lease solutions, stocking and block discounting provided through brokers, vendor organisations, manufacturers and direct to the business community.
With an asset portfolio of more than £1.7bn, the business is active across multiple sectors from transport and agriculture to construction and manufacturing and was awarded Best Leasing and Asset Finance Provider at the 2023 Business Moneyfacts Awards.
The business is also supporting the Group’s multiple sustainable energy projects and purchased a £10m equity share in Gridserve Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Gridserve Sustainable Energy Ltd.
Novuna Business Finance is a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, part of Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc., one of the world’s largest and most diversified financial groups, with over £60bn of assets.
Renaissance Asset Finance
Corporate Member
Renaissance Asset Finance (RAF) is the asset finance subsidiary of Arbuthnot Latham, the private and commercial bank.
RAF provides a range of flexible funding facilities, both direct and through brokers, to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and HNWIs (High-Net-Worth Individuals) designed to manage cash flow and access the right assets for their needs.
PEAC Solutions
Corporate Member
PEAC Solutions is a multi-national asset finance platform, operating in 13 countries across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. PEAC Solutions provides innovative finance solutions to equipment manufacturers, distributors, and dealers in a wide range of industries and asset classes. The company specializes in leases and loans that allow end-user customers to more easily access equipment and technology. As of December 2022, PEAC Solutions had over 800 full-time employees globally and a portfolio of more than USD 5.0 billion. Learn more at peacsolutions.com
Propel Finance
Corporate Member
Propel Finance is one of the UK’s largest independent business asset finance lenders. Propel hold a 27-year track record in supporting over 45,000 SME businesses to finance new assets such as equipment & vehicles; and refinance existing assets to help customers realise their growth ambitions. They offer flexible & competitive finance solutions; and provide an efficient level of service to British businesses. With multiple offices based across the UK, Propel employ over 200 staff.
Propel has been recognised by the Asset Finance 50 (AF50) rankings in 2022 and 2023 as the fastest-growing asset finance lender in the UK. They have won multiple awards for innovation, technology and alternative finance. Their investment into technology provides sales teams with an industry leading digital journey and sales flow automation, in particular through the effective deployment of their innovative web app ‘Propeller’.
Propel has implemented landmark multi-year strategic partnerships with some of the largest corporate partners in the UK. These include Barclays Business Banking, Azets and Samsung Capital. Through these partnerships, Propel have access to offer asset finance solutions to more than 1 million SMEs.
To find out more on how Propel can boost your business, call 01633 982922 or email contact@propelfinance.co.uk. For further information, visit www.propelfinance.co.uk
Finance is subject to status. Terms and Conditions Apply. Propel acts as a lender or a credit broker for business customers only.
Shire Leasing
Corporate Member
Shire Leasing is an independent funder for equipment finance, asset leasing and commercial services.
We are industry experts, providing finance solutions for business to business innovation and growth.
We are proud to be a people-based company with a dynamic and enthusiastic approach to delivering flexible finance solutions supported by a commitment to service, attention to detail and competitive rates.
Resilient MS
Corporate Member
Resilient management has dedicated itself solely to the FINTECH SECTOR with a number of sub verticals such as Asset / Automotive Finance Software Vendors working with System Integrators and End Client's Transformation perspective for over a decade.
During which time we have successfully developed one of the best talent pools within the market with over 22,000 registered, assessed and qualified candidates. We have been privileged to work with some of the world’s leading brands in this space.
With a Global Reach, we leave no stone left unturned when appointing for our clients. We focus on the right appointments as we often work with our appointments to build the team. We are redefining recruitment, one appointment at a time.
Shawbrook Bank
Corporate Member
Shawbrook is a specialist bank offering a range of practical lending and savings products for consumers, businesses, non-bank lenders and real-estate professionals.
Driven by a purpose to power-up ingenuity to create opportunity, Shawbrook combines strong digital capabilities with deep human expertise to deliver fast decisions, efficient processing and bespoke solutions to support our brokers and their clients
Our dedicated SME Lending team arrange funding for a wide range of hard assets and professionals fees. We provide hire purchase, leasing and refinance facilities for vehicles, equipment, plant and machinery etc as well as loans for legal and medical professionals to cover tax liabilities, PII and practicing certificates. Our broker portal enables brokers to process deals up to £250k, delivering an automated agreement in principle (AIP) decision within 24 hours or less and providing our expert team the added resource to support directly with more complex enquiries.
