Appointments

Towergate appoints CEO of Paymentshield

Towergate Insurance has announced the appointment of Steve Wood as chief executive officer (CEO)...

Tim Gosden joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has hired Tim Gosden as product manager. Tim Gosden will help manage and...

Ultimate Finance expands into Scotland

Ultimate Finance Group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, is opening its first office...

Landbay bolsters board

Landbay has appointed Robert Burgess to its board of directors. He will join co-founders...

Shawbrook promotes commercial pair

Shawbrook Bank has announced two promotions within its commercial mortgages team. Sarah Woolf, previously business...

RBS posts £3.5bn loss

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a loss of £3.5 billion for 2014,...

Board change at TSB

TSB Banking Group has announced that Godfrey Robson is to retire from the board...

The Lending Wizard expands second charge team

Freedom Finance’s loan sourcing portal, The Lending Wizard, has added two new members to its team. They...

The DPS appoints new managing director

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has appointed Julian Foster as its new managing...

Wesleyan appoints general insurance MD

Wesleyan, the financial services specialist for doctors, dentists, teachers and lawyers, has promoted Ahmed...

Birketts strengthens property law service

Nick Pickersgill has joined the commercial property team at law firm Birketts as a...

Contour Capital makes senior hire

Specialist property lender and investor Contour Capital has appointed Gordon Mackie as a director. ...

Bibby hires East Midlands corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Barry Lee as corporate manager in the East Midlands. Lee...

Ian Clarke joins TMA

Ian Clarke is to join TMA as a key account manager, tasked with helping support...

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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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