Small is beautiful

The leasing market increased by all of 27.5 pct last year. The value of properties delivered for leasing amounted to almost PLN 2.5 bln, according to data supplied by companies to the Union of Leasing Companies, while the total for 2004 came to less than PLN   Seeking small contractsEFL is not the only competitor with expansion plans. BZ WBK Leasing is also gearing itself up. Tomasz Lewandowski, products manager at BZ WBK Leasing reveals that: “We are preparing to introduce our product in 2–3 months, although the idea itself was born a year ago. Most contracts are still for substantial properties. The statistics speak for themselves – last year around 80 contracts were concluded in the whole market – which is not much. In our opinion, smaller transactions are worth trying for.” The manager of Millennium Leasing (formerly BEL Leasing) also thinks growth in this area will be rapid. The company took its first steps on to the market in 2005 and ended up with