Asset finance

Shawbrook shifts asset finance focus with intermediaries

Shawbrook Bank is re-shaping its approach to working with commercial finance introducers in the...

Two new hires for Nucleus Commercial Finance ABL team

Nucleus Commercial Finance has expanded its Asset Based Lending team (ABL) with the appointment...

Secure Trust Bank provides £12m facility to window firm

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has backed UK Window Group with a £12m asset-based...

United Trust Bank makes asset finance underwriting hire

United Trust Bank has appointed Giles Hussey to join the underwriting team in the...

Commercial provider adopts managed IT services

Asset finance and commercial loans provider, Bluestar Leasing, has invested in a suite of...

Record new business volumes for asset finance sector

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance...

Yellow Stone Finance launches commercial packaging service

Yellow Stone Finance has launched a Deal Sourcing service with the aim of helping...

Aldermore appoints group business finance MD

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as its new group managing director of business finance,...

Record year for Praetura Asset Finance

Asset finance funder Praetura Asset Finance has recorded its most successful year ever. 2019 saw...

Simply curates third party assets sales

SME funder Simply has begun to list third party assets on the Simply site. The decision...

Asset finance new business up 2% in October

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that total asset finance new business...

Trio of new appointments for commercial lender

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has made three new director appointments across the South,...

Kingsway Asset Finance makes board level promotion

Kingsway Asset Finance has promoted Mike Day to its board of directors. Following a year...

Aldermore streamlines asset finance submission process

Aldermore has unveiled a new online portal for brokers named Asset Backer. The new platform...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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