Close Brothers premium finance drops 2%
Close Brothers has revealed a 2% fall in its premium finance book to £990.1m in its latest set of results.
The business had also reported a 4% drop in its previous full year results.
The decline for the six months to 31 January meant Close Brothers slipped below the £1bn threshold having been at £1.01bn at the end of July.
According to the company, volumes and credit performance “remained solid”, and the latest fall in part reflected “first-half seasonality”.
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