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In the last of our series on Sales Aid Leasing we sum up why you should review your current leasing providers and explain how LDF can help your business truly unlock the power of sales aid leasing and keep it...

In our previous blog, we looked at how changes in areas as diverse as new sector opportunities, average order value or even the legal structure of your customers can require changes to your leasing offering. So how...

When offering sales aid leasing can have such an impact on your business, you should give serious thought to how your needs will transform over time – ideally before the transformations happen. Changes in areas as...

Slowly but surely, chatbots are becoming ingrained into our everyday lives – both in our homes in the form of Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home, and increasingly in business as an effective form of customer services.

In today’s highly competitive business world, two things matter above all. First, providing the right products for your customers. And second, making them easy to buy.

With technology constantly developing, the threat of a cyber-attack on your business is now a greater risk than ever. In 2016, a report from the FSB highlighted that even though the majority of small firms (93%) took...

The UK vendor finance market for IT and business equipment is worth over £1.3 billion^[1].  As finance provider, GE announces it will now “streamline” its offering to the British technology industry, experts are...

There are more than 1.5 million "digital tech" jobs in the UK, and the sector is said to be growing faster in terms of turnover and productivity than the wider economy, but a survey by LDF has found 47% of IT...

Researching options for finance as part of the purchasing process has become the ‘new normal’ for consumers.

Making the inclusion of an asset finance (also known as equipment finance) offering is much more than a...

In an ideal world, your customers would be able to purchase without cost or budget barriers, creating a smooth and consistent sales cycle.

After the momentous result of the EU referendum, analysts have been busy trying to assess the potential impact on the UK's IT industry. And it doesn't make great reading for IT Suppliers.

Having recently announced changes to its services, HMRC plans to create 13 new Regional centres over the next five years, whilst also putting a greater emphasis on the improvements to their digital services.

For many SME businesses, IT and Software investment is an on-going consideration and an area that is now taking centre stage within business development and growth. Recent research commissioned by LDF shows that a...

In conjunction with the North West Insider magazine, LDF surveyed a selection of North West businesses to understand whether finance will play a part in their business growth. The results were excellent and indicated...