Lombard wins HealthInvestor’s Lessor of the Year Award
[20 June] Lombard has been named as the winner of HealthInvestor’s Lessor of the Year Award for 2011.
Lombard’s Managing Director of Corporate Asset Finance, Gary Leitch, comments, “Lombard is honoured to have been given the accolade of winning this newly created category in the 2011 HealthInvestor Awards in what is our 150th anniversary year. Throughout our history, Lombard has developed a reputation for innovation, and our healthcare team is no exception. The team utilises its wealth of knowledge and experience in the sector to develop flexible funding programmes that best meet the needs of each individual customer. This award is testament to the Lombard ethos of providing intelligent solutions and delivering high standards of service.”
In meeting the needs of clients throughout the UK, Lombard’s healthcare team, including Adrian Morgan, Marcus O’Neill, Patrick Cassidy and Hugh Cowen, has delivered an extensive range of solutions aimed at assisting healthcare providers to acquire medical equipment including acute assets such as scanning and imaging, ultrasound and operating theatre equipment, as well as other non-medical capital equipment including technology, on which Lombard Technical Services is able to provide both whole-life and leasing options.
Leitch concludes, “Lombard believes that asset finance will play an increasingly prominent role in providing both medical and non-medical equipment, enabling healthcare providers to release cash to enhance patient care and medical delivery. As such, Lombard is committed to extending the funding available to the healthcare sector and to working with customers to deliver the best funding solutions for providers.”
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Karyn Theron
Marketing Communications Manager, Lombard
+44 771 780 7092
karyn.theron@lombard.co.uk
Notes to Editors
Lombard is part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. As one of the largest asset financiers in the UK and voted Best Leasing & Asset Finance Provider by Business Moneyfacts in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Lombard provides various forms of asset finance to businesses of varying sizes – from SMEs to large corporates. Products include Hire Purchase, Finance Lease, Operating Lease, Sale and Leaseback, Contract Hire, to Contract Purchase, as well as multi-specialist asset finance products such as marine, aviation and specific wholesale and stocking funding for distributors and dealerships.
Celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2011, Lombard is headquartered in Redhill, Surrey, with an extensive network of business centres situated throughout the UK, and is an appointed representative of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
