Appointments

The Yorkshire appoints non-executive director

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Neeta Atkar as a non-executive director and chair...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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