Appointments

New faces for Blacks Solicitors

Leeds-based law firm Blacks Solicitors LLP has made a number of new appointments following...

SCF expands commercial and bridging team

Specialist Commercial Finance (SCF) has announced the appointment of Wes Friedel to its commercial...

New ops manager for SFS

Specialist Financial Services (SFS) has announced the appointment of Darren Grace as its new...

New Aldermore roles for Lankey and Haresnape

Aldermore has made two changes to its senior leadership team in its mortgages division. Commercial...

Clive Willson joins Brightstar Financial

Brightstar Financial has announced the appointment of Clive Willson as director of sales. Willson (pictured)...

Shawbrook appoints BDE for the South East

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Scott Apps as its new business development...

Important hire for Key Retirement Solutions

Billy Burrows has joined Key Retirement Solutions as associate director. Burrows will be the...

Arch promoted at the Saffron

Anita Arch has been promoted to the role of senior business development manager for...

Canada Life International hires risk head

Canada Life International has announced the appointment of Jonathan Hall as head of...

Kensington boosts intermediary team

Specialist lender Kensington is expanding its broker sales team, following its pledge to invest...

Aldermore appoints pair of non-execs

Aldermore has appointed two non-executive directors to its board. John Hitchins is a...

New BDM for the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Stuart Bryce as business development manager (BDM). Bryce...

Board appointment for Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group plc has announced the appointment of Simon Henry as an independent...

MSL strengthens underwriting team

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has appointed Krystle Clark to its underwriting department. Clark has 12...

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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...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...