Facebook
Instagram
Linkedin
TikTok
X
Sign in
Home
Business
Sign in
Welcome!
Log into your account
your username
your password
Forgot your password?
Password recovery
Recover your password
your email
Search
Mortgages
Product Transfers
Remortgages
First-time buyers
Fixed rates
Self-employed
adverse credit
Near prime
Shared ownership
Free-free mortgages
Green mortgages
interest-only mortgages
Overseas
Trackers
Buy-to-let
Limited Company BTL
HMO/MUFB
Holiday/short-term let
Portfolio BTL
Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
Specialist
Bridging
Auction finance
Development exit
Development finance
Commercial
Commercial mortgages
Semi-commercial
SME finance
PBSA
Asset finance
Invoice finance
Second Charges
Self-build
Later Life
Equity Release
RIO mortgages
Retirement borrowing
Pensions
Cover
Critical Illness
Income protection
Life cover
PMI
Group protection
General Insurance
LEGAL
Conveyancing
Regulation
Title insurance
Distribution
Technology
Subscribe
News
Comment
Q&A
Wellbeing
About
Contact
Subscribe to our news emails
Instagram
Linkedin
X
Log In
Username or Email address
Password
Forgot password?
Don't have an account?
Sign up
Mortgage Soup
For mortgage professionals
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
your username
your password
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
your email
A password will be e-mailed to you.
Subscribe
News
Comment
Q&A
Wellbeing
About
Contact
Sign in / Join
Mortgage Soup
For mortgage professionals
Mortgages
Product Transfers
Remortgages
First-time buyers
Fixed rates
Self-employed
adverse credit
Near prime
Shared ownership
Free-free mortgages
Green mortgages
interest-only mortgages
Overseas
Trackers
Buy-to-let
Limited Company BTL
HMO/MUFB
Holiday/short-term let
Portfolio BTL
Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
Specialist
Bridging
Auction finance
Development exit
Development finance
Commercial
Commercial mortgages
Semi-commercial
SME finance
PBSA
Asset finance
Invoice finance
Second Charges
Self-build
Later Life
Equity Release
RIO mortgages
Retirement borrowing
Pensions
Cover
Critical Illness
Income protection
Life cover
PMI
Group protection
General Insurance
LEGAL
Conveyancing
Regulation
Title insurance
Distribution
Technology
Search
Invoice finance
BFS appoints trade & international MD
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Phil Tobin as managing director of trade and...
6 February 2017
Smaller businesses worried about rising costs
22% of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have said that rising...
13 January 2017
IGF appoints invoice finance managing director
Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has recruited Mark Lindsay as its invoice finance managing director...
13 January 2017
Aldermore makes key invoice finance hire
Aldermore has appointed Stephen Farrelly as head of relationship management in its Manchester office. ...
12 January 2017
Medium-sized businesses hit hardest by late payments
61% of invoices issued by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) remain unpaid...
4 January 2017
BFS grows its factoring market share
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased its share of the factoring market further in...
19 December 2016
Three senior appointments at IGF
SME commercial finance provider, IGF, has announced the appointment of senior hires across the...
19 December 2016
BFS moves to larger premises
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the move of its global headquarters. The SME finance...
12 December 2016
BFS funds international equestrian business
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £3.75 million funding and foreign exchange package...
7 December 2016
Ultimate Finance expands south east team
SME cashflow finance provider Ultimate Finance has appointed Iain Hendry as regional director in...
5 December 2016
Reformed payment reporting rules proposed
Large companies will be required to publish details on how quickly they pay their...
5 December 2016
Ultimate Finance helps recruitment firm expand
Leicester-based Accept Recruitment, which supplies temporary staff for transport and industrial companies, is on...
29 November 2016
SMEs need better protection against late payers
Hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not been protected from...
11 November 2016
Ultimate Finance makes key sales appointment
Ultimate Finance has recruited Vince Tovey as its national head of sales for trade finance,...
3 November 2016
1
...
14
15
16
...
20
Page 15 of 20
COMMENT
Analysis
Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows
High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...
1 June 2026
The cost of knowing less
There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...
29 May 2026
Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion
If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...
28 May 2026
Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
27 May 2026
Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
26 May 2026
Latest news
Housing
UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment
The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...
3 June 2026
legal
MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards
MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...
3 June 2026
News
The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors
Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
2 June 2026
banks
HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges
HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
2 June 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum