An operating lease could be the most appropriate type of asset finance for you if you only need to use an asset (such as equipment or machinery) for a short space of time.

As with finance leasing, you do not ever actually own the equipment.

Often the type of equipment funded by an operating lease will have a long life, so after your lease, the lessor is likely to be able to either sell it on, or indeed lease it to someone else.

This means the regular lease payments are often lower than they are with a finance leasing deal.