Appointments

Octane Capital hires credit manager

Octane Capital has recruited Dan Tyson as credit manager from Shawbrook Bank. He will report into...

Just Group’s deputy chairman to retire

Just Group plc has announced that its deputy chairman, Tom Cross Brown, will retire...

Fluent Money appoints CTO

Fluent Money Group has appointed Garry Taylor as chief technology officer (CTO). Taylor (pictured), who...

Trio of appointments at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has made three new broker-facing appointments. Dena Thompson has been appointed head of...

Yorkshire bridging lender makes business development hire

Yorkshire-based bridging financier TFG Capital has appointed Joel Brooks as a business development executive based...

Two new roles at Paymentshield

Richard Alger has been appointed as head of broker proposition at Paymentshield. He will...

Vida Homeloans hires director of new business operations

Vida Homeloans has appointed Deb Smith as director of new business operations. Smith (pictured) joins...

New head of HR role at TML

Mark Dow has been appointed to the newly created role of head of HR...

Iron Bridge Finance hires head of underwriting

Iron Bridge Finance has announced the appointment of Gareth Ward as head of underwriting. Ward...

The Northview Group appoints group chief executive

The Northview Group has announced the appointment of Mark Arnold as chief executive for...

Shawbrook Commercial appoints lending manager

Anthony Harrison has been appointed as lending manager in Shawbrook’s commercial property team. Harrison, who...

SimplyBiz Mortgages appoints head

Makayla Everitt has been promoted to the newly created position of head of SimplyBiz...

Aldermore appoints retail finance group MD

Aldermore has appointed Sue Hayes to the newly created role of group managing director,...

Commercial sales promotions at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Commercial Property has announced the promotions of Daryl Norkett and Rob Holt within...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

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