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All the 2026 Gold Awards winners
The winners' names have been triumphantly pulled from the awards envelopes -- we can now reveal who has won which category at the 2026 Leasing World Going Further Gold Awards, held in London on Wednesday in the company of leasing's best and brightest...
Out today: Provocations
Provocations is a new podcast from the Finance & Leasing Association, hosted by award-winning broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake and starting today week (13 October). The six episodes will be released fortnightly...
UTB: AI and Underwriting
AI is coming to Asset Finance, but what’s the biggest misconception about technology and underwriting? Lisa Thomas, Head of Credit at UTB, shares her view, while Umar Butt explains what role underwriters play in building broker trust…
Nivo launches AI for brokers
Nivo has launched Nivo Collect, a new off-the-shelf AI service designed to make it quick and easy for commercial finance broker firms to implement AI into their businesses. The system removes the need for brokers to build their own AI workflows...
The engine behind UK growth
The Finance & Leasing Association today said its members stand ready to support Government plans to drive economic growth by providing the finance that helps businesses obtain equipment, consumers buy cars and households invest in their homes...
Long Read: Time and Termination
In this Friday’s Long Read, James Griffiths, Trainee Solicitor for Gateley Legal, and Edmund Locock, Senior Associate for Gateley Legal, consider how both comedy and asset finance rely on a good sense of timing...
Paragon accelerates credit decisions
Paragon Bank’s SME Lending division has significantly improved the speed and consistency of its credit decision-making. Deputy Managing Director Phillip Hughes (pictured) explains, “Speed and reliability really matter to SMEs and the brokers who support them..."
UTB and Apollo complete £360k facility
United Trust Bank has completed a £360,000 interest-only asset finance facility to support a long-standing customer in their acquisition of a classic 1930s Bentley. This deal was introduced to UTB Broker Development Manager Kerry Pickering (pictured)...
Booking open for Gold Awards 2026
The Leasing World Going Further Gold Awards Dinner is coming back again for 2026, gathering its exclusively asset finance audience in the usual Hilton Bankside venue. We’re delighted to confirm that for the third year running our headline sponsor is United Trust Bank...
AF new business grows 5pct in February
New figures released on Thursday by the Finance & Leasing Association show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5pct in February 2026 compared with the same month in 2025...
AF new business fell 6pct in January
New figures released on Monday by the Finance & Leasing Association show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell by 6pct in January 2025 compared with the same month in 2025...
Charles & Dean collaborates with FXE
Charles & Dean Finance is collaborating with FXE Technologies to license its Funding Xchange Marketplace. Tom Perkins, co-founder of Charles & Dean (pictured), said the deal "is about unlocking better access to funding for small businesses..."
Admiral transitions to EOT
Admiral Leasing & Loans has announced the successful sale by the founding shareholders into an Employee Ownership Trust (“EOT”), giving all 37 colleagues in the Oldham and Witney offices collective ownership of the business...
NACFB broker membership tops 1,400 firms
The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (“NACFB”), the UK’s leading trade body for commercial finance brokers, has recorded a fifth consecutive year of membership growth, driven by increases in both broker and lender membership...
Broker Hub makes new investment
The Broker Hub has announced its investment in Creative Funding Solutions, a specialist commercial finance brokerage founded and led by Mike Lowe (pictured), which finds funding solutions for commercial vehicles, leisure assets, and the motorhome sector...
Stance appoints Broker Manager
Stance Asset Finance, the new brand from United Trust Bank, has appointed Cherrice Baffana (pictured) as a Broker Manager ahead of Stance’s launch to its Founders Club members in February. Cherice says, “There’s a real buzz about Stance Asset Finance..."
Haydock wins Customer Service award
Haydock Finance has been awarded the Institute of Customer Service ServiceMark, recognising its outstanding performance in the Business Benchmarking and its position as one of the UK’s leading financial services providers for customer experience...
Asset Advantage runs broker roadshow
Asset Advantage, a leading provider of business finance for UK SMEs, is kicking off the New Year with a series of broker roadshow events across the UK. These interactive sessions will be hosted by Asset Advantage’s credit, sales and payouts team...
