- November 20, 2017We continue to shine an investigative spotlight on Lease Purchase agreements with our latest story featuring Kenneth and Amy Williams, an experienced husband and wife Expediting team signed on with Panther. They recently took the Much Better Alternative (MBA) to truck finance after a trying experience with a lease purchase agreement.
- November 15, 2017Women In Trucking President & CEO Ellen Voie, in her annual presentation during the organization’s Accelerate! Conference & Expo, today announced an innovative new program that will serve as a platform to assist in establishing 150 new women-owned small businesses within in the transportation sector over the next 12 months. The program – developed as part of a strategic partnership with Expediter Services, one of the industry’s leading providers of capacity – will offer accessible financing as well as operational and business support for women interested in entering the trucking industry.
- November 13, 2017For years, the trucking industry has offered the Lease Purchase agreement to Contractors looking to become Owner Operators. As we’ve pointed out in previous Spotlight News articles, Lease Purchases offer a quasi-ownership proposition with high payments for what you are getting and little-to-no way to pay off a truck. These agreements are often fraught with risks for the Leasee as they are most definitely set up to benefit the Leasor.
- October 24, 2017For years, the trucking industry has offered the Lease Purchase agreement to Contractors looking to become Owner Operators. As we’ve pointed out in previous Spotlight News articles, Lease Purchases offer a quasi-ownership proposition with high payments for what you are getting and little-to-no way to pay off a truck. These agreements are often fraught with risks for the Leasee as they are most definitely set up to benefit the Leasor.
- October 18, 2017After attending the EGG (Expediter Group Gathering) in May of this year, Mick and Jennifer Henry took the Expediter Services Much Better Alternative (MBA) to truck finance and the Path to Ownership (PTO) the following month. They were revved up and ready to make the most of their new truck (a 2015 Cascadia) and their business by working for themselves with the support of Expediter Services.