Appointments

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...

Target Group appoints director of change

Target Group has announced the appointment of Buddy Willard as director of change. Willard...

PTFS restructure sees Neil Hoare depart

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has merged its sales and marketing functions. As a...

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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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