Best wishes for 2026...
At BrokerWorld we would like to wish all our subscribers, readers, browsers, supporters and advertisers a suitably busy and ambitious New Year, and we look forward to bringing you all the leasing & asset finance news in 2026...
Optimism high among brokers
Commercial finance brokers are broadly positive about their business prospects for the coming twelve months, with the majority expressing an optimistic or neutral view – according to new survey data from SME funding provider Asset Advantage.
Stance Asset Finance appoints BDM
Stance Asset Finance, a new United Trust Bank brand launching in February 2026, has appointed Alex Fowler to the role of Broker Development Manager. Alex has worked with lenders including Allica Bank, Praetura Asset Finance and Amicus Finance...
FLA podcast tackles productivity
Leading economist Dr Catherine L Mann joins Robert Gordon, CEO of Novuna, for episode 1 of Provocations, a new podcast series launched today by the Finance & Leasing Association which asks whether the economy has changed faster than the lending system...
Unveiling the LWGOLD26 winners
The winners' names have been triumphantly pulled from the awards envelopes -- we can now reveal who has won which category at the 2026 Leasing World Going Further Gold Awards, held in London last night in the company of leasing's best and brightest...
Alfa boosts fleet finance capabilities
Alfa has announced new enhancements to Alfa Systems for Fleet Finance. With fleet providers managing ever-larger portfolios, Alfa Systems now enables organisations to create consolidated vehicle orders, simplifying high-volume fleet acquisitions...
July AF new business up 2%
New figures released this morning by the Finance & Leasing Association (“FLA”) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 2pct in July 2026 compared with the same month in 2025...
UTB welcomes Steve Gee
United Trust Bank ("UTB") has appointed highly experienced asset finance professional Steve Gee as Commercial Director – Asset Finance. Steve (pictured left) joins UTB to lead the development of a new vendor finance business...
Long Read: Artificially Intelligent
In this week's Long Read, Gateley Legal’s Senior Associate Edmund Locock and Trainee Solicitor Ann-Marie Henry consider the ways in which AI is already introducing misinformation into legal proceedings...
Strategic Asset Finance from Reward
Reward Funding is today launching Reward Strategic Asset Finance. Building on Reward’s established relationship-led approach, Reward Strategic Asset Finance combines structured thinking with asset-backed lending...
FLA members provided £98bn Jan-July
New figures released this morning by the Finance & Leasing Association show that FLA members across the asset finance, consumer finance and motor finance markets provided £98.2 billion of new lending in the first seven months of 2026...
UTB boosts High Value Car team
United Trust Bank Asset Finance has appointed Kate Johnson (pictured) as Regional Broker Manager with a focus on continuing to develop the Bank’s successful High Value Car business. Kate has nearly twenty years of experience in the motor finance industry...
Hopes of Autumn turnaround for SMEs
Despite a twelve-year low in the percentage of small businesses predicting growth over the summer months (24pct), two in three enterprises say they are working hard on plans to secure future growth, according to research from Novuna Business Finance...
Quickfire Questions with UTB Asset Finance
In today’s video e-newsletter, United Trust Bank’s Lauren Angus tells us what question brokers always ask when first meeting her, and Astrid Michael shares her view on what keeps brokers coming back to UTB Asset Finance…
AF new business soars 15% in June
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (“FLA”) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 15pct in June 2026 compared with the same month in 2025, with growth being broad-based across asset sectors...
Aldermore grows infrastructure team
Aldermore has appointed Kitty Byrne (pictured) as Project Finance Lead to its Energy and Infrastructure team, strengthening its specialist expertise as it expands its support for businesses and projects contributing to the UK's energy transition...
Propel Finance helps SMEs pick Apple
Propel Finance has today announced a new partnership to provide finance to SMEs investing in Apple products. The programme will be launched with Sync, an Apple Business Partner, as Propel continues to grow its fully digital B2B embedded finance offering in the UK...
