Business finance

Guide to Hire Purchase and Leasing
(PDF 197Kb)

Acquiring capital equipment is a major commitment for many businesses. How that acquisition is funded requires careful planning. Two potential sources of medium term finance for small and medium sized businesses are Hire Purchase and Leasing. This booket provides an introduction to these forms of finance.

Guidance for motor and caravan dealers on the Data Protection Act
(PDF 1.6Mb)

Many of our members receive applications for finance through motor and caravan dealers. It is important for these finance companies to be confident that the dealers who send them credit applications meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). This guidance note provides an introduction to the DPA.

Company Identity Theft Prevention
(PDF 64Kb)

Met Police and Companies House working with FLA have launched a business fraud prevention initiative.  UK companies identities have been hijacked by organised criminal networks by making fraudulent entries on their registration at Companies House and then using their credit rating to obtain high value goods and services. The loss to industry through this type of fraud is estimated to be in excess of £50 Million pounds per year.

These leaflets give some guidance to prevent your company being a target.  

More advice is available from Met Police Fraud Alert website.

Guidance for financing grey imports
(PDF 186Kb)

There are two main categories of imported cars: ‘parallel’ imports, which are generally vehicles originally built, although not necessarily imported from within the EU, and ‘grey’ imports, which were manufactured for a non-EU market – usually Japan – and then imported for sale in the UK. This guidance covers only the latter, grey imports.

Recommended Best Practice for Asset Registration
(PDF 870 KB)

The purpose of this Recommended Best Practice for Asset Registration is to enhance the efficient and effective maintenance of asset registration data. In doing so it will support competition in the market.

This comprehensive booklet offers advice to financiers of vehicles about what their responsibilities and liabilities are for vehicles that they own, even if they are leased or contracted out to another party.

The booklet includes sections on: licences; HMRC and its powers; DVLA and its powers; the London congestion charging zone and transportation of illegal immigrants.

FLA is pleased to offer the booklet as a free member benefit - log in to this website, go to "Library/publications" to download a copy. Non-FLA members are welcome to purchase the booklet – please complete a publication form and send it to FLA. 

FLA and R3 Protocol
(PDF 20Kb)

Guidance for FLA and R3 Members in their mutual dealings in formal insolvencies and turnarounds.