Appointments

HML appoints CFO

Nick Bedford has joined HML as chief financial officer. Bedford joins after 10 years with...

Barbon appoints CEO

Property insurance broker Barbon Insurance Group has appointed Mike Ramsey as its new chief...

HML hires interim CCO

HML has appointed UKAR’s commercial director, Andy Wiggans, as interim chief commercial officer following...

HSBC appoints commercial head for Midlands

HSBC Commercial Bank has appointed Mark Harris as head of corporate for the Midlands. ...

New head of analytics for HML

Emma Smeaton has joined financial outsourcer HML to head up the development of its...

Crown Mortgage Management appoints CIO

Crown Mortgage Management has announced its appointment of Sue Ross as chief information officer...

Business manager appointed for Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages

Phil Riches has joined Mortgages for Business as business manager – southern region -...

Ian Cornelius to join Skipton

Skipton Building Society has appointed Ian Cornelius to the new board role of commercial...

Aldermore appoints risk director

Aldermore has appointed Malcolm Workman as risk director of its asset finance business. He...

Enness poaches pair from John Charcol

Enness Private Clients has hired two brokers from John Charcol. Shah Miah has five...

L&G reveals new CEO

Dr. Nigel Wilson is to replace Tim Breedon as group chief executive of Legal...

Keystone appoints business manager

Steve Simpson has been appointed as business manager for Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages. ...

Aldermore appoints commercial lending manager

Aldermore Bank has made an appointment within its commercial mortgage team. Caroline Luxmore has joined...

Ageas Protect makes senior comms hire

Ageas Protect has appointed Julie Henderson to the role of senior marketing communications manager. She...

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

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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