Appointments

Allica Bank unveils commercial mortgage team promotions

Allica Bank has revamped its broker commercial mortgage team with the promotion of three...

SimplyBiz makes business quality manager hire

SimplyBiz has announced the appointment of Kelly Phillips, previously of AIG, to the position...

Mint Property Finance makes senior BDM appointment

Mint Property Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Simon Micklethwaite...

Paragon Bank appoints SME lending sales director

Stewart Good has been appointed sales director for SME lending at Paragon Bank. Good (pictured)...

Paula Purdy joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Paula Purdy as head of sales for bridging...

Standard Life appoints new head of retail intermediary distribution

Standard Life, part the Phoenix Group, has appointed Warren Bright to the newly created...

Time Finance appoints BDM

Time Finance has announced the appointment of David Hewitt as business development manager (BDM). Hewitt...

Danny Belton to join MAB as head of lending

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has revealed that Brian Murphy, its head of lending, is...

OMS hires marketing consultant in growth push

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Nick Allen to help meet its growth targets...

Time Finance expands invoice finance team with BDM hire

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Leann Warburton as business development manager in...

Colenko appoints head of sales for bridging and development

Colenko has appointed Mark Marlow as head of sales for bridging and development. Marlow (pictured)...

Metro Bank unveils new company secretary

Metro Bank has appointed Clare Gilligan as its company secretary. Gilligan (pictured) joins Metro Bank...

Bibby Financial Services appoints corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Colin Johnson as corporate manager – corporate north,...

Time Finance appoints head of vendor sales

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Matthew Graham as head of vendor sales. Graham...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

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