Appointments

Brian Coulton joins Paymentshield from Source

Paymentshield has annouced the recruitment of Brian Coulton as national account manager. Coulton joins Paymentshield...

Pepper Money hires new head of national accounts

Pepper Money has recruited Caroline Mirakian to be its new head of national accounts. The...

UK Finance reveals mortgages board changes

UK Finance has announced the appointment of RBS’ Lloyd Cochrane as the new chair...

CII appoints professional standards committee chair

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Jennette Newman as chair of the Professional...

Brightstar creates new national account manager role

Brightstar Financial has promoted Darren Perry to the new role of national account manager. He...

New members for ALEP’s advisory committee

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has voted in two new Advisory Committee...

Carol Sergeant joins Belmont Green as NED

Belmont Green Finance, which as the Vida Homeloans brand, has announced that Carol Sergeant...

Key Group appoints group B2B distribution director

Key Group has promoted Russell Warwick, formerly strategy director) to group B2B distribution director. Warwick...

Two new appointments and HTB contract for Target Group

Target Group has implemented new mandate for the Development Bank of Wales to provide...

Assurant Intermediary expands sales team

Assurant Intermediary has announced the appointment of Liam Nugent as business development manager (BDM). He...

Oblix Capital appoints BDM for the South West and Wales

Oblix Capital has recruited Andy Gray as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

Trio of new appointments for commercial lender

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has made three new director appointments across the South,...

The Yorkshire appoints director of partnerships

The Yorkshire Building Society is promoting Ashley Price to director of partnerships. The new position...

Assetz Capital makes five new regional appointments

Assetz Capital has appointed five new relationship directors since the beginning of November as...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Twenty7tec deepens FinCalc integration within ADVICE platform

Twenty7tec has expanded the integration between its ADVICE platform and FinCalc, allowing advisers to...

Cambridge BS backs homelessness charity with £10,000 grant

The Cambridge Building Society has strengthened its partnership with homelessness charity Jimmy’s Cambridge by...

Hodge widens foreign national mortgage criteria with 95% LTV lending

Hodge Bank has expanded its foreign national mortgage criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value limits and...

Landlords release more equity to fund buy-to-let improvements, says Paragon

Landlords significantly increased remortgaging activity to fund improvements to their buy-to-let properties during 2025,...

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