Appointments

Suffolk BS appoints chief operating officer  

Rebecca Newman has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) at Suffolk Building Society. She...

John Eastgate joins the Nottingham

The Nottingham has announced the appointment of John Eastgate as its new chief lending...

Evolution Money announces new IT director

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Steve Daly as its new IT director. ...

National Friendly appoints executive head of marketing

Georgia d’Esterre has been appointed to the newly created role of executive head of...

E.surv appoints director of risk and governance

E.surv has announced the appointment of Lisa de-Laune as director of risk and governance. De-Laune...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added property lending and risk specialist Phil Wragg to...

SmartSearch appoints chief operating officer

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has appointed Collette Allen as chief operating officer. Allen joined...

Towergate Health & Protection grows group risk team

Towergate Health & Protection has welcomed two new group risk consultants, Rob Joyce and...

Sancus appoints business development manager

Sancus has appointed Clare Cuff as business development manager (BDM). She joins the London-based company...

Time Finance appoints head of compliance

Time Finance has appointed Sean Hughes as head of compliance. Hughes (pictured) brings over 10 years’...

Pure Retirement appoints new CTO

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Leslie Baker as its new chief technological...

Recognise Bank promotes Meigh to director role

James Meigh has been appointed by Recognise Bank as its director, business development. Meigh (pictured) was...

Paradigm appoints new senior relationship manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of a new senior relationship manager. Sarah Blackwood...

Evolution Money appoints head of ESG

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Sue Harrison as its new head of...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

Eleos launches income protection with redundancy cover

Eleos Life has launched an income protection policy covering redundancy alongside illness and injury...

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

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