Categories

The Asset Finance Connect Summer Awards consist of 4 category groups and 15 categories. You can submit for as many categories as you like and entry is free.

Below is the overview of each category, any eligibility criteria and an outline of the points that your entry should consider. To view the category questions you will need to register for the online entry system.

The annual AF50 is the UK’s most influential survey of business and equipment lessors, which tracks the health of the market and identifies the key trends that are set to have an impact on the sector. Awards that will be presented during the AFC Summer Awards:

1) ASSET FINANCE CONNECT TOP 5: the top 5 lenders by outstandings

2) Strongest Advance: The firm that has moved the up the most number of places in the AF50 in one year:

3) Strongest growth in one year: The firm that has shown the highest percentage growth in their total book

4) Strongest growth over there years: The firm that has shown the highest average annual growth rate in their total book over the last three years

5) Strongest growth in one year: The firm that has shown the highest absolute growth in their total book

6) Highest new entry to AF50: The firm that has entered the AF50 for the first time at the highest place

The survey is based on audited and publicly available accounts or other published information, using the latest data filed at Companies House.