Appointments

Hope Capital elevates senior leadership team to director level

Hope Capital Property Finance has strengthened its leadership structure by promoting its entire senior...

Purplebricks founders stage return under Dunstone-backed deal

The founders of Purplebricks are set to return to the business in a surprise...

PEXA hires Julian Wells as UK head of communications

Digital property exchange platform PEXA has appointed Julian Wells as its new UK head...

Pure Retirement founder to become chair as leadership transition begins

Pure Retirement chief executive Paul Carter is preparing to step into the role of...

Allianz UK strengthens intermediary focus with senior hire

Allianz UK has named Scott McLoughlin as head of intermediary, a move that underlines...

LRG elevates four long-serving women to director roles ahead of International Women’s Day

LRG has promoted four female colleagues to director-level positions, marking the appointments ahead of...

Access FS hires Reena Vadhia as group financial controller

Access Financial Services has appointed Reena Vadhia as its new group financial controller, with...

Afin Bank strengthens sales team with senior BDM hire

Afin Bank has added to its salesforce with the appointment of Stuart Benge as...

National Friendly promotes John Fotheringham to head of underwriting

National Friendly has promoted its technical lead underwriter John Fotheringham to head of underwriting,...

Together appoints former Leeds BS chief as non-executive director

Specialist lender Together has appointed former Leeds Building Society chief executive Richard Fearon as...

Afin Bank appoints Anum Mahmood to national key account role

Afin Bank has appointed Anum Mahmood as national key account manager, as the specialist...

Paragon creates new intermediary relationship team to bolster broker support

Paragon Bank has established a dedicated intermediary relationship team as it seeks to deepen...

Vic Jannels takes on non-executive chair role at BDLA

Vic Jannels has been appointed non-executive chair of the Bridging & Development Lenders Association,...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

COMMENT

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

Latest news

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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