We’re breaking records for the number of people in work, yet more productive jobs are what we really need. Record breakers. 2016 ended with the highest share of people working for at least the last 45 years. At 74.6% the working age employment rate hit a new record, driven by employment reaching 30.6 million. That...Read More

Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5% in 2016 – the sixth consecutive year of growth. New business in December 2016 fell by 13% compared with the same month in 2015. By sector Plant and machinery finance in...Read More