Bridging

United Trust Bank reduces minimum bridging loan size

United Trust Bank (UTB) is now offering bridging loans from £75,000, on both regulated...

Short-term lender funds boutique B&B

Signature Private Finance is supporting a multi-million-pound restoration of Lanelay Hall in Pontyclun. The Victorian mansion...

United Trust Bank selects first ‘charity of the year’

United Trust Bank (UTB) staff have chosen national mental health charity Mind to be...

Funding 365 increases maximum loan term

Bridging lender Funding 365 has announced the extension of its maximum loan term from...

Tackling the construction skills shortage is only the first step

It’s no secret that there is a skills shortage in the construction sector. It...

Together increases funding by £150m

Together has announced a further increase in its funding, with the issuance of £150m...

Octane Capital to move lending model into mainstream bridging

Octane Capital is taking its ‘product-less’ lending model into mainstream bridging. Until now, the lender has focused...

Mint Bridging completes loan in record time

Mint Bridging has completed on a loan in five days.  The original lender had pulled out...

Together bridges funding gap in 48 hours

Together and Crystal Specialist Finance have provided a short-term loan of £102,600 when the...

FIBA inaugural conference sees wide spectrum of attendees

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) said it had 150 attendees to its...

Stephen Johnson leaves Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson has relinquished his roles as Deputy CEO, executive director of the Shawbrook...

Nearly half of London new homes aren’t built

46% of new homes given planning permission in the capital are not being built,...

LendInvest to fund its largest development project to date

LendInvest is to be the exclusive development finance lender on the first phase of...

Lender sees major rise in ‘silver bridgers’

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) says it has seen a sharp increase in ‘silver bridgers’...

COMMENT

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...

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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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