- Pictured above: Silverstone Leasing’s Ryan Bishop and Scott Norville with ICR Leasing’s Will Chapman and Thomas Ryan.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE broker Silverstone Leasing and ICR Leasing from Milton Keynes are entering into a new partnership aimed at providing SMEs with a wider range of financing solutions to obtain company vehicles.
The collaboration will allow both companies to refer customers seeking vehicle financing. Silverstone says this will offer businesses that don’t meet the credit requirements of traditional lenders an additional opportunities to secure vehicle leases
“This partnership strengthens our ability to meet the diverse needs of our customers. ICR Leasing will serve as our second-tier funder, allowing us to assist businesses with more challenging credit profiles, including startups and international companies.”
Thomas Ryan and Will Chapman, directors of ICR Leasing, expressed their enthusiasm about the collaboration:
“Offering vehicle brokers such as Silverstone Leasing a credit facility for their new business startup customers, customers that are based outside the UK and other businesses that struggle to get credit provides the local business community in Northampton, Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas with an opportunity to fund their company vehicles at the best rates possible, where they couldn’t have previously.”
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Ralph Morton is the leading journalist in the leasing broker sector and editor of Broker News, the website which provides information and news for BVRLA-registered leasing brokers. He also writes extensively on the fleet and leasing market in both the UK and Europe.
