Appointments

KR Group hires COO

KR Group, which trades as Key Retirement, has announced the appointment of Michael Schaefer...

New lending manager for Shawbrook

Paul O'Hara has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank as a lending manager in its...

Paymentshield appoints CFO

Rob Evans has been appointed to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at...

Bibby appoints head of sales for the north east

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mike Day as its head of sales for...

NACFB appoints new chairman

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed Paul Goodman as its...

Smart Money hires business development head

Smart Money has appointed Steve Pollard to the newly created role of head of...

Openwork hires distribution director

Openwork has appointed Dave Ewens to the position of distribution director. Ewens joins Openwork...

NatWest IS hires trio of BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed three new phone-based business development managers (BDMs). Phillipa Healey has...

Investec Private Bank hires Peter Izard

Investec Private Banking has announced the appointment of Peter Izard as business development manager. Izard...

AMI hires new senior policy adviser

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has appointed Aileen Lees as its new senior...

Neil Hoare joins network’s SMT

Neil Hoare is joining HomeLoan Partnership as its commercial director. Hoare joins from previous senior...

New BDM hire for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Daniel Parry as a regional business development manager in...

Alpha Bridging to establish BDM team

Alpha Bridging has revealed plans to build a national sales team after recruiting business...

First 4 Bridging appoints managing director

Master broker First 4 Bridging has recruited Lorenzo Satchell as its new managing director. He...

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High net worth clients may need more from their lender and their broker, so it’s important that as an adviser, you are ready and...

Housing promises vs. reality: Will the Government deliver on 1.5 million new homes?

Next year will be 80 years since the New Towns Act (1946) was passed through Parliament. As a result of the destruction during WWII, this...

Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

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Sorting it out! Big law firm celebrates five years of growth in Cardiff

Sort Legal, part of the Sort Group, is celebrating its fifth year in Cardiff. Sort...

Mortgage campaigner and Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi faces backlash over ‘Pet Rent’ expense claims

Labour MP and mortgage campaigner Taiwo Owatemi is under fire after revelations surfaced that...

HLPartnership adds trio of providers to GI panel

HLPartnership (HLP) is expanding its general insurance (GI) panel. Following feedback from its brokers, the...

Santander cuts affordability rates following FCA guidance

Santander UK has become the first major lender to reduce its residential mortgage affordability...