Appointments

HML appoints COO

HML has appointed Nigel Turner as its new chief commercial officer (COO). Turner (pictured) will...

Positive Solutions hires recruitment boss

Positive Solutions has appointed Andrew Rockey as its new recruitment director. Rockey (pictured) will...

LSL Financial Services appoints GI manager

LSL Financial Services has recruited Hannah Tasker to oversee general insurance across the financial...

L&G makes commercial lending hire

Legal & General (L&G) has appointed Alex Gipson to originate and underwrite loans within...

Patrick Gale becomes Defaqto chairman

Defaqto has announced the appointment of Patrick Gale as its new non-executive chairman. ...

NACFB appoints chairman

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed a new chairman for...

Duo join Shawbrook as BDMs

Shawbrook has added two members of staff to its commercial lending team. Andrew Faed...

Zurich hires head of retail for its UK life business

Zurich has appointed David White as head of retail, UK Life with effect from...

Crown Mortgage Management appoints BDM

Crown Mortgage Management has appointed Sarah Green as business development manager (BDM). Green joins Crown...

Ageas makes senior management changes

Ageas has made a number of promotions within its senior management team. Barry Smith...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints distribution director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has hired Stephen Gazard as its distribution director. Gazard will...

MGM Advantage hires IT & change director

MGM Advantage has created a new role of IT & change director and appointed...

Metro Bank appoints chairman

Vernon Hill has been appointed as chairman of Metro Bank. Hill was founder and...

PTFS pair join First Complete

First Complete has hired two new senior members of staff. Martin Igoe joins the First...

COMMENT

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...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

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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