Appointments

Reward Finance Group hires new commercial director

Gemma Wright is joining Reward Finance Group as commercial director. Wright (pictured) will have responsibility...

Openwork appoints two non-executive directors

    Openwork has appointed Ian Buchanan and Andy Smart as non-executive board directors. Ian Buchanan is...

Black Book Finance expands BDM team

Andy Morgan has joined Black Book finance as its business development manager  for the...

Paul Nye to retire from 
Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced that Paul Nye, its director of business partnerships, will retire...

Naismiths builds surveying team

National property consultancy and surveyors Naismiths has recruited a pair of surveyors to grow its surveying...

Mortgage Brain increases headcount

Mortgage Brain has recruited 15 new members of staff over the past year to...

L&G appoints intermediary division director

Legal & General has appointed Craig Brown as director of its intermediary division. Brown...

New CEO for LMS

Nick Chadbourne, chief operating officer (COO) at conveyancing service provider and panel manager LMS, has...

BML hires business development quartet

Butterfield Mortgages Ltd (BML) has appointed four business development professionals as it seeks to expand...

Street’s Northview Group successor revealed

Craig McKinlay is to join the Northview Group as its sales and marketing director. McKinlay...

Duo join Uinsure

GI provider Uinsure has made two appointments. Ian Ballinger joins as head of key accounts...

Co-op Insurance appoints new chair

Peter Hubbard has been appointed as chair of the board of Co-op Insurance. His has...

LendInvest hires ex-Aldermore commercial mortgages head

LendInvest has appointed Ian Boden as its sales director. Boden (pictured) joins LendInvest...

Senior hires for Target Group

Target Group has announced several new senior appointments to its board of directors and within its...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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