In addition to our asset finance facilities, Shawbrook serves the SME market through a diverse range of products including asset-based lending, commercial loans, development finance and structured finance. We structure funding for management buy-outs, acquisitions and working capital requirements and can assist non-bank specialist lenders looking to build or grow their own book, using Block Discounting and Wholesale Finance. We also arrange funding solutions for healthcare providers, investors, established property developers and landlords across Bridging, Buy-to-Let, Commercial Investment.
At Shawbrook, we recognise that every business has its own unique story and work closely with brokers, business owners, advisors and sponsors to deliver specialist support and tailored funding solutions to meet our customers' needs.
TLT LLP
Corporate Member
We’re a national law firm with one of the UK’s largest and most experienced financial services legal teams. We provide a full range of services to clients in the asset and motor finance sectors, including business-critical transactions, reputationally-sensitive matters, new product development, regulatory investigations, recoveries and complex dispute resolution. We’re truly embedded in the sector – working with everyone from new market entrants to established brands and from large commercial banks to fast growth fintechs. Our track record speaks for itself. We have won Law Firm of the Year at major legal industry awards for the last three years.
Simply
Corporate Member
Simply Asset Finance was founded in April 2017 by a team of asset finance specialists, in response to the need for innovation and disruption in the sector. It offers an alternative financial model to banks and looks beyond a balance sheet and credit rating, supported by a digitally enabled customer journey. Simply Asset Finance consider a customer’s potential and work with them to identify and implement the best solution to help them succeed. Their highly experienced sales team is made up of people with extensive knowledge of the industries they lend to. This means they understand the day-to-day challenges that businesses face and the dedicated support teams guide customers through the process, helping them every step of the way.
Simply Asset Finance has lent more than £1bn to over 6,000 small and medium businesses across a wide range of sectors including transport, construction, manufacturing, recycling, and agriculture.
Time Finance
Corporate Member
Time Finance provide funding solutions that give UK business owners the confidence and freedom to achieve their business goals.
From Asset Finance to Invoice Finance, Business Loans, Vehicle Finance and Asset Based Lending, we can support one-off funding requirements as well as package multi-product solutions, dependent on our clients’ business needs.
We are proud to support 10,000 SMEs each year through our dedicated broker communities.
Vamos
Corporate Member
VAMOS provides specialist AI consulting and software development services for banks and financial services companies.
We work with our customers to help them on their AI journey - building their AI strategy, training their workforce, developing tailored AI solutions, and helping them to achieve real business value from the latest AI advances.
Ultimate Finance
Corporate Member
We’re a specialist asset-based lender who does things a little differently.
We’re solution-led. That means your business needs come first, not our products. Our expertise is in providing flexible funding; tailoring the right solution for your unique needs. Since opening our doors in 2002, we’ve provided over £10bn in funding to support business ambition.
United Trust Bank
Corporate Member
United Trust Bank is a specialist bank that provides a wide range of funding facilities and deposit accounts for individuals, businesses and charities. We are driven to understand our customers’ needs, taking an entrepreneurial and pragmatic approach. This allows us to provide quick and flexible funding solutions to support sound proposals. Our broker relationships are key to our ability to deliver value-added funding solutions. We aim to provide outstanding service and build relationships for the long term. United Trust Bank was incorporated in 1955 and has many decades of lending experience. We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and the Financial Ombudsman Service. At United Trust Bank, our focus is always on our customers’ needs. Our lending divisions each have their own qualities and strengths, which they draw on to deliver the best service for our customers.
Virgin Money
Corporate Member
Virgin Money is a full-service digital bank. with business expertise, award-winning products and Virgin perks. We offer Asset Finance for commercial, corporate and private equity backed businesses with funding from £1m to £50m for a variety of asset types. Our Asset Finance proposition is focused on regionally-based, experienced Asset Finance teams supporting local businesses’ capex requirements through flexible funding structures
Vehicle & Asset Solutions
Corporate Member
Founded in 1991, VAS has established itself as a market leader in the provision of outsourced asset audit services on behalf of independent banks and captive funders. We conduct a wide range of audits, including Wholesale Floor Plan, Sub Hire, Asset Inspection and Dealer Oversight audit services to mitigate risk and safeguard assets.
