Appointments

Crystal Mortgages appoints managing director

Crystal Mortgages has promoted Joe Breeden to the position of managing director. Breeden (pictured)...

SimplyBiz Group makes board appointment

SimplyBiz Group has announced the appointment of Tim Trotter as a non-executive director with...

Capital Bridging Finance hires senior underwriter

Capital Bridging Finance has welcomed Robin Turnbull as a senior underwriter to its underwriting...

Appointment news at Holloway Friendly

Holloway Friendly has announced the appointment of two new staff from Lutine Assurance. The protection...

Aldermore appoints mortgage ops chief

Aldermore has appointed Jason Davies as operational director for its group mortgages division. He...

HML appoints Ireland boss

HML has appointed David Kelly as managing director of its Irish operations. He will...

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages hires pair of BDMs

Two Shawbrook Bank Business Development Managers (BDMs) have started work in the South...

Prestige expands underwriting team

Prestige Finance has announced the appointment of underwriting personnel to support its planned growth...

Front Events appoints industry veteran as chairman

The events company headed by James Prosser and responsible for the Financial Services Expo...

New chairman for Openwork Group

Christopher Rodrigues has been appointed as chairman of Openwork Group. He replaces Kate Avery...

Shawbrook Bank expands STL desk

Shawbrook Bank has made two additions to its dedicated short term loans (STL) desk. ...

David Tweedy joins Target Group

Industry veteran David Tweedy has joined the executive committee of Target Group in the...

New faces for NatWest IS BDM team

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made two new appointments to its BDM team. Kelly Worthington and...

New SMT for insurance group

Barbon Insurance Group has appointed a new senior management team. This follows the appointment of...

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Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

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Shawbrook broadens AVM use to accelerate bridging completions

Shawbrook has expanded the use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) across its bridging range,...

Selina Finance appoints new head of intermediaries to strengthen broker partnerships

Selina Finance has appointed Matthew Batte as head of intermediaries as the specialist lender...

Market Harborough unveils new larger loan products for complex cases

Market Harborough Building Society has launched a series of limited-edition mortgage products aimed at...

UTB completes £505,000 regulated downsizing bridge in seven business days

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £505,000 regulated bridging loan in just seven...

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