Tower Leasing, a leading UK asset finance funder, announce the acquisition of Media Lease, a specialist broker serving the media, broadcast, live production, and AV sectors. The transaction, completed on 2 April 2026, marks a significant milestone in Tower Leasing’s strategic growth and sector diversification.
Media Lease, based in Northamptonshire, brings over 20 years of experience in providing tailored funding solutions across the media landscape, including production, post-production, broadcast, cinemas, and live entertainment. The business has built a strong reputation for supporting customers with the financing of specialist equipment such as outside broadcast trucks, cameras, editing and VFX equipment, audio visual live event production systems.
Tower Leasing and Media Lease have maintained a long-standing working relationship, with Media Lease previously introducing business to Tower as a funding partner. The acquisition represents a natural evolution of this partnership, enabling closer alignment and greater opportunity for growth.
The acquisition provides Tower Leasing with increased exposure to the media, broadcast and post-production sectors, strengthening its presence in these specialist markets. It also builds on Media Lease’s established vendor relationships and sector expertise, while supporting the continued expansion of Tower Leasing’s own-book lending.
For customers and vendor partners, the combination of Media Lease’s sector expertise with Tower Leasing’s funding capability and infrastructure will deliver faster decision-making, alongside enhanced underwriting and access to a broader range of funding solutions. They will also benefit from Tower Leasing’s partner portal, Tower Extra, supporting greater speed and transparency.
Media Lease will continue to operate under its existing brand, with the existing leadership team leading the business as part of Tower Leasing.
Kerry Howells, CEO of Tower Leasing, commented:
“We are delighted to welcome Media Lease into the Tower Leasing family. Having worked closely together for a number of years, we have developed a strong understanding of the business, its people and the markets it serves, and have huge admiration for the reputation Paul and the team have built.
This acquisition represents a natural next step in that relationship and provides an excellent opportunity to further strengthen our presence in the media and broadcast sectors. Media Lease brings with it extensive sector expertise and long-standing customer relationships, which complement our own capabilities exceptionally well.
By bringing our teams, technology and funding resources together, we are looking forward to delivering even greater value to customers and vendors, while continuing to support the long-term growth of the business.”
Paul Robson, Managing Director of Media Lease, commented:
“I am delighted to be able to offer our customers and dealers/ manufacturers the broader range of financial services that this strategic investment from Tower Leasing provides and this marks an exciting new chapter for Media Lease. For some time, we have been seeking the right partner to support faster funding decisions and expand our ability to deliver opportunities to dealers/manufacturers that simplify and enhance our vendor financing solutions, which Tower Leasing excel in this area.
For me personally it’s an opportunity to focus more on our sales team and providing greater service offering to the Entertainment Technology marketplace, which is world leading in the UK and is at the heart of the asset finance offering from Medialease.”
