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Living in the material world…

You’d be forgiven for having missed it given how little coverage there has been,...

Peer-to-peer regulation is boost for innovation in lending

The Treasury last week announced that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending will fall under the Financial...

Why trust will make peer-to-business lending a success

Innovations are often met with a great deal of scepticism and rightly so. There...

The importance of valuation instructions

Phimister v DM Hall LLP CSOH 169 The issue was the scope of the...

Crowdfunding: enabling advisers to become marketers

If one of your business clients came to you and asked for help marketing...

Keeping a watch on tenant arrears

A recent survey by a Law of Property Act receiver estimates that there are...

Crowdfunding is turning finance truly social

Everyone knows the internet is a wonderful thing. It connects people who are relevant...

All 99 and no flake

The news a couple of months ago of the resignation of Adrian Bloomfield from...

Alternative finance: what’s in a security?

Done the right way, anything can be good security. What prevents it from happening...

What’s funding your funder?

I have read with interest the recent articles by specialist lenders on their own...

“Unregulated” attitude to buy-to-let sales is wearing thin

The recent announcement by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that it expects bridging lenders...

Alternative investment: angels and assets

Raising money really isn’t easy. Otherwise, I guess, we’d all be doing it! Funding the...

Promotions and the Olympics: marketing your way into trouble

Did someone mention the Olympics? Anyone seen (or sold!) an Olympic torch? Is your...
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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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Survey reveals cost of living pressures and tax fears weighing on mutual’s members

Concerns over the cost of living and the prospect of tax rises continue to...
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Hope Capital gains dual recognition for workplace standards

Hope Capital Property Finance has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and has...
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Industry partnership launches 95% funded pathway to address adviser shortage

A national initiative has been launched to confront the growing shortage of qualified financial...
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British Business Bank sets out five-year plan to reshape finance for smaller firms

The British Business Bank has outlined plans to deliver what it describes as a...

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