Industry should not be harking back to loan shark days

30th June 2011

I’ve attended a fair few expos in my time and yesterday’s event by the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers was definitely one of the best ones.

Rather than walking from stand to stand picking up freebies, everyone was really focused on the day’s events, on the speakers and on the content of their presentations. It was thought-provoking, intelligent stuff and there was an air of excitement.

I was particularly impressed by the presentations given by Stephen Johnson of Whiteway Laidlaw and Tony Hamlin of First Merchant Finance.

 

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  • "Well done to the NACFB for a great exhibition at the NEC on Wednesday."
  • "I wanted to write and express my appreciation to you and the NACFB for a very good show. This is the first time that we have ever exhibited and the response that we had and the reaction received from people was frankly overwhelming."
  • "The Expo was another roaring success with increased visitor numbers from last year. The atmosphere in the hall was fantastic throughout and you could really feel a buzz in the room. The success of any event is largely down to the enthusiasm and participation of the exhibitors."
  • "I thought it was excellent and from borro’s perspective it was highly successful (we had £3,000,000 of leads)."
  • "Just a quick note to say what a great success yesterday was and thank you very much. We met so many serious brokers and our jaws and feet were aching! We will certainly be back next year!."

Commercial Finance Expo 2012 Sponsors

Aldermore Shawbrook Bridgebank Capital Barclays Funding Circle MT Finance