Appointments

New chairman for the BSA

Jonathan Westhoff, chief executive of the West Bromwich Building Society, has been elected as...

Black Book Finance adds to commercial team

Black Book Finance has appointed Bridget Kibiru to the position of commercial finance executive. Kibiru (pictured) has 12...

New directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed two new board directors following a vote by...

Fleet Mortgages hires national account manager

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of Andy Valvona an a national account manager. Valvona has 25 years’...

BFS appoints export finance MD

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Craig Durnell as managing director for its export...

Scottish Widows appoints protection director

Scottish Widows has appointed Jackie Leiper to the newly created role of protection director. She...

The Skipton appoints IRM

The Skipton Building Society has added Rachael Hunnisett to its team of intermediary regional managers (IRMs). Hunnisett has...

CSC Loans appoints marketing manager

CSC Loans has recruited Susan Roberts to the role of marketing manager. Roberts spent the last seven...

New non-executive director for Countrywide

The board of Countrywide plc has announce that Natalie Ceeney will be appointed non-executive director,...

Six join FCA’s regulatory decisions committee

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed an additional six members to its regulatory...

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

New ‘super’ trade body appoints first CEO

UK Finance, the new trade association representing UK finance and banking, has revealed that...

National Friendly appoints head of sales & marketing

National Friendly has announced that Wayne Carter will be joining the business as head of sales...

Clever Lending hires new sales manager

Clever Lending has appointed Scott Leach to the position of sales manager. Leach (pictured) has previously...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

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...

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TRM launches tool to help advisers assess clients’ financial shortfalls

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced a Shortfall Needs Analysis Calculator designed...

HTB completes £1.1m Midlands refinancing in four hours

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.1m residential investment refinancing in the Midlands...

Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

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