Carrick Asset Finance has today announced the appointment of Vajinder Bal as Senior Broker Manager. Vajinder will be responsible for the development of Carrick’s broker connections across the North and Midlands. This is an entirely new role, largely modelled on the successful appointment in early 2021 of Anton Scott, who represents Carrick in the South, […]
After an 18-month spell working from home, the team is gradually returning to our offices to continue pursuing our remit of working with a small, targeted group of introducers and further develop its distinctive service-led, personalised approach to business. Here, Martin Stewart, our Managing Director, outlines Carrick’s Covid journey so far. Naturally optimistic though […]
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 80% in April 2021 compared with the same month in 2020. In the first four months of 2021, new business was 15% higher than in the same period in 2020. […]
Carrick Asset Finance has today announced the appointment of Anton Scott as Senior Broker Manager. This is a new role created to help fuel the continued growth of the Glasgow-based business which, despite the difficult market conditions of last year, has achieved portfolio growth of 50% over the last 12 months Anton brings with him […]
Carrick Asset Finance has announced the appointment of Martin Stewart as Managing Director. He takes over from Gerry Moon who is moving to the position of Non-Executive Chairman at the firm. Moon, a well-known industry figure who has previously led UK asset finance operations for Fortis Lease and Macquarie, said: ‘We’ve assembled a really strong […]
Amid one of the most challenging periods the industry and the country have ever experienced, our sales director Iain Corbett takes a quick look over the shoulder and reflects on how things have gone so far: Apart from those brief, day-dreamy moments when I wish I owned the commercial rights to use of the word […]
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5% in September, compared with the same month in 2018. In Q3 2019 as a whole, new business was also 5% higher than in the same quarter in 2018. New finance […]
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) overall grew in July by 8% compared with the same month last year. New business for deals of up to £20 million increased by 7% over the same period. The plant and machinery […]
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 11% in March, compared with the same month last year, and also by 11% in Q1 2019 overall. New finance for plant and machinery grew in March by 11% compared with […]
With six months trading now under their belts there’s a distinctly positive ‘end of the beginning’ feeling in the air at Carrick Asset Finance. In this short piece, Carrick’s finance director Martin Stewart takes stock of the market and explains how this start-up operation is finding its feet: We launched Carrick Asset Finance in October […]
