Asset finance is a type of loan that enables businesses to obtain funding for the purchase of assets they need to run and grow successfully. Assets such as cars and vehicles, equipment, software, machinery, systems, tools, furniture, mobile buildings, containers, and other technology, or enables you to release capital in assets you own.

There can be tax benefits which can help your business, but we recommend speaking to your accountant beforehand.

Paying cash outright for capital assets can be a significant drain on your working capital, and waiting for cash from your receivables also restricts growth, asset finance takes this strain off your business and will ease your cash flow through regular payments over an agreed period of time and there can be tax benefits which can help.

Hire purchase enables you to secure ownership of the assets by paying in instalments over time. The cost of an asset can be spread over its useful working life and paid for out of the revenue it earns. Payment patterns can be tailored to suit individual needs, generally involving a 10% deposit and all VAT paid upfront followed by a series of monthly or quarterly instalments. Customers can choose between a fixed rate or base rate hire purchase. Hire purchase is similar to equipment leasing but your business owns the item.