Appointments

New BDM for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has appointed Neil Elvish as business development manager (BDM) for the...

Ultimate Finance hires regional director

Ultimate Finance Group has appointed Gary Hawtin as regional director covering Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire...

Lee Carling joins West One Loans

West One Loans has appointed Lee Carling as head of collections. Carling has over 15 years’ experience...

Three new BDMs for Metro Bank

Metro Bank has announced the appointment of three new field-based business development managers (BDMs) as...

Trio joins Investec

Investec has made three appointments to its mortgage team. Robert Evans joins the professional mortgage team...

Positive Commercial Finance expands

Positive Commercial Finance has appointed Samantha Williamson as business development manager. She was previously with...

Complete FS strengthens broker support

Hampshire based packager distributor Complete FS has appointed Tammy Clark and Andy Ingram to...

FCA appoints new key roles

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Mark Steward as its new director of...

Direct Life seeks new apprentices

Direct Life is looking to take on three new apprentices to start work in...

Stephen Johnson promoted at Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson, managing director of Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division, has been promoted to...

FHL launches development team

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has established a sales development team under Paul Brett, director...

New board appointments at the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has announced the appointment of Jeremy Cross as chairman. The...

Y3S hires group marketing manager

Y3S Group has added to its management team with the recruitment of Helen Petko...

Cirencester Friendly appoints two new non-execs

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Mark Sedgley and Ian Maude as non-executive directors. Sedgley (pictured) has...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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