We have come across a very interesting scenario in the last week or so whereby another broker had bee quoting a very very cheap rate on a hire purchase deal. Not wishing to criticise my fellow broking colleagues I suggested to the customer that maybe  not all is at it should be.

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Last week XL Business finance was approached by a London based printing company that  needed  finance for a second hand print ppress costing approximately £80,000. Although the business was profitable and there was a strong rational for the purchase the deal did not tick all the right boxes for a high street finance company. A well known print finance company was fully exposed at around £250k and were unable to advance an further funding. We received the enquiry via our website and very quickly we were able to secure a hire purchase facility with a privately owned leasing company. This is a prime example as to how a asset finance broker can add value when it comes to organising hire purchase and finance lease facilities.

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To ensure that you get the best possible deal when financing your capital equipment you should use a well established and reputable asset finance broker that has been around the block a few times and knows and understands the leasing and hire purchase market. Beware of the retired  or recently made redundant bank manager as they have absolutely no idea what is available or achievable in the asset finance market. As one of the countries leading asset finance introduces we know exactly which finance companies finance what sort of assets for what sort of businesses.

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XL Business Finance has certainly got a great deal of expertise and experience in financing printing equipment.  Depending on the type of equipment that needs financing a slightly different approach may be required. For example a company specialising in financing printing equipment will not usually finance digital printing equipment. 

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Obtaining business finance for a new start business is most difficult at the best of times. In the current economic climate it is even more difficult especially if you approach your local high street bank for funding. Anyone who has had the pleasure will realise  that many banks promise the earth and after providing expensive business plans, cash flow projections and numerous meetings deliver very little. And more likely than not if they can do something they will want to take a charge over property and the wife and kids. The good news however is that XL Business Finance has been helping many new start businesses obtain various forms of finance.

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iceXL Business Finance has over 10 years of helping businesses obtaining finance for equipment by way of finance lease or hire purchase facilities. Never has it been more difficult to obtain funding. Most of the high street finance companies have totally withdrawn from  the asset finance and leasing  sector. The likes of Bank of Scotland and  Barclays used to have very active asset finance divisions which they have completely closed down. It didn’t matter if you didn’t bank with either of these two companies they would do lease and hire purchase deals for just about anyone. Nowadays they wont even do deals for their own customers. If hey do they tend to do it on loan facilities and obtaining funding is very difficult as you will be dealing with the usually slow banking process.

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Arranging lease finance or asset finance is still increasingly difficult to obtain. The market for prime lending has changed considerably over the last eighteen months as the high street lenders are still taking a precautionary approach to lending. Before the credit crunch and the recession most of the high street banks had an asset finance division in addition to the core commercial banking. As the banks started to suffer losses and the availability of cash to the bank themselves began to dry up these asset finance divisions started to wind down these operations.

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As we know printing equipment can be categorised into two types. Digital high tech equipment and traditional equipment such as litho presses. There are a number of specialist print finance companies currently lending money and you wold think it would be easy obtaining finance as they know the market. However it is not as simple as that because different finance companies have differing views of  the suitability of  digital and non digital as security for a finance lease oir a hire purchase agreement. XL Business Finance has an area of expertise in the print sector and has been helping many printing businesses arrange finance for over ten years.

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There are two very  different types of finance companies when it comes to arrange equipment or asset finance. There are balance sheet lenders and there are asset lenders. They approach things in completely different ways.

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During the last few weeks we have seen an increase in businesses requireing asset finance solutions in the form of hire purchase and finance lease. This has got to be good news for the economy however is it any easier to obtain credit approval for investments. The answer is maybe however at XL Business Finance we take a slightly different approach in organising finance for our clients. As a result our success rate is very high at getting acceptances for our clients.

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