We operate across a broad spectrum of asset classes including Transportation, Agriculture, Construction, Recycling, Marine and Leisure. This includes both physical and digital audit services, which can be used in a combined hybrid solution. We operate our services throughout the UK and Europe. Through our team of professional auditors and ‘SMART’ software, we complete and deliver audit results to clients in our web-based risk platform.
VIP Apps Consulting
Corporate Member
VIP Apps Consulting provide management consulting, business process management and technology consultancy services for the equipment leasing and vehicle asset finance industry.
Using their unique proprietary AMOBI and DELIVER methodologies, VIP Apps develop innovative and holistic technology solutions aligned with their clients’ business goals and for the next generation of financial services ecosystems.
VIP Apps is a team with an even mix of backgrounds in technology consulting, and industry roles from operations to controller level positions from within the captive and vendor finance space.
VIP Apps understand today’s industry challenges and help CIOs and CFOs unlock their innovation and digital vision to capitalise on the business opportunities that technology can provide.
Zoot
Corporate Member
Zoot are a specialist provider of asset finance origination with the most comprehensive data hub on the market, and advanced decision management solutions.
For over 33 years, its customer-centric tools and services have enabled Zoot’s clients to add value and differentiation, while providing nimble, scalable solutions to specific business objectives. A leader in the fintech industry, Zoot’s secure processing environment delivers millisecond real time decisions accessing hundreds of cutting-edge data sources to help reduce risk and increase conversions.
Zoot’s game-changing service gives our clients full control over their process and includes a test-driven development environment that allows our clients to implement new lending models in minutes, add new data providers, debug in real-time, have improved visibility into the application flow and full ownership of the data model.
Zoot's clients are supported by an award-winning team and our international client base includes some of the largest and most nimble financial institutions, asset finance companies, retailers and payment providers.
Richard has a background in implementing technology solutions for the financial services sector across the UK, US and Europe.
He specialises in helping organisations use the latest technologies effectively to improve operational capabilities and deliver real value. His expertise spans system architecture, data infrastructure, and digital transformation, with a particular focus on the responsible integration of artificial intelligence.
As Managing Director and co-founder of VAMOS, Richard works with financial organisations to develop effective strategies for AI adoption, focused on empowering humans rather than replacing them.
In this pivotal role, Jason is responsible for driving the sales strategy and fostering growth across NETSOL's innovative portfolio of products and services for the European region. Most recently, Jason worked with Aldermore Bank for nearly six years, where he was the product lead for a large group wide transformation program. He also led strategy, innovation, commercial insights, tech transformation, and growth initiatives for Aldermore’s SME lending division, with a particular focus on asset finance, working closely with MotoNovo Finance, Aldermore’s motor finance business.
Prior to his roles at Aldermore, Jason worked at Close Brothers Asset Finance for five years where he led several sales transformation programs, and facilitated strategic relationship development, growth initiatives and long-term strategy development. He also has experience as a business founder and entrepreneur, providing him with unique insights into end customer value in SME lending and banking. He began his career as an investment banker in the equity derivatives division at UBS.
Graham has worked at Novuna Business Finance since 2013, starting as Head of Operations when it was branded as Hitachi Capital.
Prior to this, Graham was a Senior Manager at ING Lease.
A highly experienced Sales and Operations Executive with in excess of 20 years practice across Operations, Sales, Project Management and Operational Risk. Recognised as a reliable, conscientious individual with a ‘can-do’ attitude, who maintains excellent relationships with both internal and external customers.
I am driven by curiosity and motivated by change, a problem solver who brings teams together with a shared purpose; to investigate root causes, design fixes, simplify and automate processes, to resolve for customers. I am a passionate and enthusiastic leader, creating an open and positive culture where colleagues feel supported and able to fulfil their potential. An extrovert, I am at my best when leading new thinking, challenging the status quo and bringing diverse groups who think differently together, towards shared goals and objectives.
Comfortable leading in ambiguous and complex situations, I have a track record in delivering large rectification programmes, improving business processes and supporting senior leaders to respond to regulatory change. I bring an extensive and practical knowledge of risk and control frameworks, data process design, corporate governance, consumer banking products, processes and regulation.
