Specialist recruitment agency Austin Fraser has moved into newly refurbished offices in Reading with the help of a £200,000 fit out project financed through Bluestone Leasing - one of the UK’s largest independent leasing companies.

Austin Fraser, which specialises in recruitment for the IT and engineering sectors, has made the move to The Forbury in Reading to accommodate the company’s continued growth. They began trading in April 2007 with just two staff turning over £900,000 in the first year, and have grown to their current level of 40 employees with an annual turnover in excess of £10,000,000. The office move has enabled them to create space to achieve their future growth plans of up to 66 UK based staff by 2013.

Bluestone Leasing, one of the UK's largest leasing companies, has invested more than £100,000 in a new IT infrastructure as it continues to expand.

The company has invested in a new network of servers and updated its core software which managers all transactions and customer support.

A new loyalty programme for channel partners launched by Bluestone Leasing has been a great success since it launched earlier this month with more than 500 individuals already signed up.

Bluestone Leasing, one of the UK's largest independent leasing companies, set up the incentive programme for employees of partner companies with Edenred, one of the largest employee benefits, incentive and reward management companies in the UK.

Bluestone Leasing, one of the UK's largest independent leasing companies, has further strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Lee Wright.

Lee joins the Enterprise team at the company’s North East offices and will be responsible for developing relationships with SME vendors and resellers often overlooked by the industry.

Just three months after it launched its new partnership programme, Attain, Bluestone Leasing has signed up more than 100 resellers, manufacturers and distributors.

Bluestone, one of the UK's largest independent leasing companies, launched the Attain partnership programme to help its channel partners to maximise sales by offering their customers a powerful alternative to using capital.

The Attain programme delivers a wider range of benefits to Bluestone Leasing's vendors helping them achieve greater sales, improve profitability and deliver business growth.

Bluestone Leasing, one of the UK's largest independent leasing companies, continues to expand with two new recruits to the company.

The company, which has offices in Wakefield and Stockport, has witnessed significant growth over the past 12 months and has announced the appointment of two business relationship executives to support new business wins.

Recent graduates Sophia Boutalbi and Shagufta Zahur, who will be based at the company’s Wakefield head office, will be responsible for liaising with existing clients, new business development and ensuring the highest customer service to end users and vendors.

Bluestone Leasing, one of the UK's largest independent leasing companies, has become a member of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB).

The NACFB aims to raise standards of proper professional practice in the commercial broker industry and to secure the integrity and future wellbeing of the broker market for the benefit of both brokers and their customers.

Some time ago we sat down to ask ourselves just how best we could support our various channel partners and particularly those who demonstrated the most commitment to using leasing as a sales tool and Bluestone Leasing as a partner.

After six months detailed work and planning we are very proud to be launching our official channel partner programme, Attain.