WestWon are pleased to announce the acquisition of Premier Finance and Leasing, their fifth leasing broker acquisition of 2020. Bob Phipps founded Premier just under twenty years ago. Based out of Nottingham, the company mainly focuses on providing lease finance for SME companies across a range of equipment. The business has built a large contact […]
UK Companies have seen a reduced need for VAT funding in Q3 2020. Over 64% of companies in the UK have a yearend in March, June, September and December. Nearly all these business’s will match their quarterly VAT return dates to their yearend. For our VAT funding division, the last two weeks of October and […]
It is a question I often get asked on a regular basis, how do you value a leasing broker? For the sake of this blog, I am just going to focus on leasing brokers with less than twenty employees. Large leasing brokers that have been sold Many of the UK’s largest leasing brokers have sold […]
WestWon are pleased to announce the acquisition of First Leasing UK Limited. Not to be confused with, First Vehicle Leasing, 1st Leasing or First Leasing Software – companies with a similar name – First Leasing UK Limited was set up in 2002 by Paul Connell. First Leasing is a leasing and asset finance broker and […]
Lease payment holiday requests in the UK Over the 30 years we have been arranging leasing and asset finance for 25,000 plus organisations, we typically only see a handful of companies every year asking for a lease payment holiday. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK, we have seen more businesses applying for a […]
From conversations we have held, many SME companies who have undertaken a lease via WestWon have confirmed to us they have taken out either a Bounce Back or CBILS Loan. A number of these business owners have directly asked us asked the question, “Will my Bounce Back Loan (or CBILS Loan) affect our ability to […]
The market for garden and home offices has exploded since March. One supplier we have just spoken to has stopped all advertising, they cannot keep up with demand and are busily recruiting new installers. Garden office pods – as these home offices are typically referred to – is the latest must have for business owners. […]
Listen and watch our very own Richard Porter, Divisional Director of the Professions sector being interviewed by Nicki Rowland from Leadership in Dentistry. During the interview Richard discusses the new Dental Finance App, the WestWon Bounce Back loan along with the new supplier App, Partner Portal and all things dental! The interview is ready to […]
A recent update was provided by Rishi Sunak, who announced a further series of changes to the Government’s furlough scheme. In what has been seen as a surprising, but welcoming announcement including workers being able to go back part-time from July. Here’s what you need to know: As of Wednesday 1st July, all businesses using the Government’s furlough scheme will be able to bring back furloughed employees part-time and […]
