Appointments

Mortgage Brain appoints sales and marketing boss

Mortgage Brain has appointed Roger Crocker as its new sales and marketing director. Previous roles...

Shawbrook promotes within STL team

Kim Wood has been promoted to the position of senior lending officer for Shawbrook’s...

Later Life Academy appoints chairman

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced the appointment of Bob Champion as its...

Chris Prior joins Bower Retirement Services

National equity release adviser Bower Retirement Services has appointed Chris Prior as its partnerships...

New Model Business Academy appoints new MD

New Model Business Academy (NMBA), the not-for-profit training and development division of The SimplyBiz...

Masthaven recruits savings head

Masthaven has announced the appointment of James Blower as its head of savings. Blower...

The Leeds appoints new non-executive director

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Gareth Hoskin as a non-executive director. He joins the Society’s board...

Masthaven Finance makes business development hires

Masthaven Finance has appointed Roz Cawood and Ginny Warby to its sales team. Cawood (pictured)...

Shawbrook promotes new regional development manager

Shawbrook Bank has announced the promotion of Steve Matthews to the role of regional...

Amicus poaches pair from Fincorp

Short-term lender Amicus has recruited Matthew Anderson and Nigel Alexander from Fincorp as regional...

PFS confirms professional development hire

Lee Travis has been appointed as the Personal Finance Society’s new head of professional...

LV= appoints managing director for GI

LV= has appointed Steve Treloar as managing director, general insurance.  He is expected to join...

Pair of new directors for PFS

The Personal Finance Society has confirmed the appointment of John White and Jonathan Rees to its board. White...

Oblix Capital hires head of credit

Bridging and development finance provider Oblix Capital has appointed Tom Reeve as head of credit....

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...