Appointments

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...

New operations role at Hope Capital

Bridging finance provider Hope Capital has appointed Hayley Taylor as its operations manager. She joined...

New office and faces for Omni Capital

Omni Capital is to relocate to new premises over the next week. The lender...

Partnership hires technology chief

Partnership has appointed Giles Offen as its chief technology officer (CTO). Offen will bring...

Enterprise Finance hires CFO

Enterprise Finance has appointed Emily Gestetner as its chief financial officer. Gestetner has had...

Bibby poaches five from competitor

Bibby Financial Services is expanding its leasing division with the appointment a new team...

Aldermore hires commercial lending head

Aldermore has appointed a new head of commercial lending to lead and implement its...

New BDM for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans (SML) has appointed Ian Cruickshank as its latest business development manager. He...

Intelliflo hires mortgage proposition head

Intelliflo has announced that John Penn has joined the firm as its head of...

Higginson leaves Sesame Bankhall Group

Sesame Bankhall Group's CEO George Higginson is leaving after three years with the group,...

COMMENT

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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Latest news

Mortgage submissions surge as advisers rush to secure rates amid market volatility

Mortgage submissions rose sharply in the wake of geopolitical tensions, as brokers moved quickly...

MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...

Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...

RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...

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