Asset finance

Reward Finance funds Bury company’s growth ambitions

A Bury-based ecommerce business has been helped in its attempts to expand globally, after...

UTB appoints head of block & wholesale funding

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced the appointment of Julian Mellors as head of block...

Cynergy Business Finance provides £150m of funding in first year

Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Cynergy Bank, has surpassed...

UTB appoints head of credit for asset finance 

United Trust Bank (UTB) has Jon Phillips to the new role of head of...

Aldermore makes asset finance appointments

Aldermore has appointed Simon Lefevre as its head of wholesale and Chris Smith as...

HTB Structured Asset Finance completes £3m deal

HTB Structured Asset Finance has completed a £3m asset refinance to assist a container...

Time Finance introduces new ABL offering

Time Finance has launched its new asset-based lending (ABL) solution. Its ABL offering enables businesses...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance hires London portfolio and structuring director

Secure Trust Bank has expanded its commercial finance arm, with the appointment of Stuart...

Reward provides over £5m in Midland funding

Reward Finance Group has provided £5.2m of funding to SMEs in the first year...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance increases loan balances by almost 15%

The commercial finance arm of listed specialist bank, Secure Trust Bank, reported that lending...

United Trust Bank holds first ‘Exchange’ Broker Forum

United Trust Bank (UTB) held its first ‘Exchange’ Broker Forum (Exchange) last month to...

Go Commercial Finance appoints asset finance head

Independent commercial finance advisers, Go Commercial Finance, has appointed Leighton Davies as its new...

Ultimate Finance recruits new regional director

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance has announced the appointment of Alice Williams as a...

Time Finance appoints broker manager

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Lauren Sharples as broker manager in its...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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