Asset finance

Asset finance pricing expected to rise

United Trust Bank had revealed that 14.5% of asset finance brokers responding to its...

Paragon’s new lending up 20% year-on-year

Paragon Banking Group has reported £1.90 billion of new lending across all business lines...

Simply secures £60m financing package

Asset finance provider Simply has received a £60m warehouse facility from Citi.  This arrangement will...

Asset finance market up by 6% in May

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) for deals of up to...

Aldermore appoints interim business finance managing director

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as interim business finance managing director with overall responsibility...

United Trust Bank reveals 2018 ‘Open Book’ winner

United Trust Bank has announced that the winner of its 2018 ‘Open Book’ broker...

IGF appoints non-executive chairman

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of John Allbrook as non-executive chairman. He...

White Oak UK acquires SME finance provider

White Oak UK has acquired Growcap Finance, a Dublin-based business providing working capital and...

Brokers undeterred by Brexit uncertainty

81% of brokers are pursuing their plans for their businesses regardless of what happens with...

Bathgate Business Finance funds gourmet chip shop

Bathgate Business Finance has provided a funding deal worth £35,000 to help launch a...

Robo-advice is brokers’ greatest technological fear

New broker research has found that brokers see fintech such as AI/robo-advice as the...

Asset finance market up 11% in March

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 11% in March,...

D’Ammassa to leave Aldermore for White Oak UK

Carl D’Ammassa, Aldermore's group managing director for business finance, is to leave the bank...

White Oak UK and Spotcap in business finance partnership

Business lenders White Oak UK and Spotcap have entered into a partnership with the...

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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...

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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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