Appointments

CML Cymru chair appointed

Julie-Ann Haines, customer director for Principality Building Society, has been appointed chair of CML Cymru. She succeeds...

The Ipswich expands intermediary team

The Ipswich Building Society has appointed a new business development manager. Andrew Sadler...

Commercial restructure at Aldermore

Aldermore has restructured its commercial mortgages sales team. Ian Boden has been appointed to the...

NatWest IS appoints area sales manager

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed Paula Dillin as the new area sales manager (ASM)...

Pair appointed to Shawbrook’s commercial sales team

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Ade Akande as sales operations manager and Paul Cater as...

Kevin Thomson joins CMC

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has appointed Kevin Thomson as its sales director. He will oversee...

Twenty7Tec hires product manager

Twenty7Tec has announced the appointment of Derek Kilner as the new product manager for...

Alpha Bridging expands sales team

Alpha Bridging has appointed Jeff Bungar to develop new business through the intermediary sector...

The Leeds appoints non-exec

Leeds Building Society has appointed John Hunt as a non-executive director. Hunt (pictured) joins the Society...

LendInvest hires Microsoft director

LendInvest has recruited Bart Boezeman in the new role of chief marketing officer. Boezeman...

SMS boosts customer service team

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has expanded its customer service team in response to increasing...

The Saffron appoints CEO designate

Saffron Building Society has announced the appointment of Colin Field as chief executive officer...

Brightstar makes specialist appointment

Brightstar has appointed Brian Hayes, a former IFA, to provide advice and guidance to...

Bibby strengthens southern team

Independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has hired Sarah Hatswell, Paul Marjoram...
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COMMENT

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...

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

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