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Explore the options for your self-employed clients

The UK workforce is an ever-evolving beast. Changes in employment status, the opening up...

Retaining expert knowledge

Lenders have sometimes resisted automated decisioning for fear of losing the internal credit scoring...

Use technology to simplify the application process

We've been operating in a tech-driven world for many years now but the pandemic...

Spring is here

Spring is usually a time for renewal and optimism. Spring this year will hopefully...

A change of status need not be in one direction

Clearly, when it comes to important decisions for mortgage and protection advice practices, one...

When it comes to debt, income protection can make all the difference

This week marks Debt Awareness Week, an initiative run by debt charity StepChange to...

High net worth demand for specialist mortgages on the rise

The recent budget certainly put the economy, businesses and personal finances firmly in the...

Volume conveyancers have proved their worth

Over the years it’s been a notable trend in the conveyancing sector that the...

Reasons to be positive about 2021 and beyond

With early Spring sunshine beginning to seep through, Lockdown 3 measures starting to be...

Rates really do matter

The push towards long-term fixed-rate mortgages seems to be gathering a small amount of...

Lockdown easing should boost supply

Broadly speaking, you would have to say that the Budget did just about all...

The need for specialist products will only continue to rise

Building a new arm of any business is a daunting task at any time....

There’s a greater need for understanding clients’ finances

Generally speaking, I’m a pretty positive guy but I’m not ashamed to say that...

Why PTs aren’t all good

2020 was likely to have been a good year for many mortgage market stakeholders...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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