Appointments

The Vernon hires North West BDM

The Vernon Building Society has appointed Kevin Baggs as mortgage business development manager (BDM). Baggs...

Skipton International appoints business development manager

Skipton International has appointed Roger Hughes as business development manager (BDM). This new role was...

Key expands estate planning team

Equity release broker Key has created three new senior roles within its estate planning department. The team...

Fluent for Advisers expands development teams

Fluent for Advisers has appointed two new business development officers (BDOs) to its internal...

MT Finance recruits new BDM

MT Finance has appointed Jamie Gillespie as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands...

Richard Howells appointed Sesame managing director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the appointment of Richard Howells as managing director...

Dudley BS makes commercial appointment

The Dudley Building Society (DBS) has announced the appointment of Jenny Coffey as market...

Paula Purdy joins Together

Paula Purdy has taken up her new position of key accounts manager at specialist...

New chairman for asset finance provider

Arkle Finance has appointed Paul Bartley, the co-founder of Close Leasing, as its new...

Two new NEDs for the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Iain Cornish and Annette Barnes as non-executive directors. Both...

Keystone appoints BDM for the Midlands

Keystone Property Finance has appointed Louise Roderick-Smith as a business development manager (BDM) covering...

Mortgage technology firm appoints sales director

Eligible, a technology firm automating customer retention for the mortgage industry, has appointed ex-partner...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints senior business development manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Lamming as senior business development manager...

FCA announces appointment of new FSCP chair

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of Wanda Goldwag as the...

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GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

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North–South divide widens in UK’s most affordable towns

New research from Zoopla shows a deepening divide in housing affordability with the most...

Budget uncertainty stalls plans for almost a fifth of home-movers

Speculation over property tax reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget is prompting thousands of...

Phoebus gains SBTi validation as it accelerates net zero strategy

Mortgage servicing software firm Phoebus has had its emissions reduction plans formally validated by...

Gold collection enables rapid £150k loan for business owner

A marketing entrepreneur has secured a four-month £150,000 loan against his gold collection after...

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