Case Studies

An experienced property developer and investor was introduced to us with a view to funding a development of eight flats in East London. The developer’s previous bankers were unwilling to support any further developments of flats and so the client was looking for a new, flexible funder. The site was an old public house close…

We enabled a long-established haulage company to purchase a used trailer fleet from a multi-national group, from whom they were taking over a number of large contracts at short notice. The trailers were specialised and required detailed industry knowledge to properly value and assess the loan requirements. Using our in-house expertise, backed up by our…

A businessman, for whom we had previously completed a development loan facility, approached us for a loan on behalf of another of his companies. The purpose was to fund a land purchase in India and provide some short-term working capital. The transaction was time critical. The borrower company owned a property in the United Kingdom…

A well-established crane hire company wished to refinance a balloon payment due on one of its mobile cranes. The original funder had long since pulled out of the asset finance market, leaving the company with the prospect of having to sell the crane. We were able to quickly carry out a full inspection of the…

We helped a long-established manufacturer of agricultural equipment to develop a new market for its conveyor belt products, which had traditionally been used to handle potatoes and other root crops. The directors had recently diversified into airport baggage handling equipment but the extended product range required further funds. Our knowledge and good experience of the…

An existing customer specialising in haulage was looking to expand its business. A local competitor had recently failed, opening up opportunities that could only be exploited with additional kit. The failed company’s equipment had been repossessed by its asset finance provider and the customer had identified the equipment which would enable it to service specific,…

We were approached by experienced developers to fund a five-house scheme in a desirable North London area. The scheme was a mix of high-specification family housing, in a quiet road with good links to central London and the City. The customer’s long-term clearing bank had funded the site purchase but despite the customer’s excellent track…