Appointments

Positive Commercial Finance hires new BDM

Positive Commercial Finance has appointed Simon Parkinson as business development manager (BDM). He has over...

Propertymark announces new presidents

ARLA Propertymark (Association of Residential Letting Agents) and NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate...

LendInvest recruits second Northern BDM

LendInvest has appointed its second business development manager (BDM) for Northern England. Sophie Mitchell-Charman...

New MPC member appointed

Professor Silvana Tenreyro of the London School of Economics has been appointed as an...

Bibby Financial Services appoints corporate managers

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Sean Flannery and Ronnie Stokes as corporate managers...

Target Group appoints new CFO

Target Group has appointed Iestyn Evans as the group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Evans...

Richard Tugwell joins Together

Together has appointed Richard Tugwell to the position of group intermediary relationship director. Tugwell (pictured)...

Andrew Haldane reappointed to MPC

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has reappointed Andrew Haldane, the...

Octane Capital hires director of commercial real estate finance

Octane Capital has recruited Matthew Bird as its new director of commercial real estate...

Clever Lending appoints head of sales

Clever Lending has promoted Ivan Vizor to the role of head of sales. In...

Countrywide CFO to retire

Jim Clarke, Countrywide Plc's group chief financial officer (CFO), is to step down from the board...

Enra Group hires IT director

Enra Group, parent company of Enterprise Finance and West One Loans, has today announced...

New SME bank makes senior appointments

Redwood Bank has made two senior appointments to its board as part of its...

BFS makes four new appointments

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced four new appointments across Scotland and the North...

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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