Appointments

Brightstar makes key introducer-facing appointment

Brightstar Financial has recruited Michelle Westley as its first national account manager. She will provide...

Shawbrook Bank makes commercial lending promotions

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Emma Cox and Paula Purdy to senior relationship managers....

Aldermore appoints agricultural BDM

Aldermore has appointed Rob Brudenell as its business development manager (BDM), with responsibility for...

FundingKnight makes board appointment

Crowdlender FundingKnight has appointed ex co-founding CEO of E*trade UK Julian Costley to its...

Aldermore appoints southern refinance BDM

Aldermore has appointed Sean Thorn as its refinance business development manager, overseeing the south...

UTB makes development finance appointment

United Trust Bank has announced the appointment of Gordon Robinson as a new...

Aldermore hires regional sales director

Aldermore has appointed Peter Flynn as regional sales director of its invoice finance business. Flynn...

Phil Spencer to be ‘brand ambassador’ for Zoopla

TV property show presenter Phil Spencer has been appointed as a brand ambassador for...

Aldermore expands specialist property development team

Aldermore has promoted Andy Sears to the role of property development manager. The specialist team...

Y3S helps Shawbrook complete largest loan

Shawbrook Bank has completed on a £330,000 secured loan, its largest to date. ...

The Yorkshire hires general manager

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed a new general manager, with responsibility for developing...

N&P grows commercial lending team

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has hired two new commercial lending managers. This comes as...

Paymentshield makes senior appointment

Paymentshield has appointed Lee Gladwell as interim proposition director. Gladwell, who will...

OFT appoints chief economist

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced the appointment of Chris Walters as...

COMMENT

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,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

Latest news

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...

Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...

Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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