Appointments

Two new BDMs for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced the internal appointments of two new business development managers (BDMs)...

The Leek United hires new head of HR

The Leek United Building Society has appointed Jane Stevenson as its new head of human...

Aldermore appoints commercial real estate director

Aldermore has announced the appointment of John Carter as commercial director within the commercial...

New FD for the Tipton and Coseley

The Tipton and Coseley Building Society has announced the appointment of Andy Lumby as...

The Ipswich make changes to senior management team

The Ipswich Building Society has made Trevor Slater its new finance director as well...

Funding 365 promotes from within for head of underwriting position

Funding 365 has announced the promotion of Eddie Boakye to become its head of...

Cavendish Online appoints business development manager

Online discount life insurance and protection broker Cavendish Online has appointed Luke Barber as...

The Newcastle appoints customer director

The Newcastle Building Society has appointed Stuart Miller as its new customer director. Miller (pictured)...

New chair for the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Julie Nicholson as its new...

Network appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Nick Crombie as its compliance manager. Crombie...

Al Rayan Bank appoints new chief risk officer

Al Rayan Bank has announced the appointment of Wahid Ali as chief risk officer...

Kent Reliance appoints senior BDM hire for the North East

Kent Reliance has today announced the appointment of Susan Baillie as senior business development...

Octane Capital hires credit manager

Octane Capital has recruited Dan Tyson as credit manager from Shawbrook Bank. He will report into...

Just Group’s deputy chairman to retire

Just Group plc has announced that its deputy chairman, Tom Cross Brown, will retire...

COMMENT

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

Latest news

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...

Parental support for adult children is reshaping retirement plans

Three in five parents with children aged over 18 are providing financial support, with...

LISA payouts near £140m as industry warns against disrupting first-time buyer support

The Lifetime ISA delivered almost £140m in government bonuses last year, as industry figures...

Mortgage borrowing rises as approvals edge higher in February

Mortgage borrowing and approvals both increased in February, although activity remains close to recent...

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