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Martin Nixon – Head of Asset Finance United Trust Bank is one of a shrinking number of asset finance funders which is 100% focused on brokers as its sole delivery…

Not all brokers are aware that United Trust Bank (UTB) provides some quite large and complex asset finance funding. For example, the Bank recently paid out £1.7m to a plant hire company to release capital from a fleet of vehicles. The introducing broker had dealt with the firm a number of years earlier and sensing…

United Trust Bank’s Asset Finance team was approached by a broker representing a client he had known for over 25 years. They had transacted many agreements together and the customer had an excellent payment record. On this occasion, the coach firm wished to raise £40,000 as a cash injection to the business following a slow…

United Trust Bank’s Asset Finance team was approached by a broker who had dealt with a long established bus and coach operator since the company was formed. The company is now being managed by second generation family members having originally been set up by the father who worked in the bus and coach industry all…

Paul Taylor, one of United Trust Bank’s Asset Finance Business Development Managers, was approached by a broker partner representing a civil engineering firm with an imminent cash flow problem. The company was an existing UTB customer and the Bank was keen to help them find a solution. The company was trading successfully and had good…

A new poll of finance brokers working in the field of asset finance has found that most of them expect 2017 to be a positive year for the growth of…

Late on a Monday afternoon one of our registered brokers contacted the United Trust Bank asset finance team with an urgent enquiry for a client purchasing a large piece of construction equipment. Our broker explained that his client was leaving the country first thing on Wednesday morning so needed to sign all documentation within 24…

United Trust Bank’s Professional Lending team was approached by one of our valued broker partners with a proposal to provide a funding line for a well-established and successful law firm. The firm provides an array of legal services but with quite a strong focus on complex litigation cases. One of the key challenges for firms…

Considering the expansion of a medical practice, or acquiring an additional practice for a group, is quite a substantial financial investment. Like most businesses wishing to grow, it’s likely that some kind of funding would be required in order to facilitate the expansion or acquisition. United Trust Bank were recently asked to provide funding for…

An existing customer of United Trust Bank contacted our broker late on a Wednesday afternoon to enquire about raising some additional funds for a number of new contracts that were about to start. A proposal was duly prepared by our broker for a refinance of a large, specialist low loader trailer which had a small…