Julie Warren holds over 25 years of experience in senior sales and marketing roles within organisations such as Barclays, Aldermore and new fintech startups.
Her expertise spans a wide range of areas including Brand, PR, digital, partnerships, lead generation and social.
Julie has a proven track record of building first-class marketing functions with a strong focus on integrated sales and marketing outputs.
Management of Wholesale Funding and Risk , cash and funding trigger management, across syndicated funding markets. Primary responsibility for funding and credit risk for Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Benelux in conjunction with local risk teams.
Richard has been at DSG since 1990 and negotiated an MBO in 1998 effectively re-founding the business. Having built the business through several economic and credit cycles,
Richard then oversaw the investments from both Promethean and Magnetar to bring DSG to the dominant position it now holds in UK car finance as the only lender-broker hybrid.
Richard has developed a talented management team and succession path, ensuring DSG will endure in the long term.
Chris has been speaking about how technology will change the automotive landscape since he published a white paper on the subject in 2017. Since then, he founded Tomorrow's Journey, an Enterprise SaaS platform that enables automotive brands to launch and scale fully digital solutions, working globally with the likes of Hyundai, Jaguar and Leaseplan.
Chris Kirby has a diverse career spanning multiple roles in the automotive industry including as a Strategic Advisor at Autofutura Limited, as the Automotive Director at WeCreateClarity and as the Head of Business Development at FGA Capital UK Ltd.
As well as speaking at events across the globe, Chris also hosts the Autocar Change Makers Podcast, where he regularly meets and engages with automotive industry leaders on the future of the industry.
Richard Bearman has over 25 years’ experience in the banking sector and over that time has developed a real passion for working with and supporting entrepreneurs.
Richard oversees the Banking Relationship Management function, which helps to support a consistent and holistic approach towards the Bank’s delivery partners.
He was previously Managing Director, Small Business Lending at the Bank, which included responsibility for the Start Up Loans programme, which was rated by Forbes as its top-rated Small Business Loan and Start up Loan for three consecutive years.
Prior to joining the Bank, Richard was UK Head of Small Business at HSBC, where he led and supported colleagues serving the UK SME market via face to face, telephony and digital channels. Richard set the strategic direction and led the business to evolve its channels and grow its customer base. Under Richard’s leadership, HSBC was voted Best Business Banking Provider in the Smart Money People British Bank Awards and Best Online Banking Provider in the Business Moneyfacts Awards.
With more than 30 years of experience in the commercial finance industry, Jim brings a wealth of knowledge to the role of CEO.
Jim most recently served as Group CEO at STAR Asset Finance, where he led the brokerage through a period of substantial change, enhancing the risk control framework, upgrading the IT infrastructure, centralising the core business functions across four previously independent brokerages and increasing the group balance sheet by 50%.
He has previously held senior roles at Lombard, Barclays, and GE Capital, where he developed an extensive understanding of asset finance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement across a variety of financial sectors.
Before joining Allica, Richard was group COO at digital bank Revolut.
Prior to that he was CEO of OakNorth and held leadership roles at TSB and HSBC.
Anna has worked at the LSB since 2018, starting as Head of Insight.
Prior to this, she spent just over 4 years at Wright Hassall LLP as Head of Risk & Compliance and 4.5 years at HSBC working with the risk and audit sectors.
Dan’s career has developed in parallel with the growth of Arkle where he has acquired front line experience across a range of functions during his 15-year career in Asset Finance.
Working under the tutelage of his predecessor, Stephen Bassett, Dan joined the Board in 2015 and was appointed to the role of Executive Director two years later.
When not at work, Dan enjoys an active lifestyle, spends time with family and supports his local community.
I am currently a Senior Policy Advisor in the Asset Finance Division at the Finance and Leasing Association. I have played an intergalactic part in fraud prevention strategy during my time in the Motor Industry and continuously find innovate solution for an ever growing threat.
I review Compliance and Complaints for numerous businesses in the finance industry as well as producing guidance and toolkits to deal with the every changing financial landscape.
Leasing Professional, operating at Director level, with 25 years experience in sales and operations working with UK and International vendors across a variety of equipment sectors.
Have proven management, sales, documentation and negotiation skills. Before joining Societe Generale Equipment Finance held sales positions assisting vendors and resellers grow their sales through the use of finance across diverse markets including IT, Office Equipment, Printing, Machine Tools and Fork Lift Trucks.
