Appointments

Capital Bridging Finance appoints specialist lending head

Tom Thomas has joined Capital Bridging Finance as head of specialist lending. Thomas, who...

New non-execs for United Trust Bank

Tracy Blackwell and Stephen Lockley have joined the board of United Trust Bank as...

New boss at Vertex

Vertex Financial Services has promoted Chris Thompson to the role of CEO. Thompson (pictured) joined...

The Source appoints IT chief

Source insurance has appointed Louis Russell as its new head of IT. He joins...

New BDM for Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has appointed former broker Huw Oddy as a business development manager (BDM)...

Aldermore expands intermediary sales team

Aldermore Bank has appointed Rob Barnard to head of intermediary distribution in its residential...

New chairman for Holloway Friendly

Holloway Friendly has elected Martin Day as its new chairman. Day’s election took place...

Another new director at Crown

Mark Webster has joined UK mortgage servicer Crown Mortgage Management as a director. He...

New chair for Skills Academy

The National Skills Academy for Financial Services has appointed Anthony Thomson as its...

New technical director for Connells Asset Management

Connells Asset Management (CAM), part of the Connells Group, has announced the appointment...

New position at Lancashire Mortgage Corporation

Commercial lender Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has created a new management position. Ian Pickering, 41,...

The Source appoints BDM

Source Insurance are pleased to announce the addition of has added Don Allan to...

Borro hires replacement for Paul Brett

Personal asset lender borro has appointed Chris Willis to run the intermediary partnerships programme....

The Mansfield appoints BDM

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Richard Scott as its business development manager (BDM). He...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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