Appointments

Barclays CEO fired

Antony Jenkins has been sacked as chief executive of Barclays following apparent disagreement with...

The FCA hires retail supervision chief

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of Jonathan Davidson as its new director...

Meridian becomes AR of MAB’s NewHomes Network

Meridian Mortgages has joined Mortgage Advice Bureau’s NewHomes Network as an appointed representative and...

SortRefer expands BDM team

SortRefer, the online broker referral portal, has appointed Tina Panayi as its newest business...

New chairman for Shawbrook

Iain Cornish has been appointed as chairman of Shawbrook Group. Sir George Mathewson has stepped...

Shakeup at Countrywide as Stockton joins Bellpenny

Countrywide plc has made a number of key appointments to its executive team. It also...

The Ipswich appoints non-executive director

Ipswich Building Society has appointed Peter Elcock to the role of non-executive director. The mutual...

Y3S hires HR manager

Cardiff-based loan brokerage Y3S has appointed Laura Strange to the role of group human resources...

The Leeds completes restructuring of intermediary lending team

The restructuring of Leeds Building Society’s intermediary team has been completed, with the appointment of...

Ultimate Finance Group recruits new regional director

Ultimate Finance group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, has appointed Baljinder Mali as...

Cirencester Friendly makes key appointment

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Andrew Horsley as its new company secretary and head of...

Sandringham appoints chairman

National advice firm Sandringham Financial Partners has appointed Barry Kayes as chairman. Kayes (picture), has...

The Leeds hires regulatory compliance head

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Katie Marriott as its head of regulatory compliance. During...

New area sales manager for NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed Gemma Pomfret as the new area sales manager (ASM)...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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