David Betteley started his career in Financial Services as a graduate trainee with Lloyds and Scottish Finance (part of the Lloyds Bank Group) in Manchester in the late 70’s. In 1989 he joined the International Motors Group (IM) to set up their in-house Finance Company in the UK to support the Hyundai and Subaru brands. Staying with IM, he moved to Sweden in 1992 to run the vehicle distribution operations for IM in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.
In 1996 he moved back to the UK to become MD of Vauxhall Finance and successfully managed the transition from 7 branches to one central location. In 1998 he was recruited by Toyota to insource their Financial Services operations in the UK. He went on to become a Senior Vice President when he had the responsibility for overall operations, sales and marketing and the development of new markets for both Toyota and Lexus in the Europe and Africa region.
During this 12 year period at Toyota he also served as a Pension Trusteee which gives him good experience to serve in a similar capacity at JLR. In 2010 David joined Jaguar Land Rover as Global Financial Services Director, retiring in July 2017. David now works as an independent advisor to Genpact Ltd and other companies. His main non-executive role has been as Chairman of the Finance and Leasing Association in the UK during the period May 2007 to May 2010.
David holds an MBA from Aston Business School Outside work his time is mainly devoted to his family. However he enjoys the occasional game of golf and still follows closely the fortunes of Manchester City.
John Rees has worked in equipment finance for over 40 years, most recently with Societe Generale’s equipment finance subsidiary, where he focused on the UK, Australian, and Chinese markets before joining the bank’s headquarters in Paris with global responsibility for sales and marketing.
Wayne leads the automotive finance practice for Shoosmiths.
Prior to joining Shoosmiths, Wayne spent 25 years working in-house in senior and executive roles at international, blue chip financial services and automotive businesses including: Volkswagen Financial Services; GMAC; NatWest (including Lombard and Invoice Finance), Cisco and Santander Consumer UK.
Wayne has extensive experience of scoping, leading and implementing domestic and international projects, particularly focused on strategically important restructuring and regulatory change.
He specialises in regulated and unregulated asset finance, consumer credit and retail finance, with a depth of experience in motor finance. Wayne is also recognised for his experience in regulatory compliance and oversight activity.
Adrian Dally is Director of Motor Finance & Strategy at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).
Before joining the FLA, Adrian spent 26 years in policy-making roles in Whitehall and Brussels, specialising in a number of areas including financial services, consumer protection policy, competition and the European Union.
During this time he fulfilled a number of roles, including as a UK negotiator in the EU institutions and as private secretary to two cabinet ministers. His last role was at the Financial Ombudsman Service, where he was its Head of Policy.
With over 25 years in technology solutions to the asset finance and now receivables finance domains, Steve’s extensive experience sees him lead the Sales, Marketing and Software Engineering functions at Lendscape.
He is passionate about helping financial institutions understand how technology can be used to achieve operational excellence while engaging more deeply with their customers and is motivated by the belief that technology can provide opportunities to deliver more customer-centric approaches.
Before joining Lendscape, he co-founded Finaptix, acquired by Lendscape in 2019, and served as Managing Director and Global Sales & Marketing Director at Alfa for a combined tenure of over 22 years.
A regular contributor to industry journals and events, Steve’s specialities include asset finance, technology strategy, software development, digitalization, servitization and hyper-automation.
He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Kent.
Cat is the Head of Data Insight & Automation at Novuna Business Finance. After completing her PhD at Imperial College London, Cat joined Alfa Financial Services initially as a software developer before moving into project management working. After five years with Alfa, Cat moved to Novuna Business Finance as Strategic Change Manager, leading the company’s largest digital transformation to date.
Having joined the Business Finance Senior Leadership team in Feb 2024, Cat now leads a multi-disciplinary team with a focus on maximising the business unit’s data capabilities, developing business insights and achieving automation & auto-decisioning efficiencies.
Combining extensive consultancy experience with technical software development skills and a scientific research background, Cat provides a unique viewpoint to defining innovation and change within Business Finance. Passionate about giving back and promoting technological advancement, Cat has worked with the Leasing Foundation for the number of years supporting diversity and inclusion and, more recently, leading the promotion by LF of Innovation within the industry.
