Commercial

FIBA reports lockdown membership rise

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has reported a 50% increase in membership...

Fiduciam provides £840k CBILS loan to children nursery

Fiduciam has completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan...

Aldermore appoints property development managers

Aldermore bank has appointed David Whitehouse and Colin Ness as property development managers covering...

SMEs show resilience in face of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a 30% loss in monthly business income of the average...

Roma Finance unveils new development finance and commercial solutions

Roma Finance has launched a new 'ground up' development finance product as well as...

Optimum Commercial appoints national sales director

Optimum Commercial has appointed Chris Duckworth to the position of national sales director. Duckworth (pictured) has...

BFS: extend furlough scheme or risk SME jobs losses

There is still wide support among SMEs for an extension to the government's furlough...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Lloyds stopped from bundling accounts with Bounce Back loans

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stopped Lloyds Banking Group forcing small business customers...

Glenhawk appoints CFO and finance director

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Andrew Townsend as chief financial officer (CFO) and...

United Trust Bank appoints chief commercial officer

Mark Stokes, formerly managing director for commercial banking at Metro Bank, has joined United...

Aldermore Connect webinar series launches

Aldermore has launched ‘Aldermore Connect’ – a series of regular, refreshed webinars that will...

Bathgate Business Finance hires leasing specialist

Bathgate Business Finance has appointed Rachel Berry as a business development manager (BDM). Berry (pictured)...

Selina Finance makes significant changes to offering

Selina Finance is doubling its maximum loan term to 10 years. The digital lender...

COMMENT

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

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Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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