In this present financial situation, the equipment leasing industry has changed. The change is not for the better, as all of the main equipment leasing companies have simply picked up the pitch as well as the goal posts, and have moved them twenty five miles down the road. This has left a huge void in the equipment leasing market, however, when faced with challenges, you have to rise and overcome these obstacles. As shown below in the British Chambers of Commerce Quarter 4 survey for 2009, which has just been published.

" The urgent need to improve business access to bank finance is confirmed by the Q4 cashflow balances, which are barely positive for manufacturing, and have moved deeper into negative territory for services"
    

So it is now official, we are out of recession, however as you can see from the above report access to banking finance is tighter than ever. In the light of the report above, Oak Leasing is delighted to say that over the last two months, over 42 new suppliers have turned to us to arrange equipment leasing for their customers, not just in the UK, but throughout Europe. Whilst other funding sources have indeed cut back on volumes, we are  expanding our new business to help fill the vacuum which has been left in the equipment leasing market.

A company based in North London  approached Oak Leasing earlier this year, and we have placed £146,000 worth of his business,... that had been rejected by his normal panel of funders and brokers. If we increase his profit, the question you have to ask yourselves, what can Oak Leasing do for you ?  

With a year like 2009 behind us, what does the equipment leasing future hold in 2010?  Is the party over for equipment leasing ? For some we think it is, but Oak sees this as a huge opportunity to help suppliers of all types of equipment to sell more  by using leasing as a sales-aid. As we all emerge form this recession  one of the main supports to businesses and suppliers will be the use of  Oak Leasing.

 With the banks still being reluctant to lend, and this trend is likely to continue throughout most of 2010 and conditions for loans imposed by the banks being more severe, companies are looking to sources of alternative finance. The message we would give to all suppliers of equipment, unless you are offering a leasing facility to help your customers choose your equipment, they will look elsewhere. Come over to our table, the music might be slightly quieter but for us the party has only  just started !

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The key for the next six months for equipment suppliers is really selling leasing in a tougher economy.The equipment leasing world is changing quite rapidly, as most of the equipment suppliers have discovered over the last few months.  Firstly the credit underwriting has moved, and secondly the credit of many customers has and is deteriorating.

 So what is the solution? Quite simply, Oak Leasing have funders that will accept many deals that other leasing companies simply reject out of hand. Even if we accept only one extra equipment leasing deal a month, that gives you one extra deals profit, and if you multiply that by twelve months,that is something you can feel happy about. 

"Really impressed with the service, you have been excellent, would not hesitate to refer you to other businesses. I am going to be opening another centre within the next 6 months and will definitely contact you"

Steve Ives, owner of Play Sport.

Working smarter and focusing on our suppliers' needs is what Oak Leasing is now actively concentrating on. By helping our equipment suppliers in climbing the search engine rankings by using  SEO or Search Engine Optimisation.  The simple fact is that the internet is by far the largest lead generator in the world. You simply cannot ignore it. Many people view the website as just an online brochure. If that is the case, would you put a stall with your brochures on it, six or seven streets away from the high street or shopping centre? No one would, but if you take it that the first page of a search engine is the high street, and every page thereafter is one more street away, you can see how crucial it is to be placed on the first page.

One simply fact 46% of customers only look at the first page, and a further 34% look at the second page. After that, forget about it.  Your website is  your window to your customers. One out of every  two companies have made an order through a website in the last two months. The potential is simply vast and cannot be ignored.

"Knowing that Oak Leasing understood SEO optimisation, and having viewed their own success on the web, we realised that web leads could replace the need for a sales person. Outstanding results which is already paying for itself in multiples.

I could not recommend Oak Leasing highly enough".

Charles Towers-Clark  M/D Podsystem

You can see how Oak Leasing is helping its suppliers by looking at these two examples of a leasing page and a rate calculator . You can simply choose any page we have from customer benefits, cash V lease to a bespoke leasing page or rate calculator. What ever you want, we can arrange it for you, and the best bit, it's free. Just send us an email and we will arrange everything or you.

Our goal at Oak Leasing as an equipment leasing company and asset finance specialist is simple: to strengthen your sales effort by giving you high acceptances and offering to both our suppliers and customers alike, the lowest  leasing rates  on the web. It is no wonder that Oak is the most popular leasing company website in the UK. No matter what equipment that you sell or which to purchase, Oak Leasing have the funders that will accept your equipment. Oak is fully aware of what is happening in the equipment leasing market and have a successful lease blog to give you an insiders view of the current leasing market.  

In the present financial climate, banks appear to be uncertain to even loan money to each other, hence the gap between bank base rate and the interbank rate or libor. Now that this has  occurred, the leasing option to acquire equipment becomes very attractive, since a companies existing credit lines at their bank or local finance house is either being reduced, or more security is being asked for by the banks.  

 Oak Leasing's portfolio of success is built offering an asset finance and  equipment leasing packages to you, our suppliers and or customers. Oak is now the equipment leasing company of choice to over 1600 installers and suppliers of all types of equipment  from cctv and photocopiers to coaches, commercial vehicles and even shipping. In the last three years, Oak has a growing global list of International suppliers who choose us to provide their  equipment leasing and asset finance solutions throughout Europe.

We could simply say that Oak Leasing has been established for over 18 years, and the Directors and staff are very experienced. But that does not tell the whole story.  We are told that we do the simple things well... but we do the harder things even better.

This year will be tough going for almost everybody, it is times like this that  our proven experience can make the difference, we will not promise you miracles, but by using our offer of SEO optimization and our E shot marketing campaigns, you know we are using all of today's technology to keep you ahead of your competitors.

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