Appointments

The Saffron hires lending manager

Saffron Building Society has appointed Richard Clare as lending manager. He has responsibility for assessing...

Pepper UK appoints CFO

Pepper UK, the mortgage servicer formerly known as Oakwood Global Finance, has appointed Warren...

xit2’s Blackwell joins eTech

Mark Blackwell is to become the new director of lending and surveying services at...

The Cambridge appoints head of risk

The Cambridge Building Society has appointed Victoria Stubbs as head of risk. Stubbs...

United Trust Bank makes sales appointment

United Trust Bank has appointed Nick Warren as a business development manager in...

Borro strengthens BDM team

Borro, the personal asset lender, has boosted its intermediary development team with the addition...

Vertex in key business development hire

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Steve Stone as business development director as it looks...

Countrywide announces new chief executive

Alison Platt has been appointed as group chief executive of Countrywide plc, effective from...

Funding Circle expands business development team

Funding Circle reached a major milestone in the first quarter of this year, with...

Capital Bridging appoints CEO

Capital Bridging Finance Limited has appointed John Jenkins as CEO. Jenkins (pictured) joins Capital Bridging...

LV= establishes new R&D team

LV= has created a dedicated research and development team to develop new products and...

Exeter Family Friendly appoints chief actuary

Exeter Family Friendly has appointed David Cobley as its chief actuary in a newly...

Capital Advances hires experienced underwriter

Helen Farmer has joined Capital Advances to help service increased business levels from its...

Smart Money in compliance hire

Smart Money, the specialist second charge distributor, has appointed Phillip Bond as compliance director....

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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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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...

London Credit revises website and product guides

Short-term lender London Credit has introduced changes to its website and product guides. The changes...