Appointments

Purplebricks UK appoints CEO

Lee Wainwright has been appointed CEO of the Purplebricks' UK operations with immediate effect. He...

Jeremy Duncombe to join Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has announced the appointment of Jeremy Duncombe as its director of intermediary...

New BDM at Signature Private Finance

Signature Private Finance has appointed Paul Tromans as a business development manager (BDM), with...

New chairman for Key Retirement Group

Key Retirement Group has appointed Steve Groves as its chairman. The retirement services firm says...

New FCA chair appointed

Charles Randell CBE has been appointed as the new Chair of the Financial Conduct...

Octane Capital hires senior credit manager

Graham Macaulay has joined Octane Capital as senior credit manager. Macaulay (pictured) joins from Octopus...

New CEO for Folk2Folk

Folk2Folk, the platform for local and rural business, has announced the appointment of Giles...

Arkle Finance appoints managing director

Asset finance firm Arkle Finance has appointed Daniel Bailey as managing director. Bailey has previously served...

The Yorkshire appoints chief people officer

Yorkshire Building Society Group has appointed Susana Berlevy as its chief people officer. Originally from...

New product manager for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Tom Jacob as product manager. He joins from Pepper...

The Teachers hires interim finance director

Paul Marsden has been appointed as interim finance director at the Teachers Building Society. He...

Reward Finance appoints business development director

Alternative funding provider Reward Finance has appointed Mike Calvert to its North West team as...

Hope Capital expands team and office space

Bridging lender Hope Capital has made two appointments in the past month and is...

Phil Rickards to become IMLA chair

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has confirmed the election of its 2018 board,...
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COMMENT

networks

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...

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Technology

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...
First-time buyers

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...
Cover

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

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

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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