Appointments

New NED for the Tipton and Coseley

The Tipton and Coseley Building Society has appointed a new non-executive director (NED) to...

Pinnington joins F4B senior management team

Finance 4 Business (F4B) has announced the promotion of Dave Pinnington to the senior...

MortgageBrain’s James Sullivan joins 360 Dot Net

360 Dot Net has announced that James Sullivan has joined the firm.  He has...

Seven new appointments at the Exeter

The Exeter has announced seven new appointments as part of a national expansion to...

Royal London makes protection leadership team appointments

Royal London has appointed Toby Bainbridge to the position of head of protection solutions. He...

Octane Capital adds to business development team

Octane Capital has recruited Francesca Woodhouse as a business development manager (BDM). Woodhouse (pictured) joins from Avamore...

SortRefer hires regional account managers

SortRefer has announced the appointments of Katarzyna Kosmowska and Edward Green as regional account...

Upton becomes Castle Trust mortgages MD as Wyles departs

Castle Trust has announced the promotion of Alex Upton to managing director of the...

Mint Bridging hires credit manager

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Peter Howarth to the position of credit manager. He previously...

Fleet Mortgages hires Midlands BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) covering...

Foundation Home Loans adds to sales team

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its senior sales team with the appointment of Grant...

Aldermore appoints head of commercial mortgages

Aldermore has appointed Caroline Luxmore as head of commercial mortgages. The position is newly created and...

New faces at Go Commercial Finance

Go Commercial Finance has appointed two new members of staff and created a new...

New chair of the FSCS appointed

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have announced the...

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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