Asset finance

Bibby moves into FX market

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new foreign exchange division in 2016...

Asset finance market continues to grow

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 3% in October,...

Brightstar expands commercial finance team

Brightstar Financial has appointed a new commercial finance specialist who will specialise in the...

Paragon posts 10% rise in profits

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported a 10.2% increase in underlying profit for...

24% of asset finance brokers concerned over EU referendum

78% of asset finance brokers surveyed think that having a conservative government has given SMEs the...

Call for government to increase use of asset finance

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) and the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) have released a...

Shawbrook announces strong results

Shawbrook Group plc has published its third quarter results, reporting a 68% rise in underlying...

Paragon completes asset finance acquisition

Paragon Bank has completed its acquisition of Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.   Five Arrows...

Bibby opens South London business centre

Bibby Financial Services has announced the opening of its South London Business Centre in...

Go Commercial Finance gets FCA permissions

Go Commercial Finance has been granted full consumer credit permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority...

Continued growth in asset finance new business

Asset finance new business - primarily leasing and hire purchase - grew by 5%...

Paragon acquires asset finance business

Paragon Bank has agreed to acquire Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.  Five...

Asset finance sector continues to grow

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business grew...

Strong growth for asset finance provider

Ultimate Finance Group has increased its live clients by 55% and its funds in...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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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Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

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

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...
Conveyancing

Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

Conveyancing costs remained unchanged as a proportion of UK house prices during the year...
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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...

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