Appointments

Ageas Protect appoints head of marketing and propositions

Ageas Protect has announced the appointment of Steve Casey to the role of head...

Directorial appointment at Openwork

Openwork has appointed Billy Hewitt as its new recruitment director for Scotland. Hewitt will...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager

Craig Stritch has been appointed as south west regional sales manager for Aldermore's invoice...

Duo added to Equity Release Council board

The Equity Release Council has appointed Liz Barclay and Jim Dredge as standards board...

Aldermore hires ops director for invoice finance

Aldermore Invoice Finance has appointed Lisa Cleaver as its operations director. She is based in...

LV= recruits non-exec director

LV= has appointed James Dean as the chairman of its audit committee. In his role,...

New sales manager at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has appointed Anthony Murphy to the position of sales manager. The specialist short-term...

Oakwood Global Finance hires commercial director

Martin Frazer has been appointed by Oakwood Global Finance as its commercial director. He is...

Colin Snowdon joins the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has appointed Colin Snowdon to the newly created position of executive...

Trio of appointments at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced three new appointments in underwriting, sales support and finance. Maria Curatolo...

George Patellis joins West One Loans

George Patellis has joined West One Loans as head of strategy. He is tasking...

HML makes key appointment

John Grimbaldeston has joined HML as director of strategy and product development. He is tasked...

Assurant Solutions expands compliance team

Assurant Solutions has appointed John Miles as the latest member of its European compliance...

Sales director appointed at Vertex

Adam Oldfield has been appointed as sales director for Vertex Financial Services. Oldfield (pictured)...

COMMENT

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it has for some time. That does not mean it is...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but it appears that this viewpoint is literal as opposed to...

2026 will see the normalisation of AI across the mortgage industry

As we look ahead to 2026, there is one word that sits at the heart of how I feel about the mortgage industry: opportunity....

Starting well is easy… staying well is the work

January often arrives with good intentions. Fresh starts. New habits. A quiet promise to ourselves that this year will be different. And for many people,...

Latest news

Access FS appoints new training and competency manager

Access Financial Services has appointed Sue O’Brien as its new training and competency manager,...

Recognise Bank underlines Scotland lending appetite with Aberdeen student deal

Recognise Bank has completed a £1.96 million commercial property loan to support the refinance...

International buyers hold 203,000 homes

Almost 203,000 homes across England and Wales are owned by international homeowners, with London...

Warm Homes Plan increases pressure on self-managing landlords

The government’s renewed focus on energy efficiency in the private rented sector is expected...

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